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WEATHER Philippines Foundation (WPF) has completed a nationwide rollout of 500 out of the planned 1,000 units of automated weather stations (AWS) by mid-2013. WPF, founded by a partnership between Aboitiz Foundation, Union Bank, and Swiss firm Meteomedia, [...]

By CAROLYN ARGUILLAS of Mindanews DAVAO City—A 69-member fact-finding mission documenting the March 4 killing of Baganga village councilor Cristina Jose and the state of the environment in the typhoon-hit areas in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley [...]

By Lorie Ann Cascaro of Mindanews DAVAO City––Military personnel in the Davao Region and parts of Southwestern Mindanao (Region 12) will be visible around the vicinity of polling places 10 days before the national mid-term and local elections on May [...]

GENERAL Santos City— Government geologists have completed during the first quarter of the year the detailed geohazard mapping of two more municipalities in Region 12, bringing to 19 the number of localities in the region that had been covered by the [...]

THE 19th Annual Convention of the National Federation of Motorcycle Clubs to be held in Bacolod City on April 5-7 is swarmed with support from various motorcycle enthusiasts all over the country and abroad. Petronas Malaysia, through its Petronas Energy [...]

MANILA Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle today will give the commencement address at the academic convocation of Xavier University through a video message. The cardinal was expected to grace the convocation personally. However, he is not able [...]

WIRELESS services leader Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) have set up free calling stations for the hundreds of people arriving in Mindanao seeking refuge from the conflict in Sabah, Malaysia. Libreng Tawag Centers continue to serve displaced Filipinos [...]

“CONSERVE to Preserve” is the slogan of a social marketing program launched by a group of Xavier University Development Communications students at the MOGCHS campus last March 4 in partnership with the Cagayan de Oro City Water District. The water [...]

TOYOTA Motor Philippines Corporation (TMP) recently hosted its Annual Dealer Conference and Gala Awards at Shangri-la’s Mactan Resort and Spa, Cebu last February 22, 2013 to recognize the remarkable performance of its dealer network. The event was held [...]

WITH something as personal as a mobile number, wouldn’t it be awesome to have a number combination that you can easily remember? Now, prepaid subscribers can also have that choice! Mobile telecommunications Sun Cellular brings another first inthe market [...]

SUN Cellular reaffirms its position as one of the country’s leading network providers with the lowest and most affordable IDD rate at P1.50 per minute of call to the US (Main), Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore. The 1.50 per minute IDD rate is Sun Cellular’s [...]

LEADING telecommunications firms Sun Cellular and Smart Communications recently donated P10-million to the PLDT-Smart Foundation to help rebuild communities of the Typhoon Pablo victims in Mindanao. Apart from setting up free call stations and emergency [...]

SUN Cellular employees gathered to donate blood to Pediatric Cancer Patients of the Philippine Children’s Medical Center in the spirit of the Christmas Season. Sun Cellular’s Vice President for Product Development and Value-Added Service Marketing [...]

NATURAL disasters, which have long been putting the Philippines in world news, have increased in frequency and intensity of late, posing even greater danger. The situation today is such that disaster response is no longer the sole responsibility of [...]

SMART Communications, Inc. has loaned fixed terminal satellite phones to Oxfam in the Philippines to assist in its relief and rehabilitation efforts in three of the provinces in southern Mindanao hardest hit by Typhoon Pablo early last month. The five [...]