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TRAI's recommendation to making Digital Connectivity Infrastructure (DCI) mandatory for buildings might help speed up 5G rollout in India

The House Committee on Public Works and Highways, chaired by Surigao del Sur 1st District Rep. Romeo Momo, on Monday, Feb. 20, underscored the need for a new Philippine Building Act to ensure the safety of public and private infrastructures from devastations brought by natural calamities, such as ty

Trai has proposed to create a regulatory framework for providing digital connectivity as an essential infrastructure which it said had become important in the wake of users preferring to work from anywhere demanding digital connectivity at all time, which has been further stimulated by launch of 5G services

Renae Telo from Perth is a primary caregiver for her daughter Amalie and away from home when nature calls, the pair have no choice but to use the provided facilities - most of which fall short.

ALL too predictably, the massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake on Feb 6 that devastated southeastern Turkiye and parts of Syria, and claimed at least 40,000 lives, has triggered fresh calls from lawmakers to overhaul the Philippines’ 46-year-old National Building Code and prepare the country for the much-dreaded “Big One”.

As the specter of the so-called “Big One” earthquake spooks the megacity especially after the devastating magnitude-7.8 tremor that shook Türkiye and Syria, renowned urban planner Jun Palafox recommended updating the 1977 National Building Code before it is too late.

The paper says lawmakers should update building codes, and the government must ensure that its rules and regulations are enforced.

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Masbate province yesterday morning, sending people out of their homes, prompting dozens of patients to be evacuated from a hospital and causing minor damage to a government coliseum and business establishments.

No Filipino was reported killed in Syria following the earthquake that struck across the border region of southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Town of Lunenburg is now accepting development proposals for land currently owned by the town on Blockhous...