Now that it is offering an eSIM for both postpaid and prepaid subscribers, Smart wants to widen the adoption by offering a digital delivery service. With this method, both prepaid and postpaid subscribers can easily order an eSIM at the Smart Online store and have it delivered to them through email in the form of […]
We recently went to Bangkok for the POCO Partners Southeast Asia (SEA) Forum 2023, and POCO lent us the F5 Pro to take it around Bangkok during our free time. To recall, the F5 Pro is a significant model from POCO, as it packed a lot of features at around the Php 30k price point. […]
If you have an upcoming Philippine Airlines flight, the country’s national flag carrier has issued an advisory regarding international flights, where they will be reassigned to NAIA Terminal 1 effective June 16. All Philippine Airlines domestic flights, on the other hand, will remain at NAIA Terminal 2. Passengers are encouraged to arrive at least four […]
Following yet another power outage at NAIA 3 last Friday (Jun 9), the issues of the country’s main airport are becoming more obvious that Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile calls them out–and wants all MIAA officials to be fired. “The apology should not be accepted. Fire all of them and replace them with […]
As part of its plans to improve NAIA, DoTR USec. Roberto Lim said in an interview with ANC that they’re confident that the privatization of NAIA may be implemented by the first quarter of 2024. This is despite criticisms from personalities like Sen. Risa Hontiveros, where she emphasized that privatization is not a cure-all solution […]
While we all know AirAsia as a low-cost, budget airline, it has since evolved into an all-in-one platform that will let you book hotels, plan tours, and even book ride and delivery services. The latter, which is supposed to be known as AirAsia Ride, has been in the works since last year, and CEO Tony […]
Jose Arturo Tugade experienced chaotic times in his stint as LTO Chief: despite his push to combat fixers, digitize transactions through the LTMS, and even offer free theoretical driving courses to student drivers, the LTO was faced with a plethora of issues. These include the shortage of motorcycle and car plates and the shortage of […]
With reports of privatization plans for NAIA amidst all the issues it has been facing recently—which include a technical glitch during New Year 2023–Senator Risa Hontiveros has warned the public that making NAIA and other Philippine airports private is not a “silver bullet” that can resolve all the issues associated with these air terminals. ”This […]
Following reports that the CAAP will be conducting major maintenance work on the Philippines’ Air Traffic Management System on May 17, they have made a follow-up announcement today (May 5) that the planned shutdown of the Philippine airspace will be shortened to 2 hours from the initial 6 hours. “Tuloy po ito pero may maganda […]
If you didn’t know, there’s quite a lot happening at our airports recently. A technical issue caused a 6-hour power outage on Labor Day (of all busy holidays), a plane skidded off an Isabela airport, another 6-hour shutdown is planned for May 17, and the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) chief was recently suspended for […]
With US President Joe Biden and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meeting to discuss the future between the two nations, all eyes wanted to see if this would bear fruit. We’ve seen quite a lot of documentation on what’s been discussed, but one of the most notable is the US commitment to improve transport systems […]
The Philippines is off to a rough start, as technical difficulties in NAIA has led to stranded passengers on New Year. The country’s NAIA airport is off to a rough start this 2023, as around 282 flights (as of 4PM) were either delayed, cancelled, or diverted to other airports in the Philippines on New Year […]