Rey Nambatac bailed out Rain or Shine with a late triple and held off defending champion San Miguel Beer 87-83 Tuesday in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Angeles University Foundation Sports and Cultural Center. Nambatac recovered a looseball after Javee Mocon’s pass was deflected from a tight SMB...
Willie Marcial (PBA Images) PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial talks straight from the Clark Freeport bubble in Pampanga when he appears as special guest of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) webcast Forum this Tuesday (Oct. 13). Marcial is expected to discuss the successful return of the...
The downstream plastics manufacturing industry has strongly opposed plans of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to impose safeguard duty on imported high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) pellets and granules stressing such move will only benefit a...
IKEA, the Swedish-owned home furnishing retailer, will open first its online store in the Philippines months before the physical store in the Mall of Asia complex in Pasay City opens next year. “The company is bringing Swedish home furnishings and meatballs to millions...
Optimism in the domestic franchising sector has shifted to a high gear, according to a recent survey by the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA). Dr. Carl Balita (Photo credit: http://www.pfa.org.ph/) Dr. Carl Balita, chairman of the recent five-day Philippine Franchise Asia Virtual...
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...
Due to pandemic lockdown PFA Chairman Emeritus Samie Lim An estimated 70,000 franchise outlets or 35 percent out of the 200,000 franchised firms at the start of 2020 have already shut down or closing shops by the end of the year due to the pandemic, but this sector is expected to recover as early...
(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...
The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) expressed its full support to the proposal of Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez to allow more businesses to operate at their rated capacity to prevent the economy from further deterioration. “While we recognize that there are risks associated...
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...
The Philippines slipped to fourth highest from first among the top franchising destinations in the Asia Pacific region, but remained number one in ASEAN with the industry expecting a strong rebound next year with 20 percent growth and 30 percent in 2022 before reaching a peak in 2025....
Former global athletics chief Lamine Diack, wearing a protective mask, looks on after attending a court hearing on September 16, 2020 at Paris' courthouse to hear the verdict in his corruption trial along with four other defendants over Russian doping cases. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP) The...