MEDIA HUB. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar (center) leads the ground-filling of the time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Visayas Media Hub at the DICT lot in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City on Thursday (Feb. 24, 2022). Andanar said the facility marks the beginning of the envisioned digital last mile platform and underscores the need of government media to invest in artificial intelligence and algorithm to cope with the fast-changing technology in the delivery of news and information. (PNA photo by John Rey Saavedra) MANDAUE CITY, Cebu - Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Thursday cited the need to invest in artificial intelligence and algorithm that will enable government media to strengthen the last mile information platform where news and information could reach the intended readers, viewers, or listeners. Andanar led the time capsule laying and groundbreaking ceremony for the Visayas Media Hub (VMH) in this industrial c
SunStar DPWH to clear Mambaling road
APOLOGY: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 7 has put up huge signboards (inset) on both sides of the road to apologize for the flooding of the Mambaling underpass that happened on March 31, 2021. It said its suction pumps had failed to work, with one even burning out. Heavy rains in the early morning of March 31 inundated the underpass, which was opened for public use in June 2019 and built for P800 million, making it impassable for hours. DPWH blamed the indiscriminate throwing of plastic waste, which clogged the drainage of the underpass. Photo above shows the condition of the Mambaling underpass in Cebu City on April 8, 2021. (Photo by Amper Campaña)