Rodney Artida For years, Taguig City has strive to stay true to its principle of Metro Manila's 'Probinsyudad', striking a balance between modernization and tradition, advancement and the environment, a yin and yang of urban and rural. The city has been progressing real fast when Bonifacio Global City was developed. Despite of commercialization, the city... Continue Reading →
Rodney Artida Lack of urban planning and implementation of city development plan makes an urban area prone to housing problem, toxicity and urban sprawl. High population and density brings heavy traffic and pollution. Unsustainable and vulnerable environment in turn will bring more dilemma to the people living in slums or depressed areas.The World Urban Forum... Continue Reading →
Rodney Artida The “first batch of registration” and issue of PhilSys IDs will be rolled out this September according to Philippine Statistics Authority. House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo disclosed that PSA aims to register an initial batch of about six million individuals for the national ID system. According to Arroyo, Atty. Lourdines De la Cruz, deputy... Continue Reading →
Rodney ArtidaHundreds if not thousands of old structures all over the archipelago are being scrapped and demolished to make way for modern buildings. We are shortsighted and often overlook the importance of these old buildings who are witness to our history and heritage. According to a renowned architect, Manila and the rest of the Philippines... Continue Reading →
Rodney Artida, Marianne Ilumba Beverage giant San Miguel Corporation announced Monday that it would tap recycled plastics as a material to build roads. SMC has tapped material science company Dow Chemical for the project. To reduce waste, hard-to-recycle plastics will be used as an alternative raw material input for asphalt overlay for roads, SMC said... Continue Reading →
Rodney Artida Credits: BCD Expect a lot of traffic in the coming years around Fort Bonifacio as Bases Conversion and Development Authority and Megaworld Corporation will be collaborating to develop the 160-hectare portion of Fort Bonifacio as the new government center. Megaworld and BCDA signed a memorandum of agreement during the press conference to develop... Continue Reading →
Theresa Calatcat In our history, we have known San Juan City as the venue for one of the biggest revolts in the country led by Gat. Andres Bonifacio, the Battle of Pinaglabanan. In honor for what they have done, Museo ng Katipunan is inaugurated. In this museum, the life of Filipinos to how they converted... Continue Reading →
Secret's finally over! Take a sneak peak as the famous clothing brand H&M welcomes us with the first Filipino Ambassador, Nadine Lustre. PHOTO COURTESY: H&M She made a fiery history, revealing her very own swimsuit in collaboration with the brand. In her IG story, she told us how they really prepared for this ultimate swimwear... Continue Reading →
By: Carlo Canlas photo credits: https://www.facebook.com/WESGcom/photos/a.1336987992995596/2500699453291105/?type=3&theater TNC Predator's aggressive game play crushed Keen Gaming throughout the game to win the WESG 2018 Dota 2 Championship crown. Predators drew a 2-0 sweep in the best of three finals series. The team is composed by Armel "Armel" Tabios, Kim "Gabbi" Villafuerte, Timothy John "Tims" Randrup; Marc Polo... Continue Reading →
By: Carlo Canlas Razer announced on their official Twitter account the five out of six game titles that will be included as official medal event for the 2019 SEA Games (https://twitter.com/Razer/status/1076009447590248448) The upcoming South East Asian (SEA) Games 2019 that will be hosted by the Philippines is the first to include PC, mobile, and console... Continue Reading →
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