The local stock market continued to decline after news of a high US inflation rate sent share prices tumbling. The main index dropped 63.03 points or 0.97 percent to close at 6,467.01 with the Mining and Oil index leading the retreat across the board. Volume remained thin at 761 million shares...
Robinsons Land Corporation, one of the country’s leading property developers, is planning to raise up to P15 billion from a bond issuance representing the initial tranche of its P30 billion shelf-registered bonds. RLC’s proposed bond issuance is worth P10 billion with an oversubscription option...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), in partnership with Runrio Inc., successfully held its Million Volunteer Run 6 (MVR 6) Virtual Bike and Run Edition culminating activity via Zoom on Sunday, June 12. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) Over 3,000 cyclists and bikers nationwide shared their time, skills, and...
Space data plays a crucial role in addressing the country's "increasing vulnerability" to climate change, the very reason why Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology Dr. Gay Jane P. Perez intends to use it to respond to the growing need for climate...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) vowed to continue supporting the modernization and the capacity development efforts of the Philippine Coastguard (PCG). JICA Philippines Chief Representative Sakamoto Takema made the pledge during the June 12 commissioning of the last of two of the...
On June 12, 1898, a public reading of the Philippine Declaration of Independence in Cavite el Viejo (modern-day Kawit) proclaimed the archipelago a sovereign nation. This revolutionary event was followed by the first public performance of “Lupang Hinirang” (“Chosen Land”), the Philippine...
ANTIPOLO CITY — Barangay Ginebra San Miguel coach Tim Cone paid tribute to his long-time floor general LA Tenorio after he played his 700th career PBA game, describing him as someone who is one of a kind. Photo from PBA “He’s a freak of nature,” Cone said of Tenorio after Ginebra’s 85-82...
ANTIPOLO CITY — RK Ilagan couldn’t hide the pain of missing two free throws late in Converge’s heartbreaking 86-83 loss to TNT in their PBA Philippine Cup match held Sunday, June 12 at the Ynares Center here. PBA Images6-51 Ilagan, who earlier knocked down a jumper that put the FiberXers...
Photo from PBA ANTIPOLO CITY — Barangay Ginebra San Miguel snatched victory away from Blackwater, 85-82, and opened its PBA Philippine Cup campaign on a high note Sunday, June 12 at the Ynares Center here. Japeth Aguilar scored the go-ahead jumper with 8.2 seconds remaining as last season’s...
Photo from PBA ANTIPOLO CITY — Jayson Castro scored a go-ahead basket in the dying seconds as TNT narrowly avoided defeat and stunned newcomer Converge, 86-83, Sunday, June 12 in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Ynares Center here. Castro’s runner with 2.6 seconds left in the contest put the...
The Philippine Stock Exchange’s plan to shut down its unified trading floor, just after a few years in operation, signals the end of an era for the institution that has been steeped in its traditions. In a memorandum to all trading participants, PSE President Ramon S. Monzon said “the Exchange,...
President Duterte asked the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) if it could invite him when they sail to the West Philippine Sea even after his term ends on June 30, citing the need to assert the country's rights amid waning resources. President Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte said this after the...
