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As many as 23 million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine against COVID-19 will be delivered to the Philippines within the year, according to British Ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce on Friday.

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Interviewed on Unang Balita, Pruce said the Philippines will see a "steady stream" of AstraZeneca vaccines starting with the nearly 500,000 doses that arrived on Thursday night as part of the COVAX Facility.

"I think you'll see...

PLDT Inc. is optimistic to surpass its core profit guidance for 2021 as it expects robust performance across its wireless and broadband businesses.

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The telco is eyeing to grow its core telco income by 6% or within P29 billion to P30 billion range this year.

“Anchored on the sustained demand for our data and broadband services, we expect a high single digit increase in consolidated service revenues and te...

BY: Reggie R.  Vistal

Published 9:00 PM, January 30, 2019

CEBU, Philippines – A former Uber US executive is now the head of transport for ride-hailing giant Grab Philippines.

At the launch of Grab's new "Better Everyday" campaign, its country head-turned-president Brian Cu announced some movements and new executives.

Cu moved up to oversee all the services offered by Grab ̵...

By: Reggie R. Vistal

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), along with Globe Telecom Inc., on Monday announced plans to buy out the total equity interest of the telecommunications business of San Miguel Corp. (SMC).

Under the terms of agreement, both companies will acquire a 50-percent equity stake in the SMC telco, further cementing a duopoly in the telecommunications industry.

The deal involves San Miguel subsid...

By: Reggie R. Vistal

SM Investment Corps will leverage the Philippines division of Lazada to sell online merchandise

Leading Philippines retail, banking and property developer SM Investments Corp has entered into a partnership with e-commerce giant Lazada, according to a Bloomberg report.

Through this alliance, it hopes to leverage Lazada’s popularity in the Philippines (6th m...

By: Reggie R. Vistal

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has acquired two more C-130 Hercules planes from the United States for P1.6 billion, outgoing Air Force commander Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Delgado said yesterday.

One of the newly refurbished cargo and transport aircraft will be arriving this month while the second is due in September, he added.

The causes of heart attacks and the warning symptoms that can signal the need for immediate medical attention are different in women than in men, according to a scientific statement issued today by the American Heart Association.

When women don’t recognize this, they may suffer worse outcomes, a fate that is even more likely in black and Hispanic women, according to the AHA.

The organization published its first comprehensive statement on gender diff...