This year’s ASEAN Digital Ministers' Meeting focused on the importance of collaborative efforts towards achieving "sustainable digital development” in Southeast Asia. ADGMIN 2023 was hosted by the Philippines. Held in Boracay Island from Feb. 9 until Feb. 10, Department of Information and...
CEU MedTech Alumni are the leads Mrs. Rowena Pablico and Ms. Luella Vertucio are both Centro Escolar University School of Medical Technology alumni, and they both presently occupy the highest position in the Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET) Inc. USA and Philippines,...
Association of International Shipping Lines (AISL), the country’s largest group of shipping lines and operators, said other countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, among others requires container deposit. AISL President Patrick Ronas pointed this out in a...
Alex Eala By NIKOLE JAVIER Alex Eala couldn’t make it past sixth seed Tatjana Maria of Germany and absorbed a lopsided 2-6, 2-6 loss in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) 250 Thailand Open on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the True Arena in Hua Hin. Maria only needed 69 minutes...
By NIKOLE JAVIER The groundwork and timetable are both set for the Philippine women’s national football team as it tackles a busy year ahead. Riding the momentum of their historic rise, the Filipinas will kick off the year with European action in the 2023 Pinatar Cup in Spain as they...
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which is composed of the world’s electronics giants, has remained confident that the Philippines will remain a critical player in the global semiconductor industry and a major hub for semiconductor assembly and test manufacturing. SIA members visited...
Atty. Beenedista “Dick” Du-Baladad, the founding partner and CEO of Du-Baladad & Associates (BDB Law), is the new Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) president for 2023. She is the 75th MAP president. Joining Dick on the MAP 2023 Board of Governors are Isla Lipana & Co./PwC...
Local traders engaged in fruit exports, particularly durian, forecast that durian exports to China could reach $150 million (P8.24 billion) on the first year from the signing of the agreement. This was shared by the Durian Industry Association of Davao City (DIADC) led by President Emmanuel Belviz...
Total motor vehicle sales in the country jumped 31.3 percent in 2022 to 352,596 units from 268,488 units in 2021 and exceeded the 336,000-unit full year sales forecast, a joint report by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI) and Truck Manufacturers Association...
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) is all geared up for what it considered as the “busiest year in sports” with several major international competitions, as well as tournament hosting responsibilities lined up this year. POC president Bambol Tolentino said this will be the busiest year in...
Filipino fencers, led by Juliana Gomez (second from left), show off their silver medals. By NIKOLE JAVIER The Philippine fencing team has once again impressed in the Southeast Asian Fencing Federation Championships after two podium finishes in the team events on Sunday, Jan. 8, in Kuala...
Various stakeholders of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) have endorsed to Malacanang Officer-in-charge (OIC) Deputy Director General Tereso O. Panga to stay on as leader of the agency that administers the country’s economic zones and their export-oriented locators. The endorsements...
