Megaworld Hotels and Resorts, the hospitality arm of Megaworld, has partnered with global hospitality group Accor to convert the 1,530-room Grand Westside Hotel into Mövenpick Manila Bay Westside, which will become the largest Mövenpick hotel in the world. The 19-story, two-tower Mövenpick...
The Philippine Navy (PN) highlighted its expanding capabilities in drone warfare and unmanned systems as it opened its first-ever Drone Warfare Summit 2025 on Monday, Oct. 27, in Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Olongapo City. The three-day event, organized by the Philippine Fleet (PF) in partnership with...
Australian Ambassador Marc Innes-Brown expressed his deep appreciation for Filipino food as he goes around the city and nearby provinces to sample popular Pinoy fare. The envoy, who shared these discoveries on his X (formerly Twitter) account, called them #BiyaheNiMarc. “On my exploration of...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has traced the source of the Sept. 30 magnitude 6.9 offshore northern Cebu earthquake to a newly-identified fault in Bogo City, Cebu. Phivolcs on Friday, Oct. 3 said its Quick Response Team “identified the onland extension of the...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) clarified Friday, Aug. 15, that a Chinese vessel did not enter Manila Bay, contrary to reports surfacing on social media. Commodore Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS), said a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship with bow number “3306” was...
Davao tycoon Dennis A. Uy’s PH Resorts Group Holdings Inc. (PHR) has already written-off its investments in its shelved Emerald Bay integrated casino-resort project in Mactan, which led to a ₱6.75-billion net loss for the first half of 2025. The firm informed the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has unveiled updated master plans for the Pasig-Marikina and Cagayan River Basins as part of a long-term strategy to strengthen flood protection in Metro Manila and...
If you’ve been to Singapore, you’ve probably seen it (and couldn’t miss it)—three towers joined by what looks like a ship across Marina Bay. Marina Bay Sands is a distinct feature of the city’s skyline. Now, its developer Las Vegas Sands is building a new $8 billion resort and...
PH Resorts Group Holdings Inc., the integrated resorts unit of Davao tycoon Dennis A. Uy’s holding company Udenna Corporation, assures the Philippine Stock Exchange that it can wipe out its negative stockholders’ equity with the conversion of shareholders’ advances to common shares. However,...
United States Ambassador to Manila MaryKay Carlson is unsurprised by plans to establish a mutual ammunition co-production factory in the former US Naval Base Subic Bay. In an interview on the sidelines of the US Independence Day celebration on Thursday, July 3, the envoy recalled the joint...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) issued flood bulletins on Thursday, July 3, for the Pasig-Marikina-Laguna de Bay and Tullahan River basins due to light to moderate rains brought by the southwest monsoon or “habagat.” The bulletins, in...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. is open to the United States’ proposal to establish an ammunition production and storage facility in Subic Bay, a former American naval base. Teodoro, however, clarified that he has yet to receive the formal proposal from...
