The Japanese men’s volleyball team is looking to put on a show for the adoring Filipino fans as it returns for the Philippine leg of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) final elimination round on Tuesday, June 18, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Photo from Ran Takahashi on...
The International Finance Corp. (IFC) has acquired a stake in fintech company First Circle for $7 million (about P410 million), to help boost lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines. A June 15 disclosure showed that the IFC board approved on June 13 its equity investment...
Motorists will have a punishing drive to the gas pumps this week as the price of all fuel commodities will be on significant uptick, based on the pricing advisories of the oil companies. As announced by the industry players, there will be hefty price hike of P1.75 per liter for diesel products;...
Deputy Majority Leader Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (PPAB) Deputy Majority Leader Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre has promised a better labor situation in the Philippines that leans toward the workers themselves. Acidre,...
Dr. Reghis M. Romero II, chairman of the board of RMR Capital, Inc./R-II Builders, Inc., received the FIABCI "Property Man of the Year" trophy. He was joined by FIABCI-PH vice chairman Dr. Eduardo G. Ong, FIABCI International World president Budiarsa Sastrawinata, FIABCI-Ph president Architect...
FILE - Bruce Hickey, 70, walks along the waterfront, now littered with debris including shrimp boats, in the mobile home park where he and his wife, Kathy, have a winter home on San Carlos Island, Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Oct. 5, 2022, one week after the passage of Hurricane Ian. The National...
The government has approved the financing of ¥64.38 billion or P24.57 billion for the design, construction, and delivery of five units of 97-meter multi-role response vessels from Japan. Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph G. Recto and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Chief...
One of the most brilliant and honest among jurists and politicians that the Philippines has ever produced, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Hilario A. Davide Jr. has said the final word about the House Absolute Divorce Bill or House Bill No. 9349. It is unconstitutional. Even...
Mondelēz International is advancing its support for a circular economy in the Philippines by reducing packaging use, evolving designs, and improving diversion systems. The company has met its 2023 goal of collecting and diverting the equivalent volume of its post-consumer plastic packaging, in...
Cans of fruit cocktail and peaches yielded illegal drugs worth P13.5 million at the Central Mail Exchange Center in Pasay City. Authorities have intercepted a shipment of illegal drugs valued at P13.5 million last June 7 at the Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) in Pasay City. Disguised as canned...
In urban areas, especially in the Philippines, landscaping is often overlooked in favor of building tall structures, leading to a rise in the heat index. While development is inevitable, the destruction of nature can be prevented. Global real estate leaders are focusing on the forces shaping our...
Passengers are now expected to cut their traveling time between Quezon City and Parañaque from an hour and a half to just 25 minutes with the addition of five new stations to the LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension. This is just the first of the remaining stations in the Cavite leg that have yet to be...
