As grief enveloped the nation over the death of 50 soldiers during a C-130 crash in Sulu, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco vowed to strongly push for an upgrade and modernization of the country’s air assets, saying that what happened on Sunday, July 4 must not occur again in the future. Velasco led...
(PIXABAY) Independent research group OCTA reiterated its call to the national and local governments, as well as the private sector and communities, to prepare for the possible impact of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the country. The Delta variant has...
Wilcon Depot, Inc. (Wilcon) is allotting capital expenditures of P3.2 billion this year mainly to support its expansion program as it targets to have 100 stores by 2025. In a press briefing after the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting, Wilcon President Lorraine Belo-Cincochan said the capex...
Korean actor-singer Cha Eun-woo and his K-pop boy band ASTRO, and actor-singer Ong Seung-woo, former Wanna One member, are bringing the big bucks to their agency, Fantagio, according to a financial report by the company. Fantagio submitted a document to Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service on...
While the downward trend in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in NCR (National Capital Region) Plus area continues, independent research group OCTA noted that it has been slowing down over the past week. Citing the data from the Department of Health, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Butch Ong said the...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng If for Timon and Pumbaa in the Lion King, the Swahili phrase meant “No worries for the rest of your days”; that problem-free philosophy is not something we can deem applicable for these times. A mass vaccination program seems...
Here's the story behind the dresses by Mark Bumgarner Pia Wurtzbach and Angelia Ong For its 20th Anniversary issue, L'Officiel India magazine presents Filipino beauty with pageant champions Pia Wurtzbach and Angelia Ong. Having won the 2015 edition of beauty contests Miss Universe and Miss Earth...
Bernadette Belle Ong, Singapore's bet to this year's Miss Universe pageant reveals she is also Pinoy. In her Up Close video for Miss Universe posted on their Facebook page she said, "I actually came from the Philippines. I was born there up until the time I was 11 years old. In between that I was...
Employees from Macao Imperial Tea, New York Fries and Dips, and more are included in the vaccination program. Fredley Group of Companies announces vaccination of employees for free. Founder and CEO Avin Ong states, "This initiative by the company is not just for its employees, but to also encourage...
Thanks to this generation’s own crown of thorns, COVID-19, it's already been two years of really quiet holy weeks for all of us. While the government’s enhanced community quarantine order kept most of us locked down in our homes and prevented us to proceed with our long-planned beach comebacks,...
Success is not final; failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts. —Winston Churchill With almost a year in lockdown, it is no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has forced most businesses to reduce their spending, if not completely reduce their workforce or halt their...
Pepsi Cola Products Philippines Inc. (PCPPI)—the exclusive manufacturer of PepsiCo beverages in the country—remains firm in growing its business this year amid the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Frederick D. Ong, PCPPI president and chief executive officer, said the company...
