YouTube reduces video quality across the world for an entire month

03/26/2020

As of Tuesday, Alphabet’s Google-owned company YouTube programmed all video content to play in standard definition unless otherwise manually selected by a user. According to Bloomberg, which reported the news, this is being done in an effort…

EU air quality improving but still deadly: report

AFP 10/29/2018

AIR pollution is slowly easing in EU countries but still causes nearly half a million early deaths each year, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in its annual report published Monday. Although pollution levels dropped slightly in…

KIM JONES: Star quality

Clint Holton Potestas 10/13/2018

IF THE paradigm shifts in fashion are in-the-face clichés forever, Kim Jones readily whips up a cure that drives the boredom away. The 31-year-old British-Australian socialite says it’s a degree of reformation that is just right there…

PH ranks last in mobile video quality

Inquirer.net 09/26/2018

The Philippines has a long way to go in terms of delivering high-quality mobile video services, based on a crowdsourced survey conducted by OpenSignal, a wireless mapping company based in the United Kingdom. In the debut of…

800 JOs seen to boost quality of work in Mandaue City

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 07/03/2018

THE Mandaue City government has hired 800 job order (JO) employees after not renewing the contracts of almost a thousand JOs recently. Mayor Luigi Quisumbing said he wants to ensure that the level of quality of work…

Cheap, quality rice sold to Mandaue consumers

Chris A. Ligan 04/07/2018

Consumers in Mandaue City flocked to the “Bigasan ng Masa (Granary of the Masses)” where the Department of Agriculture regional office sold cheap, high-quality rice. At least 38 sacks of various rice types were sold by the…

Retailers complain about poor quality of NFA rice

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 03/09/2018

RICE Retailers have complained about the poor quality of rice they purchased from the National Food Authority Central Visayas (NFA-7) office. Erwin Gok-ong, president of the Grain Retailers Confederation of the Philippines (GreCon) Cebu City North District,…

Davide backs unsolicited proposals for major projects

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/30/2018

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III said he supports President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to replace public bidding in favor of unsolicited proposals to fast-track big-ticket projects. “Maayo pud na (That would be great). That unburdens the Bids and…

Kia tops new car quality survey anew

AP 06/26/2017

DETROIT— Kia has claimed the top spot in a survey of new vehicle quality for the second straight year. Genesis — a luxury brand owned by Hyundai Motor Co. — was second in J.D. Power’s annual initial…

‘Low-quality rice’ sold to recipients

Morexette Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 06/22/2017

4Ps beneficiaries claim they were not allowed to leave until their cash was changed to rice coupons Beneficiaries of the government’s Pamilyang Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) conditional cash transfer program in Santa Fe town, Bantayan Island, claimed…

Cimatu vows action on water quality, solid waste

Inquirer.net 05/17/2017

ILOILO CITY — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu vowed to “double efforts” in addressing environmental concerns on Boracay Island and other tourist destinations. “The law is there. We have to implement the law in tourist destinations (and) tourist…

FUJIFILM X-A3: A must for memory keepers

Apple Ta-as 11/28/2016

PRINTED photographs are like books—both were foretold that they’d cease to exist. And yet, they persist, still thriving in this age where everything is going digital. Who wouldn’t want to hold on to memories you can touch,…

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