EDITORS DESK There was no suspicion, fear, or the slightest of tactless demeanor from the ultra-sensitive basketball devotees when Tim Cone was announced as the Gilas Pilipinas head coach for the hectic FIBA cycle. Under his impressive portfolio, Cone is a 25-time PBA champion coach and twice the...
CEBU CITY – A Tacloban City court has dismissed two petitions seeking to invalidate the search warrant it issued against the site where a controversial chicken breeder farm is located. DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources-Eastern Visayas personnel collect water and soil samples from a...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the measure that would introduce “much-needed” reforms in the Philippine National Police (PNP). Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, former PNP chief, welcomed the Senate’s approval of Senate Bill No. 2449. Twenty-three (23)...
In these times of conflict and unrest, to strive for peace through negotiation is no simple task. But that doesn’t stop Ramon Magsaysay awardee Miriam Coronel-Ferrer from trying. Coronel-Ferrer’s win at the 2023 Ramon Magsaysay Awards is a testament to her efforts to keep the peace. She is best...
Longtime sports patron Ramon S. Ang believes the country is geared to win more golds in the coming Paris Olympics as he paid tribute to all Filipino athletes, particularly those who were honored during the recent Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards. Ang, San Miguel Corporation (SMC)...
BACOLOD CITY – Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. has committed to give P20 million for this city. SEN. Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. and Bacolod City officials headed by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez lead the payout of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) reported that it has removed more than two million metric tons (MT) of silt and waste covering a distance of around 25 kilometers of river channels in Bulacan in a little over a year. The firm said it is initially focusing in areas around the future New Manila...
CEBU CITY – A lawyer has appealed to the public to help “spread the truth in Palompon” amid the protracted legal battle over the alleged illegal dumping of chicken and other solid wastes at the Palompon Protected Watershed Forest Reserve in Palompon, Leyte. AN excavation is done in an area in...
Billionaire Fernando Zobel de Ayala, Board Director of the country’s oldest conglomerate Ayala Corporation, has been conferred the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (For Church and Pope), the highest honor the Pope bestows upon a layperson. Ayala Corp. Director Fernando Zobel de Ayala receives Pope's...
EDITORS DESK Honoring athletes for decades has been a true devotion of the Philippine Sportswriters Association. For the past years, the country's oldest media organization was always at its shining best in recognizing sporting excellence through the spaces of print, online, and other digital...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) and Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp. (PDSHC) cheered the appointment of former Robinsons Land Corporation President and CEO Frederick D. Go as the investment czar of the Marcos administration. In a statement, the PSE and PDSHC said their Board of...
Philcement Corporation, a 60 percent-owned subsidiary of the Del Rosarios’ PHINMA Corporation, has sealed an agreement with Petra Cement Inc. that will allow it to produce cement for the Northern Mindanao market. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, PHINMA said Philcement and Petra...
