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
