The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is funding Kiangan Mini Hydro Corporation (KMHC)'s P2.6-billion consolidation of three river systems into two renewable power projects in Ifugao. “DBP’s credit support to the Asin-Hungduan and Ibulao1 Mini Hydropower Projects demonstrates our...
The Philippine government has reaffirmed its commitment to international law and the rule of law in terms of handling inter-state relations. Philippine Ambassador to The Netherlands J. Eduardo Malaya made the assurance as he said the government does that by recalling the valuable services of three...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here was elected national chairperson of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP). BACOLOD City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez (3rd from left), along with other newly elected LCP officials, is sworn in by Interior and...
The new ambassador of the US to the Philippines has assured President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. that he has "a reliable partner" in America in addressing issues involving trade, clean energy, marine resources and climate crisis. In a Presentation of Credentials to Marcos Jr. at the...
More than 200 groups of teaching and non-teaching personnel, on Thursday, July 21, presented 10 measures to help ensure “education recovery” in the Philippines. (Image courtesy of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers Philippines) Days before President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s first...
Reigning UAAP champion University of the Philippines lived up to its lofty billing and clobbered Philippine Christian University-Dasmariñas, 102-73, for a rousing start in the PG Flex Linoleum UCBL Pre-Season tournament, Tuesday at the SGS Gym in Quezon City. The Fighting Maroons just stamped...
Bank of the Philippine Islands, the financial services arm of the Ayala Group, reported a 73 percent jump in net income to P20.4 billion in the first half of 2022 on the back of higher revenues and lower provisions. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said this result is...
A hall dedicated to honor the memory of the first and only Filipino judge in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been inaugurated at the Philippines Embassy in The Hague. The Judge Cesar Bengzon Hall was opened on Tuesday, July 19, in a ceremony attended by the ICJ Vice President, four...
Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles Brown will preside over a thanksgiving Mass in honor of Venerable Teofilo Camomot in Cebu province’s city of Carcar on July 27. PHOTO FROM VENERABLE TEOFILO CAMOMOT FB PAGE The Mass will be held at a chapel located inside the Daughters of St....
The Catholic Grandparents Association of the Philippines is inviting grandparents and the elderly to join the Second Online National Conference for Grandparents and the Elderly on July 24 to 26 at 5 p.m. World Day of Grandparents & the Elderly (FACEBOOK) With the theme “In old age they will...
‘The world will see a Black and Filipino Belle!’ Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. is set to become Belle in an ABC special, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Disney animated film “Beauty and the Beast.” Photo from Disney and @hermusicofficial on Instagram Based on the 1756 fairy tale by...
Korean actor Kim Seon-ho has apologized again for last October’s controversy involving his former girlfriend. Kim Seon-ho is starring in the play “Touching the Void,” which opened last July 8 at the Daehakro Art One Theater Hall 2 in Jongno, Seoul. During the press conference for the play on...
