Royeca receives his award from Regan Industrial Sales, Inc. CEO and Vice President for Marketing and Entrepreneur Of The Year Philippines 2019 Finalist Regan Sy (left); and Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. President and CEO Ramon Monzon (right). Royeca’s Innovative Zero Handout Approach to Poverty...
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) was named “The Strongest Bank in the Philippines” for the second consecutive year by The Asian Banker. “The Bank continued to outperform its peers in the country in terms of capitalization and liquidity. Its Tier 1 capital ratio, total capital...
WALA LANG With a bit of prodding, barbers can be loquacious. Ranny Perlas was late, he apologized, because he had to walk all the way from his apartment in Santa Ana to the Makati CBD barber shop. The previous week, he continued, he was waiting for the red light to change when a speeding car turned...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Recently, I had a “scary” experience of becoming temporarily but totally deaf and unable to make myself heard. I was about to chair a zoom meeting when I noticed that I could not hear the participants. Neither could they hear me. Fortunately, the problem was only...
FROM THE MARGINS The President has appointed a new tax chief. Atty. Romeo Lumagui, Jr., tax lawyer and former Deputy Commissioner for Operations, recently took his oath, assuming leadership of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) amidst many challenges. With global inflation and an economy bearing...
Thai stars and Globe ambassadors Bright (Vachirawit Chivaaree), Win (Metawin Opas-iamkajorn), Dew Jirawat and Nani Harunkit made Filipinos scream with delight when they held their fan meeting recently. The stars of “F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers,” a Thai version of the popular series...
Andres Bonifacio, one of our national heroes, the founder of the Katipunan society and leader of the Philippine Revolution will be the center of tributes on Nov. 30 as the country marks his birth anniversary with a national holiday. The Bonifacio Shrine or the Kartilya ng Katipunan located within...
BORONGAN CITY – To close the gap in the prize money, the Surf in the City 2022 will award P100,000 to winners in the men's and women’s division. THE city government of Borongan, headed by Mayor Jose Dayan Agda, kicks off Surf in the City 2022 through the ceremonial breaking of the surfboard on...
Holiday fairs, shopping promos, and the live staging of The Nutcracker stage the most wonderful time of the year at the mall nearest you Christmas is coming up and magical shows, sweet fairs, and heartwarming get-togethers are all set to stage the most wonderful time of the year. WONDERWORLD Ayala...
A new study has revealed that there is an “alarmingly high prevalence of insufficient physical activity” among Filipino children and adolescents, with only 15.4 percent meeting the global physical activity recommendation. This is according to the Youth Physical Activity Report Cards released by...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House At the recently-concluded 11th General Assembly of the 350-strong International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Istanbul, Nov. 17-20, under the theme “Role of political parties in strengthening dialogue for global peace,...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL “A Decade of Sustainable Tourism” was the overarching theme as the Asian Institute of Management – Andrew L. Tan Center for Tourism held an event to celebrate its 10th year, and to launch the first-ever Philippine Tourism Excellence Awards....
