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Cebu Pacific strengthens its footprint in the Visayas and Mindanao as it adds more flights from its Davao and Cebu hubs effective November 2022. This totals a 35 percent increase in the airline’s non-Manila flight network.On October 30 and 31 respectively, CEB will be resuming its direct flights from Davao to Cagayan de Oro and Bacolod, allowing Juans in Mindanao to connect easily to more places across the country. Davao-Bacolod will be operating 3x weekly, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday; while Davao-Cagayan de Oro will be at 4x weekly, every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.These additional flights bring the total number of domestic connections from Davao to seven, which includes direct flights to Bohol, Cebu, Iloilo, Manila, and Zamboanga.The airline will also be r...

In line with its commitments to climate action, Globe today launched Climate Champions, a new mobile game that aims to encourage the company’s millions of customers to make sustainable choices in their consumption of goods and services.As a leader in sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices, Globe continues to push for climate education and action. Through the Globe Climate Champions mobile game, the company utilizes gaming as a platform to promote climate action.Globe Climate Champions is a mobile running game that equips Filipinos with practical tips on how they can reduce their carbon emissions in their everyday activities. It challenges players to run to the finish line at the shortest possible time, with the chance to receive speed boosts by pic...

Globe continues to scale up its network builds and upgrades, especially in geographically isolated, disadvantaged, and conflict-affected areas to help provide connectivity to 17,000 public schools that still do not have data or internet access.This was shared by Michael Agustin, Director for Enterprise Sales of Globe, one of the panelists at the Industry Leaders Conference on Connecting Last Mile Schools organized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through All Children Reading Philippines (ACR-Philippines), Better Access and Connectivity (Beacon), and Advancing Basic Education in the Philippines (ABC+).Agustin talked about closing the digital divide in education through network expansion and inclusive connectivity deployments.“We recognize that th...

The Office of Mayor Marvin Malacon, through the Municipal Agriculture Office, turned over checks worth of P21,700 in indemnity assistance to the eight farmers of E. B. Magalona, at rites at the Mayor’s Office Wednesday, September 21.The assistance came from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) and was given to eight farmers of Barangays Consing and Canlusong whose crops and livestock were damaged by pest infestation and other diseases, a press release from EB Magalona said.OIC-Municipal Agriculturist Efren Garcia Jr. led the turnover of checks to the beneficiaries, in the presence of Charlon Melendres, insurance underwriter of PCIC 3rd District; Bobby Paran, regional fisherfolk director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)- Region 6; Private Secretary...