SM Investments Corporation (SMIC) has confirmed that the planned $1-billion initial public offering (IPO) of real estate SM Prime Holdings Inc., one of the largest integrated real estate companies in Southeast Asia, will be moved to 2024 instead of later this year. During the investor conference...
A young Filipino architect has just completed a prestigious master’s degree in Europe. Timothy Augustus Y. Ong just returned from Italy where he completed a two- year program, the Erasmus Mundus joint master’s degree in architecture, landscape, and archaeology conducted by four renowned...
(Unsplash) House Speaker Martin Romualdez will use the ongoing hearings of the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 as a vehicle to solve a very serious problem of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA). Romualdez, the leader of...
The Philippines' leading home improvement and construction retailer, Wilcon Depot, opened its newest store in Centro Street, Guyong, Sta. Maria, Bulacan, on July 28, 2023, to bring quality products to the community. Wilcon Depot Sta. Maria is the fifth store to open in Bulacan, further...
The 2023 edition of Asia's 50 Best Bars held its awarding ceremony at Rosewood Hotel in Hong Kong on Tuesday night, July 18. In partnership with the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the event marked the first full-scale gathering of the bar community since 2019, hosting an impressive roster of participants...
CARIGARA, Leyte – Mayor Eduardo Ong Jr. here expressed support to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community during the Pride March and Concert in this town on Friday, June 30. “You don’t have to be a gay or lesbian to show your support to the...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has appointed former Ang Probinsyano Party-list Rep. Ronnie Ong as the new chairman of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA). Newly appointed Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) chairman Ronnie Ong (right) takes his oath of office...
Wilcon Depot, the Philippines' leading home improvement and construction supply retailer, opened its newest store–Wilcon Home Essentials Uptown, in Cagayan De Oro City on April 14, 2023. The opening ceremony began with a ribbon-cutting attended by local government officials, valued suppliers, and...
K-pop idol and actor Ong Seong-wu, former member of boy band Wanna One, shaved his head days before his enlistment. Ong Seong-wu, 27, will be enlisting as an active duty soldier on Monday, April 17, to fulfill his mandatory duty as a Korean citizen. (Clockwise from top left) K-pop idol and...
Art Bermido presents his latest abstraction works with Quezon Province’s budding artist Zerbon Ong Abstraction is more than just an array of colors on a canvas. It is a style that allows artists to let go of perfection. Its beauty lies in the spontaneity of the process, from the way painters...
The Philippine Navy (PN) said Friday, FEb. 17, that it has intercepted an oil tanker which was carrying 847,000 liters of undocumented fuel with an estimated value of P50.8 million off Corregidor Island. IMG-1bcd2e5b6f47dbe59de113064c951fe6-V Lt. Regeil Gatarin, spokesperson of the Naval Forces...
The China Coast Guard (CCG) has maintained near-daily patrol operations at several features in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) last year, a United States think tank revealed, as Filipino maritime security experts warned the government about China’s new political ploy to allegedly establish a secure...
