SECRETARY RAMON M. LOPEZ Department of Trade and Industry (Photo by Mr. Mark Ches Ang) As the Philippine economy continues to tread the path towards post-pandemic recovery, keeping Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) relevant remains a challenge for us at the Department of Trade and...
Lara Pearl Alvarez (ONE Championship) Filipina bet Lara Pearl Alvarez was the latest contender to be eliminated in ONE Championship's edition of "The Apprentice." Alvarez opened the third episode with an optimistic mindset after switching from Team Conquest to winning-team Valor. Being sided on the...
No one knows more about food and travel content creation better than Erwan Heussaff . Creating online videos for more than 10 years now, Erwan has certainly grown beyond his one-man team with "The Fat Kid Inside" on YouTube. In 2015, the Fiipino-French chef opened his first kitchen-slash-studio,...
Several agriculture lobby groups jointly appealed for President Rodrigo Duterte to withdraw his recommendation to increase the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) for pork by 350,000 metric tons (MT) as this may cause further damage to the local hog industry. The groups also asked Duterte to shelve another...
All-Star Game also set in May The second conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) is already in the works by dubbing it as the “Wesley So Cup.” PCAP Commissioner Paul Elauria said the 27-year-old Cavite-born Grandmaster, who recently became an American citizen,...
Photo from ONE Esports OB x Neon Esports is well on its way to this year's multi-million dollar The International. Thanks to its solid performance in the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) Season 1 capped by a stellar finish in the ONE Esports Singapore Major, Neon went on a tie at No. 5 with Thunder...
Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla A focused mind and team support became the key ingredients for the Laguna Heroes in clinching the historic first Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All Filipino Conference crown at the expense of the Camarines Soaring Eagles recently. Grandmaster...
It's the summer treat to try! A perfect Filipino breakfast, for some, is composed of a good silog matched with a warm cup of coffee. But for Filipinos with a serious case of sweet tooth, a hot pandesal with a generous spread of Lily's Peanut Butter tops the list. This summer season, prepare to...
Jersey Marticio Chess wunderkind Jersey Marticio swept all her seven matches to capture the elite girls 18-under division of the 2021 Mayor Atty. Rolen C Paulino National Age Group Online Chess Championships North Luzon Leg held online over the weekend. The 13-year-old Marticio, a Grade 8...
Overseas Filipino Bank (OF Bank), a subsidiary of government-owned Land Bank of the Philippines, has become the country’s first online-only bank after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) granted it digital banking license on Maundy Thursday. BSP Deputy Governor Chuchi G. Fonacier, head of BSP...
THE WEEKEND READER: A student mulls over how interactions in the cyber world, albeit necessary because of the ongoing crisis, are not what human beings are made for. By Ivan Beley In our current day and age it is a common phenomenon that people dive into the cyber world. Because of the COVID-19...
Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla carried the Laguna Heroes on his shoulders as they ripped the Camarines Soaring Eagles in Armageddon play to emerge the first ever Professional Chess Association champions Saturday, April 3. Barcenilla, a many-time Battle of the GMs champion, smashed Christian Mark...
