PDI: By the numbers

P2

Price per copy of the Philippine Daily Inquirer broadsheet when launched on Dec. 9, 1985

P25

Current price of PDI broadsheet

6

Locations of the Inquirer main office as it changed address in the last four decades, from the Star Building on 14th and Railroad Streets in Port Area, Manila, in 1985 to Media Resource Plaza Building on Mola Street, Makati City, where it moved in in 2023

80

Grant recipients under the Inquirer college scholarship program since 1993, including the latest who are expected to graduate in 2026.

696

Media awards won by the Inquirer since October 1986, as of November 2025

11

Organizations from business, civic, education, and environment sectors that have partnered with the Inquirer for ESG Edge, a program launched in 2024 to promote sustainability.

1998

Year when PDI shifted from monochromatic front page to full color, in time for the Philippine Centennial celebration

2007

Year the Inquirer Read-Along storytelling program for schoolchildren was launched

1997

Year when Inquirer.net, now consistently the country’s most visited news website, was launched

1998

Launch of Cebu Daily News

2012

Launch of InquirerPlus, the app offering the digital replica of the broadsheet

2015

Launch of Inquirer Academy and the Inquirer Foundation

2019

Launch of INQskwela, a program promoting media literacy among students

7

“Young Blood” books — anthologies of youth essays appearing in the Op-Ed section—published by the Inquirer

78

Groups who have partnered with the Inquirer Foundation

322

Number of partner schools under the INQskwela program

200,000

Estimated number of students reached to date by the INQskwela program

Sources: Inquirer Archives