A Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadet asks for the wristwatch of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. while Vice Pres. Sara Duterte looks at them during the graduation of the PMA "Bagong Sinag" Class of 2024 at Fort Del Pilar in Baguio City on May 18, 2024. (Photo: Screenshot from RTVM...
BRP Davao del Sur (center) and BRP Gregorio del Pilar (back) hold a maritime cooperative activity with Australia's HMAS Toowoomba in the West Philippine Sea on Nov. 25, 2023. (Photo by Australian Defence Force) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has stopped the weekly publication of the...
The local cement industry, represented by the Cement Manufacturers’ Association of the Philippines (CeMAP), assured that it has more than enough capacity to meet demand from the domestic housing sector. During the 32nd National Developers Convention, CeMAP President Reinier Dizon said local...
The Philippines is the World Bank's fifth-biggest borrower for the second-straight year, coinciding with the first two years in office of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. The World Bank's latest Annual Report disclosed on Oct. 18 showed that in fiscal year 2024 covering the period July 1, 2023 to...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Monday, October 21 confirmed that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will conduct its own public inquiry into the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs. Cayetano, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Accountability and Investigations (blue...
UnionBank and Mercury Drug launched the new UnionBank Mercury Credit Card — a one-of-a-kind credit card designed to reward consumers for prioritizing their health and wellness. The card was unveiled at an exclusive event last October 18, 2024 at Grand Hyatt Hotel....
DTI-Design Center Executive Director Rhea Matute, community livelihood consultant Rambie Lim, TAYO Design Studio Co-founder Tasha Tanjutco, Ogilvy Consulting Asia President Paolo Mercado, Museo ng Kaalamang Katutubo Director Corazon Alvina, Dapat Studio Strategy Director Karina...
Australia will extend to the Philippines over P4 billion yearly or a total of more than P20 billion in official development assistance (ODA) grants to priority programs and projects under a new five-year plan. Launched on Thursday, Oct. 17, the Australia-Philippines Development Partnership Plan...
Senator Raffy Tulfo strongly opposed the proposal to privatize, in any capacity, the operations of the Philippines’ Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management system (CNS/ATM) through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP). Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Public...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is looking to file a bill that seeks to decouple the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) roles as both system operator and network transmission provider in a bid to address national security concerns. “I truly believe that the system operation of the...
Bigger banks are expected to snap up UCPB Savings Bank which the state-run Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) is selling to focus on its core sectors. Bank of Makati president Luis M. Chua noted in an interview that universal and commercial banks would "most likely" target to acquire UCPB...
Health advocates called on the government on Friday, Oct. 11, to implement screening mammography as a public health policy to increase breast cancer awareness. Workers install a breast cancer ribbon made of LED strips at the Philtrust Bank main branch along UN Avenue in Manila on October 11, 2024....
