The 17-year-old bystander who videotaped the killing of George Floyd received a special citation award from the Pulitzer Prize Board. Darnella Frazier’s video was cited highlighting the critical role of citizens in journalists’ mission for truth and justice. The Pulitzer Board’s annual award is one of the most prestigious in American journalism. Board co-chair Mindy … Read more
DITO Telecommunity will be “more aggressive” starting late 2021. DITO Telecommunity said that the Philippine market should expect a “more aggressive” telco player by the latter part of the year, challenging the dominance of Globe Telecom and PLDT in the mobile space. This, as the third telco player already hit almost a million subscribers despite … Read more
DITO Telecommunity was set to commercially launch in 23 more areas on Independence Day. DITO Telecommunity was set to commercially launch its services in 23 more areas on Independence Day on June 12, 2021. DITO Telecommunity was nearing the one-million subsciber mark as it was set to reach 150 cities and municipalities within June this … Read more
The BOC cleared the successive importation of COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) had cleared the latest successive importation of COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines. The Bureau of Customs – Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) had cleared the latest importations of COVID-19 vaccines totalling 3,074,410 COVID-19 vaccine doses, which arrived between June … Read more
The DOH appealed to the public not to lie about their health conditions to get inoculated against COVID-19. The Department of Health (DOH) appealed to the public not to lie about their health conditions in order for them to immediately get vaccinated against COVID-19. On Friday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire assured that all eligible … Read more
DITO Telecommunity revealed its new promos ahead of Independence Day. DITO Telecommunity recently revealed its new promos ahead of Independence Day in the Philippines. As obtained by Rappler, two new DITO promos were revealed. Here are the following: DITO 99 For PHP 99, DITO subscribers can avail 10GB High-Speed Data for 30 days. Aside from … Read more
Facebook will release its own smartwatch in Summer 2022. Facebook will release its own smartwatch in the Summer of 2022 as the company was hoping for sales in the hundreds of thousands of devices. Based on a report on The Verge, the said device will differ in design from the usual gadgets of the said … Read more
Lacson: “Oras na mag-execute ng affidavit puwede kong banggitin kung sino of course.” Senator Panfilo Lacson is set to reveal the name of the “undersecretary” who is allegedly behind the troll farms in the country. In a statement, Lacson said that he would only disclose the name of the said Usec once his informant submitted … Read more
Microsoft released an 11-minute Windows teaser on YouTube. As Microsoft was set to launch a new Windows version in the upcoming #MicrosoftEvent, the company recently released an 11-minute teaser on Windows YouTube channel. Microsoft was back teasing Windows 11 again. This time, the software giant had published in a new “Slo-fi Remix” video on YouTube … Read more
The Philippines received over 2M additional doses of Pfizer vaccine from COVAX. The Philippines received over two million additional doses of Pfizer vaccine through the World Health Organization-led COVAX Facility. On Thursday night, the Philippines received a total of 2.28 million Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses through the WHO-led COVAX facility. The vaccines, according to the … Read more
