Photo from Alvin Lobreguito's Facebook account The Philippines will have four national wrestlers vie for Tokyo Olympic berths when qualifying competitions resume next year. Wrestling Association of the Philippines (WAP) president Alvin Aguilar said Noel Norada, Jason Baucas, Alvin Lobreguito and...
Pineapple and watermelon are currently the most profitable fruit commodities in the Philippines with growers posting record high return of investments (ROI) of 377 percent and 220 percent, respectively among other fruit growers in 2019. At 70, Tata Aldong still plows and tills the land, and even...
(MANILA BULLETIN File photo) Filipino households will need to spend more on their cooking fuel budget this month as the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) had been up by P1.00 per kilogram or an equivalent P11.00 for the standard tank. The products of industry players -- Petron Corporation for...
US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim It is with a heavy but full heart that I bid farewell to the Philippines, my home for the last four years. As I think back to my November, 2016, swearing in, I recall vividly the immense pride I felt at being appointed US Ambassador to our oldest ally...
The threat of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Philippines is estimated at P5 trillion annually, but there is just no exact way to measure how much the country is really losing from this. Rollan Geronimo, IUU Fishing Specialist for the United States Agency for International...
American energy giant Chevron Corporation packed its bags out of the country early this year after finalizing the sale of its 45% stake in Malampaya to Filipino businessman Dennis Uy. Previous to this, data from the Petroleum Association of the Philippines showed an exodus of deep-pocketed...
UP Fighting Maroons coach Bo Perasol, left, and team manager Atty. Ags Uvero, right, welcome former Tiger Bismarck Lina. University of the Philippines finalized the acquisition of Bismarck Lina on Monday afternoon from the troubled University of Santo Tomas squad. UP coach Bo Perasol said Lina, a...
The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP), the group of some of the largest mining companies in the Philippines, is now ready to implement the localized version of Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM), an international mining sustainability standard adopted by miners in Canada and other countries....
UST's Bismarck Lina is set to transfer to University of the Philippine. (UAAP) University of the Philippines coach Bo Perasol said Monday they are still finalizing the details in acquiring 6-foot-5 center Bismarck Lina from the troubled University of Santo Tomas squad. Perasol said they still have...
PCAP commissioner Paul Elauria, second from right, receives the certificate that formalizes their pro league from GAB Commissioner Mar Masanguid. Also in photo are GAB Chairman Baham Mitra, right, and Commissioner Ed Trinidad, left. Filipino titled players headed by Grandmasters Eugene Torre and...
Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) has granted the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) pro status, making it the first professional chess league in the country. GAB chairman Baham Mitra hopes the development would boost...
The domestic automotive industry has urged the Department of Trade and Industry to reconsider its safeguard investigation on imported cars as sales took a dive in August. A joint report by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI) and Truck Manufacturers Association...
