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One of the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded came ashore in Eastern Samar at peak strength, with PAGASA measuring ten-minute winds of 235 km/h. At least 6,300 died in the Visayas alone.

The Birdhouse began as a glamping retreat above Maremegmeg Beach in El Nido in September 2016. A firsthand travel account was updated January 6, 2024 to report permanent closure; no reopening was verified.

President Marcos and PLDT chairman Manuel Pangilinan inaugurated VITRO Sta. Rosa, a 50-megawatt hyperscale data centre in Laguna with NVIDIA-powered GPU servers for AI workloads.

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.

PLDT's 2024 telco core income rose 2% to ₱35.1 billion, in line with guidance, and reported net income jumped 21% to ₱32.3 billion; the board declared a ₱47 final dividend for ₱97 a share in all, a 60% payout.

PLDT inaugurated its Digos, Davao del Sur landing station for the 12,000-kilometre Apricot cable, one of two Philippine landings that give PLDT routes facing the Pacific rather than the West Philippine Sea.

PLDT's first-quarter 2025 telco core income fell 6% to ₱8.8 billion, but overall core income held at ₱8.9 billion as digital bank Maya contributed ₱127 million in its first profitable quarter.

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.

PLDT's first-half 2025 core income edged up to ₱17.6 billion on a ₱1.1 billion swing at Maya, while full-year capex guidance was cut to ₱63 billion from ₱68-73 billion and the board declared a ₱48 interim dividend.

The Konektadong Pinoy Act became law on 24 August 2025 without President Marcos's signature, letting new data-transmission players build and run networks without a congressional franchise. PLDT had urged a veto and said it may challenge the law's constitutionality in court.

PLDT's core income held at ₱25.8 billion in the first nine months of 2025 as Maya's ₱603 million offset a 5% drop in telco core income, and the group turned free-cash-flow positive a year ahead of its 2026 target.

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.

PLDT posted record 2025 EBITDA of ₱111.2 billion and core income up 1% to ₱34.6 billion, but reported net income fell 7% to ₱30.0 billion; the board declared a ₱46 final dividend and guided 2026 capex to the mid-₱50 billion range.

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.

The annual US-Philippine Balikatan exercise opened at Camp Aguinaldo with Japan and Canada joining as full participants for the first time alongside Australia, France and New Zealand.

PLDT's first-quarter 2026 core income rose 2% to ₱9.1 billion on Maya's contribution and asset-sale gains, while capex fell to ₱10 billion and free cash flow stayed positive.

Danny Yu retired as PLDT's chief financial officer and chief risk officer at the end of May 2026, after steering the group back to positive free cash flow in 2025; treasurer Leo Posadas became officer-in-charge of finance from 1 June.

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.

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.

PLDT shareholders elected 13 directors at the Grand Hyatt Manila, where Manny Pangilinan said the VITRO REIT IPO could raise $300-400 million from eight data centres.

PLDT's data centre arm VITRO filed its registration statement and REIT plan with the Philippine SEC for an IPO of up to PHP 24.2 billion, the country's first digital infrastructure REIT, backed by eight data centres of about 24 MW.

PLDT's first-half 2026 core income held at ₱17.3 billion while reported net income fell to ₱16.4 billion; the board declared a ₱46 interim dividend, a 60% payout, and Pangilinan declined to give full-year guidance.

PLDT said faulty controls over structured hedge accounting were a material weakness at end-2025, and its auditor SGV withdrew its opinions on the 2025 statements and controls in the US Form 20-F, which PLDT will amend after an Audit Committee review.

Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island in the Philippines had a moderately explosive eruption on Saturday 10 October 2026. PHIVOLCS recorded it from shortly before 12:30 pm to 12:48 pm local time (one news report gave 12:46 pm and a two-minute seismic signal). The Manila-based Daily Tribune reported an ash plume 5 to 6 km above the summit crater drifting north-northeast, and the Kanlaon Volcano Observatory reported ongoing ash emission that afternoon. PHIVOLCS kept Alert Level 2, which signals increasing unrest, and barred entry to the 6 km Permanent Danger Zone; the national disaster agency urged residents of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental to take ashfall precautions, and local governments told residents to stay alert. Earlier in 2026 the volcano had a moderately explosive eruption on 19 February (a 2,000 m plume, pyroclastic flows and light to moderate ashfall in 41 barangays), and Wikipedia's chronology counts the 10 October eruption as the ninth major one since June 2024. The reports read do not state evacuations or how far the ash fell.

PLDT will hold its nine-month 2026 financial and operating results briefing on November 12 at 3:30 p.m. Manila time via MS Teams, according to its October 28 PSE filing.

The After Dark Tour's first race in the Philippines: a sold-out women's night 10K from Kilometer Zero on Roxas Boulevard past the National Museum, across Jones Bridge and through Intramuros.

The night run starts at Luneta Park on 29 November 2026 and passes the National Museum, Fort Santiago and Binondo before the Manila Bay strip, with marathon, half, 10K and 5K distances.

PLDT's ePLDT plans to sell up to 49% of VITRO REIT, eight data centres with about 24 MW, for up to ₱24.2 billion at up to ₱11 a share; the 12 October listing has been pushed back while cornerstone investors are lined up.

PLDT's full-year 2026 results and final dividend, expected in late February 2027 under its 60% payout policy, after guidance for 2026 capex in the mid-₱50 billion range.

PLDT's 2027 annual meeting falls on the second Tuesday of June under its by-laws, where shareholders will elect the board and approve the 2026 financial statements.

Smart plans to switch on commercial satellite-to-phone service with Lynk Global in 2027, the first in the Philippines, starting with texts and light data for remote islands and disaster zones.

Estimated operation/completion target: Phase 2 in 2027. 3,500 MW generating capacity; Above PHP 200 billion published project cost. Partly operational / under construction.

San Miguel targets the New Manila International Airport’s first runway toward the end of 2028, according to its CEO’s September 2026 briefing. Land-development work continues; this milestone does not represent completion of all airport runways and terminals.