October 2011
iOS Apps: TrafficDito
(via)TrafficDito gives you real-time traffic updates from people stuck in it!
It's the first social traffic monitoring app that helps you identify trouble spots in Metro Manila through fellow app users and the Twitterverse! This means you get only the most relevant and recent traffic updates from people actually on the road.
March 2011
Rotating brownouts loom
(via)MANILA, Philippines — Fears of rotating brownouts this summer were raised following the tripping of the San Jose-San Manuel transmission line of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), causing power outages in Metro Manila and nearby areas despite the relatively low demand for electricity last Saturday.
November 2010
WikiLeaks: 1,796 US memos from Manila
(via)MANILA, Philippines – A total of 1,796 of the more than 250,000 diplomatic cables sent by US embassies around the globe between 1966 and February this year – and made available online by WikiLeaks – came from Manila.
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