The Philippines has been ranked as the top country in Asia with the highest number of documented killings of land defenders, a recent report from an international human rights organization showed. London-based Global Witness said in its September 2021 report that the Philippines is also among the...
DBA Global Shared Services, Inc. (DBA), a professional services outsourcing company, recently donated laptops to the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB). The donation initiative is in its fifth year. Another batch of laptops and mobile phone units are to be turned over by year’s end. DBA aims to boost...
With a vision to gamify the world and bring out the gamer in everyone, Mineski Global, the premier esports and gaming organization in Southeast Asia, provides all-encompassing, tech-powered solutions that put the gamer at the front and center of value creation. Just recently, TEG Holding Pte. Ltd.,...
With all the negative effects of climate change in different parts of the world such as sea levels rising, flooding, droughts, wildfire, strong natural disasters, among others, the future of our children is definitely at risk. Without a doubt, climate change threatens the young generation’s life,...
Alliance Global Group Inc., the investment arm of tycoon Andrew Tan, is now gearing up to develop its casino project in Boracay Newcoast after the President Rodrigo Duterte lifted his ban on the development of casinos on the world-famous resort island. “We will proceed with our casino project in...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Pedestrians trudging along city streets knee-deep in water. Cars floating down roads like ships on a river. Basements overflowing with water. Floodwater surrounds vehicles following heavy rain on an expressway in Brooklyn, New York early on September 2, 2021, as flash...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Indeed, Senator Manny Pacquiao may have lost the battle, but he has won the war. He may not have brought home the belt but he remains and will always be the “People’s Champ.” News reports said that Manny Pacquiao will be awarded the...
J&T Express worked together with Local Government of Manila City to provide assistance and donated goods to the casualties of Typhoon Ulysses in 2020. Brings home the bronze for Achievement in Growth and Branded Content Campaign of the Year With Filipinos winning awards and being recognized...
Our voice is powerful and should not fall on deaf ears. Protests by the youth are often seen as a nuisance despite being responses to underlying problems. Demands delivered on the megaphones or written on placards are not created on a whim but are borne from countless discourses among...
Thanks to higher shipments, Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. (FNI), the country’s second-largest nickel ore producer, saw its income surging to P640.8 million during the first half of the year, compared to the P195.8 million it had in the same period last year. As for revenues, the company saw a...
The American Psychological Association (APA) has conferred the 2021 Global Citizen Psychologist Citation to Filipino psychologist Dr. Maria Regina M. Hechanova-Alampay for the development community interventions for mental health and drug rehabilitation. (DOST-NRCP Facebook page) The Department of...
Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGI), the holding company of tycoon Dr. Andrew L. Tan, tripled its net income to P12.8 billion in the first half of 2021 from P4.1 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said earnings were boosted by its...
