Philippine team wins global crowdsourcing competition for disaster-resilient housing solutions

The field test trial of the University of the Philippines Diliman’s Institute of Civil Engineering team’s Column Footing Grade Beam Monolith. By Patricia Mirasol A team from the University of the Philippines-Diliman’s Institute of Civil Engineering (UP Diliman ICE) has won Habitat for Humanity’s crowdsourced competition for retrofitting houses with […]

Toktok’s ride towards growth

Founder and CFO Carl Macadangdang (left), and Founder and President Jonathan So (right) Starting a business is not always a walk in the park, especially in the middle of a global health and economic crisis. But this is when the journey of toktok began. Launched only in December last year, […]

Toktok’s ride towards growth

Founder and CFO Carl Macadangdang (left), and Founder and President Jonathan So (right) Starting a business is not always a walk in the park, especially in the middle of a global health and economic crisis. But this is when the journey of toktok began. Launched only in December last year, […]

Toktok’s ride towards growth

Founder and CFO Carl Macadangdang (left), and Founder and President Jonathan So (right) Starting a business is not always a walk in the park, especially in the middle of a global health and economic crisis. But this is when the journey of toktok began. Launched only in December last year, […]

Delta clouds PHL growth outlook

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS THE WORLD BANK on Tuesday cut its economic growth outlook for the Philippines once again to 4.3% this year as it estimates 60% of the population will be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the second quarter of 2022. The Delta-driven surge in infections […]