Globe blocks record high 2.72-B spam, scam SMS in 2022, more than double vs 2021
Leading digital solutions platform Globe blocked a record high 2.72 billion scam and spam messages in 2022, more than double the 2021 total of 1.15 billion, reflecting the impact of its stepped up campaign against malicious SMS. As a result of its intensified crackdown against fraudsters, Globe also blocked 83.4 million bank-related spam messages last […]
Game-changer for PH job market: Asticom launches Acquiro
In an effort to help address persistent unemployment and underemployment in the Philippines, the Asticom Group of Companies, a shared services provider under the Globe Group, has launched a new platform that promises to revolutionize job and talent search. Launched on January 19, Acquiro Solutions and Tech Inc. aims to streamline job hunting among seekers […]
Catch ‘Drag Den’ with Manila Luzon on Prime Video Mobile Edition only with Globe
Eager to watch the season finale of Philippine reality television series Drag Den on January 26? Enjoy the last episode through Prime Video Mobile Edition only with Globe. Drag Den launched on December 8 with Manila Luzon, star of Drag Race Season 3, All Stars 1, and All Stars 4 icon, taking the reins of […]
Rehabilitating the La Mesa Watershed
GCash, ABS-CBN Foundation plant 88,000 seedlings and launch new trees in GForest GCash, the country’s leading mobile wallet, together with the ABS-CBN Foundation, has once again achieved a big win for the environment after planting over 88,000 seedlings in La Mesa Watershed via the GForest, the sustainability feature on the GCash app. “Together with […]
PH’s longest domestic submarine fiber cable project on track for April 2023 completion
The $150-million Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSCN), the longest of its kind in the country, is on track for completion in April this year to further boost digitalization in the countryside, Globe said as it geared for a fresh round of cable landings this new year. Globe partnered with Eastern Communications and InfiniVAN Inc. […]
Crime drops in Mimaropa for 2022
CALAPAN, Mindoro – Year 2022 was significantly peaceful for the region noting a 23 percent crime drop or 274 criminal incidents in December compared to 2021’s 357 crime incident. Records from the Mimaropa police Investigation and Detective Management Division showed 274 criminal incidents occurred from Dec. 1 to 25, 2022. Mimaropa police director Brig. Gen. […]
Calapan BFP ambulance can kill 3 kinds of viruses
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) continues to heighten its emergency response efficiency with its acquisition of a brand new ambulance as recipient of the BFP Modernization Act. Calapan City Acting City Fire Marshal Sr. Inspector Angel Lynn B. Salvador presented to Mayor Malou Flores Morillo during the January 23, […]
PH’s largest port passenger terminal in Calapan to open in March
MANILA – The country’s largest port passenger terminal building (PTB) at the Port of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro province is scheduled to open its doors to the public by March. During a surprise inspection of the construction Port of Calapan on Tuesday, Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) General Manager Jay Santiago said the PTB is currently […]
Agri graduate fulfills dream of having diploma, land
MANILA — An agriculture graduate finally fulfilled her dream of having a college diploma, but her blessings came abundantly after receiving a parcel of farmland under her name from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Twenty-four-year-old Jie Anne Villacrusis of Barangay Alcate, Oriental Mindoro could not contain her emotion as she recalled how her father […]
BARMM records lowest inflation rate in PH at 6.3%
MARAWI CITY (PIA)–The Bangsamoro region maintained the lowest inflation rate record in the Philippines at 6.3 percent last December 2022, according to a report released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA-BARMM), January 10. Both Region 12 or SOCCSKSARGEN and Region 4A or CALABARZON areas logged the second lowest inflation rate at 7.1 percent, Region 5 […]