Two Chinese and a Filipina were arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation that netted P6.8 million worth of suspected shabu, marijuana, and tablets at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig on Feb. 13. The Regional Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU)m together with the Taguig and Pasay police, conducted...
A New York-based commercial bank has expressed willingness to cooperate with a Senate panel investigating the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corp.’s (PAGCOR) alleged anomalous contract with a third party auditor for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). In a letter to Janice Godornes,...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has confirmed that the third party auditor contracted by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) submitted spurious documents, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said on Friday, February 10. Gatchalian said this...
Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc. (FNI) is investing P192 million more to acquire an additional 24 percent shareholding in Mariveles Harbor Corporation (MHC) by March 10, 2023. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, FNI said that, after acquiring the additional stake from Seasia Logistics...
Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles took part in the recent Global Government Summit (GGS), meeting with global senior government officials in the event held in Singapore. Philippine Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles had a bilateral meeting yesterday...
Netflix has released its latest weekly Global Top 10 chart of the most watched TV shows and films from Jan. 23 to 29. “You People,” starring Jonah Hill, Lauren London, David Duchovny, Nia Long, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Eddie Murphy, debuted on top of the English Films list with 55.65 million...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a resolution urging the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to conduct a separate investigation on the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.’s (PAGCOR) alleged anomalous procurement of a third party auditor in charge of determining the gross revenues of Philippine...
Factory activity showed strong gains at the beginning of the year as firms raised their production levels and sharply bumped-up their buying activity due to strong and accelerated upturn in new orders, the latest survey from S&P Global revealed. The Philippines’ S&P Global manufacturing...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN A local health expert believes that the Covid-19 virus, which started to spread worldwide in 2020, is still considered a global concern but no longer a health emergency. Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Rontgene Solante made this statement following the recent...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) said the contract of the third-party auditor for Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) has been under review since September last year. In a statement, Pagcor said that its contract with Global ComRCI, the third-party auditor for offshore...
The Korean movie “Jung_E” and season 2 of the American comedy series “Ginny & Georgia” have topped Netflix’s Global Top 10 chart of the most watched shows and films. Netflix released the latest Global Top 10 chart covering the period Jan. 16 to 22. The No. 1 shows and films on Netflix...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Let’s make one thing perfectly clear first. I’m happy for the likes of Dolly de Leon and Chai Fonacier to have been given such pivotal roles in the international films Triangle of Sadness and Nocebo. I’m happy for the recognition they’ve...
