US-based Filipino Lance Tan at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo from Lance Tan's Facebook account) US-based Filipino fencer Lance Tan has been selected to join a slew of young leaders that will be part of a four-year program organized by the International Olympic...
This is part of a series of profiles on a new generation of leaders, thinkers, creators, innovators, and trailblazers across many fields in the country. The list is drawn under the theme “What’s Now, What’s New, What’s Next” in celebration of Manila Bulletin’s 121st anniversary as an...
IN THE COVER Philippines' biggest and most influential lifestyle people in a forum that embraces the year ahead with best wishes and good intentions Here are some heartfelt messages from industry leaders that should remind us to bring with us and keep with us a lot of faith, a lot of hope, and a...
While CEOs here and abroad are mouthing the buzzword “digitalization”, the head of the country’s largest commercial bank BDO Unibank thinks the concept of digital as a little bit “overplayed.” At the Management of the Year “A Year of COVID – Gloom or Boom?” panel discussion by...
Talentman models Danica Magpantay, Tan Patipan, Dana Slosar and founder Michael Seifert Having worked as an international model in Milan, London, Berlin, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, and other fashion capitals, Michael Seifert , founder of Talentman , shares how his experience helped him become a...
Philippine Airlines Inc. is working on a “comprehensive recovery and restructuring plan,” according to the carrier owned by billionaire Lucio Tan. The plan will enable it to “emerge financially stronger” from the global crisis, it said in a statement. It didn’t provide details of...
Eton Properties Philippines Inc. reported that its Eton Centris development in Quezon City is seeing more physical stores open as Metro Manila relaxes its General Community Quarantine restrictions. In September, it saw the store openings of two restaurants while, last month, Maxicare Primary...
Urban developer Megaworld Corporation reported a 40 percent drop in net income to P8.1 billion in the first nine months of 2020 from the P13.7 billion earned in the same period last year but sees signs of recovery in the third quarter. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said...
Entrepreneurs are known for their sheer grit and determination, without hesitation to seek for help and inspiration from professionals when things get rough. Edith Christmae Tan is already an entrepreneur in her own right. She owns a 6-hectare farm in Northern Mindanao, but when the pandemic...
The executive team of AC Motors, the vehicle distribution and retail dealership division of the Ayala Group, has been reshuffled and reorganized into two distinct divisions - automotive and motorcycle – to move past the current pandemic and position for growth. AC Industrials Chairman and...
NorthPort will troop to the PBA bubble without Robert Bolick. (PBA Images) Robert Bolick was left out of NorthPort’s 25-man lineup for the PBA season restart on Oct. 11 inside the bubble in Clark, Pampanga. Team manager Bonnie Tan told online sites that NorthPort heeded the advice of renowned...
And defends son Ryle from bashers What would you do if your son gets bashed? Emotional Sherilyn Reyes handled it with humility as she posted in her Instagram account a screenshot of someone who tagged her son Ryle, tweeting “ Naka shades ka pa kanina (You were wearing shades). Papansin, akala mo...
