Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli M. Remolona, Jr. has been awarded an “A-” rating in Global Finance magazine’s 2024 Central Banker Report Cards, marking him as one of the top central bank governors in world. In a statement on Monday, Aug. 26, the BSP announced that...
Metro Pacific Agro Ventures (MPAV), a unit of conglomerate Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, is considering the chicken egg and carabao milk businesses while continuing to ramp up its dairy and vegetable capacities. In an interview, MPAV President Juan Victor Hernandez said their core strategy...
(Unsplash) Senior officials of the House of Representatives of both the Philippines and Japan have engaged in a productive exchange of best practices and shared innovations employed by both chambers in legislation. Secretary General...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Two beaches in the Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan area) have been named among the World’s 50 Best Beaches this year. BONBON Beach in Romblon and Entalula Beach in El Nido, Palawan were among the World’s 50 Best...
BACOLOD CITY – Victorias City and Murcia in Negros Occidental topped the city and municipal categories of the Best of Festival Dances Competition during the 28th Panaad sa Negros Festival here on Monday, April 15. The Sidlak Kadalag-an Festival dancers of Victorias City successfully defended...
ROXAS CITY – The Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo City has been awarded as the Best Festival for the Visayas of the Philippine LEAF Awards. TRIBU Pan-ay of Fort San Pedro National High School is the winner of the main competition of the 2024...
DAVAO CITY – The book “Dili Pwede Mogawas ug Uban mga Sugilanon” (Can’t Go Out and Other Stories) by Elizabeth Joy Serrano-Quijano, an author with a Blaan-Ibaloy heritage from Davao del Sur, was named Best Book of Short Fiction in Binisaya in the 41st National Book Awards recently. The...
Carmen's Best, a pioneer in the world of locally-produced gourmet ice cream, recently demonstrated its unwavering commitment to uncompromised quality at its "Day of Joy" celebration last Oct. 16, held at the Marquis Events Place in Taguig. Carmen’s Best Director Felipe Bince; Metro Pacific Agro...
COCKTAIL CRAFTSMANSHIP Altos Bartenders' Bartender GN Chan at his bar Double Chicken Please, New York, second in this year's World's 50 Best Bars; also on this page, below, are snippets of the success story that GN Chan and his bar Double Chicken Please have become (Screenshots from a video...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez (center) with Silang, Cavite Mayor Kevin Anarna and his brother Allen. Photo from Parañaque PIO Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez shared the best practices of the city government with Silang, Cavite Mayor Atty. Kevin Anarna which are being...
Sips, Barcelona, Spain For the first time since it came into being in 2009, the unveiling of the World's 50 Best Bars , the definitive annual list of the best of the best of the international drinks industry, is held this year outside of Europe. Double Chicken Please, New York The list for 2023,...
WOMEN OF STYLE From left: Nikki Tang, Jacqueline Michelle Lim, Dr. Lauren Liechtenstein, Congresswoman Shernee Tan, and Crystal Jacinto Usually, when we think of balls, we imagine grand events filled with notable figures. Think of anybody who is anybody lining up on red carpets as waves of cameras,...