The Office of the President has approved the request of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to lock down its facilities in Manila and Pasig City due to the rising COVID-19 cases of its employees. The lockdown will take effect on Tuesday, April 13, and will run for 10 days as both the...
Members of the Gilas Pilipinas national basketball team hold a training session inside the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna. (Photo from Inspire Sports Academy) Group workouts of pro teams and training of national athletes will remain prohibited even if Metro Manila and provinces inside...
Rizal Memorial Coliseum (MB Photo / Ali Vicoy) The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is waiting for a directive from the Office of the President if it could lock down its facilities in Manila and Pasig City due to the rising COVID-19 cases of its employees. Sources said the government sports...
The Philippine International Literary Festival happens this month and onward Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa describes literature as “the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” Simply put, it’s the best kind of distraction. If so, then literature could easily be considered an “essential...
The Philippine government will no longer extend the price ceiling on pork and chicken in Metro Manila, but will impose a price cap or suggested retail price (SRP) on imported pork only starting Friday, April 9. Agriculture Secretary William Dar announced during Wednesday, April 7 virtual briefing,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it is migrating to a new company registration portal called the Electronic Simplified Processing of Application for Registration of Company (eSPARC) by April 19. In a statement, the SEC said the new portal will provide the public with a...
Philippine shares rose on the back of record performances of US bourses. PSE file photo The main index jumped 94.96 points or 1.46 percent to close at 6,590.11 as share prices rose across the board, led by the Holding Firms and Industrial counters. Volume remained tepid though at 2.41 billion...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is giving corporations more time to submit their General Information Sheets (GIS) to cope with the new rounds of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and the transition to an online submission system. The SEC extended the deadline in a notice issued...
The local stock market rose as bargain hunters picked up shares late in the session on the back of gains in the US. PSE file photo The main index rose 52.06 points or 0.81 percent to 6,495.15 with only the Property sector retreating. Volume dropped to 1.85 billion shares worth P5.36 billion as...
Jersey Marticio Chess wunderkind Jersey Marticio swept all her seven matches to capture the elite girls 18-under division of the 2021 Mayor Atty. Rolen C Paulino National Age Group Online Chess Championships North Luzon Leg held online over the weekend. The 13-year-old Marticio, a Grade 8...
The local stock market fell as investors cashed out ahead of the uncertainties that shroud the long weekend. Photo credit: PSE file. The main index dropped 102.46 points or 1.57 percent to close at 6,443.09 as share prices fell across the board. Volume improved but remained low at 2.4 billion...
Homegrown insurance technology (insurtech) startup Kwik.insure today (March 30) launched the country’s largest online insurance marketplace with over 100 life and non-life insurance products from 15 top providers. Consumers can select, search, and compare different insurance offerings digitally,...
