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Asia Direct Cable Enters Service for PLDT
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoPLDT's[1][5][6] release of 11 February 2025 announces the cable 'marking its operational and commercial readiness', and PLDT's 20-F for 2025 (reference 1) states 'In February 2025, ADC went into service'.The 9,988-kilometre Asia Direct Cable, landing at PLDT's Nasugbu station in Batangas, went live in February 2025, linking the Philippines to Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand and China.$75M0.71M7.8 Mindanao Earthquake Hits PLDT and Smart Networks
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE109 days agoThe USGS[5] event page (reference 1) times the M7.8 main shock at 2026-06-07 23:37:41 UTC (07:37 on 8 June in Manila); PLDT's[1] first advisory, dated 'June 8, 2026, 8 p.m.', reports teams mobilised 'following the recent earthquake'.A magnitude 7.8 quake off southern Mindanao cut power to PLDT and Smart sites around General Santos; by 10 June Smart had service back in 22 of 24 affected provinces, with Starlink links filling gaps.0.61Smart and Lynk Take Satellite-to-Phone Tests to Ilocos Norte
ESTIMATED59% CONFIDENCE206 days agoPLDT's[1] release of 2 March 2026 says Smart and Lynk 'have completed another round of field tests' in Burgos, Bangui and Pagudpud without dating them, so the pin is anchored to that announcement.Smart and Lynk Global texted Metro Manila by satellite and reached the DICT and PAGASA websites from Burgos, Bangui and Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte coastal towns facing the West Philippine Sea.0.61Smart and Lynk Send Texts by Satellite in Catanduanes Pilot
ESTIMATED71% CONFIDENCE253 days agoThe test is undated in every source (PNA[5] captions its photo 'in this undated photo'); PNA reports that PLDT[1]-Smart 'on Wednesday (Jan. 14, 2026) announced the success' of the pilot, so the pin is anchored to that announcement.Smart texted between Catanduanes and Metro Manila and loaded its website through Lynk Global's low-orbit satellites, its first direct-to-device satellite test, from a coastal village in Pandan.0.61PLDT Signs ₱2.94-Billion Deal to Buy Meralco's 65.1% of Radius Telecoms
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE112 days agoStated as done, per PLDT's PSE/SEC[1] disclosure (6-K exhibit): "on June 4, 2026, the Company executed a Share Purchase Agreement with Paragon Vertical Corporation... and Radius Telecoms, Inc."; no signing time is given.PLDT signed a share purchase agreement with Meralco's Paragon Vertical for the 65.1% of fibre carrier Radius Telecoms it does not own, a PHP 2.935 billion deal that will make Radius a wholly owned unit once the competition and telecom regulators approve.₱2.9B0.60Techo International Airport Opens in Phnom Penh
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "Techo International Airport opened on September 9, 2025," with its official inauguration on October 20, 2025.Cambodia's $1.2BN Techo International Airport, its jungle-inspired canopy roof designed by Foster + Partners, opened south of Phnom Penh as the government bets aviation can reshape the country's fortunes.$1.2B0.60New Harbor Bridge Opens in Corpus Christi
New Harbor Bridge, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The long-awaited, $1.3 billion Harbor Bridge opened Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas".After years of safety-related construction halts and cost overruns, the new cable-stayed Harbor Bridge across Corpus Christi's ship channel finally opened to traffic in 2025.$1.3B0.60Four Rebuilt Red Line Stations Open on Chicago's North Side
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe CTA's announcement says "four fully reconstructed Red Line stations in Edgewater and Uptown will open on Sunday, July 20, 2025".[1]The Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr stations reopened fully accessible, with elevators and escalators at main entrances, wider platforms, translucent overhead canopies and new public artwork. They sit on 1.3 miles of new track structure, bridges and viaducts built between Lawrence and Bryn Mawr under the CTA's $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization Phase One project.0.59PLDT Holds 2025 Annual Stockholders' Meeting
Grand Hyatt Manila, 8th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig District 2, Taguig, Southern Manila District, Metro Manila, 1635, PhilippinesPLDT
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoPLDT's results disclosure covers the 'Annual Meeting of Stockholders of PLDT Inc. held on June 10, 2025', and the information statement set it for 'June 10, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.' (07:00 UTC) at the Grand Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Manila.[1]PLDT shareholders approved the 2024 audited financial statements and elected 13 directors, including three independents, at the annual meeting at the Grand Hyatt Manila in Bonifacio Global City.0.58London's Docklands Light Railway Opens
Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE39.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "opened on 31 August 1987 with 11 trains servicing 15 stations".The driverless Docklands Light Railway opens to passengers, giving London's redeveloping docklands a low-cost automated metro built largely on disused rail viaducts.£77M0.58CDG Express Starts Running From Gare de l'Est to Roissy
DELAYED20.5 years late63% CONFIDENCEin 185 daysThe project's own history page says "When it enters service on 28 March 2027, the CDG Express[1][2] will realise a vision first imagined more than 30 years ago".The 32 km non-stop link will run every 15 minutes from 5am to midnight between Gare de l'Est and Charles de Gaulle Airport, a 20-minute trip, operated by Hello Paris, a Keolis and RATP Dev joint venture. The infrastructure company, owned in equal shares by Groupe ADP, SNCF Reseau and Banque des Territoires, says it financed the entire project without public subsidies, and CAF France of Alsace supplied the trainsets.0.58Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Opens to Renforth
DELAYED8 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 5.3 yearsThe article says only that "The extension is expected to open in 2031", a year rather than a fixed day, so the pin sits on the last day of that year.[1]The 9.2-kilometre westward extension of Line 5 Eglinton adds seven stations - four underground, two elevated and one in an open trench - ending at a trenched terminal at Renforth beside the eastern end of the Mississauga Transitway. Construction was estimated in 2026 at CA$3.97 billion, up from CA$2.47 billion a decade earlier.C$4B0.58
