Smart call-drop rate breaches NTC standard in Undas tests
Smart Communications recorded a 5.26 percent call-drop rate in government tests at Metro Manila bus terminals ahead of Undas, breaching the National Telecommunications Commission’s prescribed ceiling of less than 2 percent even as the regulator found generally strong mobile network performance.
Clark-led demand drives Pampanga property boom
Pampanga’s property market is set for sustained growth as investments in Clark draw workers, migrants and homebuyers, driving housing demand faster than in neighboring Central Luzon provinces, according to Hausland Holdings Inc.
MICC seeks return of ancestral lands to Indigenous control
The Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) is seeking to restore Indigenous Peoples’ control over ancestral lands after mining companies complete their operations and rehabilitation obligations, putting post-mining land rights at the center of proposed reforms.
Eala’s double faults prove costly in Toray
In tennis, sometimes the difference between victory and defeat is just one point. For Alex Eala, it was a double fault at precisely the wrong moment.
Proposed BNPP privatization risks leaving PH behind regional energy peers — advocates
The Department of Energy has confirmed the national government is open to selling the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, also referred to as the Philippine Nuclear Power Plant, to private investors, after a South Korean feasibility study found promise in reviving the long‑idle facility.
