LOVELY LADIES IN GREEN From left: Nikki Tang, Jacqueline Michelle Cañiza-Lim, Dr. Lauren Lior Liechtenstein, Cong. Shernee Tan, and Crystal Jacinto For over two decades, the Philippine Cancer Society has helped raise millions through its Best Dressed Women of the Philippines Awards Ball. It’s...
While former President Rodrigo Duterte remained a “prominent figure” among the possible candidates for the 2025 elections, the results of the latest survey conducted by PUBLiCUS Asia released on Saturday, Sept. 23, revealed a “shifting political landscape” in the voting predisposition in...
David Ong, the visionary behind The Curator. (Photo by Noel Pabalate/MB) The Curator bar stepped into the international spotlight sometime in July 2023 by securing the No. 34 spot on the prestigious Asia’s 50 Best Bar list. This significant achievement, celebrated at the Rosewood Hotel in Hong...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Padul-ong Festival in Borongan City, Eastern Samar, which celebrates the nativity of patron saint the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 8, attracted tourists from various parts of the world. Highlight of the event was a dance competition and the parade of flotillas with the...
CARIGARA, Leyte – The first dairy box facility will be built here to hasten milk processing and production in this province. Mayor Eduardo Ong Jr. on Thursday, September 7, said the project is an initiative in coordination with Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairman of the Senate Committee on...
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...
