A major milestone for our independent digital outlet.
On Friday, May 22, Trendrod looks back to our past and gives a peek into the road ahead as it celebrates its sixth anniversary.
From day 1, we have always strived to make ourselves as a reliable alternative source for the latest news and developments around the country and development of different parts of the world.
To complement that vision, we launched and tested various formats to engage our audiences with the stories that they both need and want to know.
NEW FORMATS, NEW HOMES
First on the list is our transfer to this brand new home at trendrod.com last December 2025, which marked our departure from our former home at trendrod.wordpress.com.
This does not only signify our renewed commitment to you, our dear Ka-Trendrod, but also a fulfillment to our vision of delivering you a professionally-run digital outlet — a plan that we have carefully rolled out in the past years of our existence.
In line with that, we declare that Trendrod is not a blogsite. It is not a news aggregator. It is not a propaganda outlet.
Since our inception, we have always strived to fulfill our mission of becoming a legitimate, independent news source that delivers accurate facts and context to our content spanning various topics; makes information more accessible and understandable by being available across multiple spaces and formats; and provides a platform to highlight issues that need to be addressed.
And with that independence, we also recognize the importance of the role we play in the local media landscape.
Hence, in the past few months, we have moved to increase the visibility of our general news vertical, Trendrod News, on social media.
It does not only extend Trendrod’s established brand of curated news output, but also emphasizes our commitment to delivering valuable information, insights, and stories affecting the general populace.
We also launched our two weekend editions, Trendrod Quests on Saturdays and Trendrod Sunday on Sundays, last March.
Quests focuses on stories that entertain, bring refuge to our readers, and encourage them to learn new, exciting, and meaningful things.
While we deliver the recap of the major news stories of the week, the latest developments as they happen, and even headlines of tomorrow to get readers up to speed and prepared for the week ahead on Sunday.
We have also beefed up our live, on-site coverage to deliver the stories from the center of the action.
TOP 6 STORIES IN 2026 (SO FAR)
Based on our analytics from the month of January to today, we have monitored high interest in our entertainment stories, as proven by the high viewership of these stories.
• Best Shows: Top 40 Philippine TV and Streaming Programs in 2025 (Full Article)
• Ashtine Olviga drops debut single ‘Love Like U’
• BINI announces dates, venues for upcoming ‘Signals’ world tour
• NCT Wish returns to Manila for ‘Into The Wish: Our Wish’ concert tour
• ABS-CBN brand makes free-to-air comeback via ALLTV2; Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live update logos
• TV5 debuts revamped look to kickstart new era
