Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson called out on Sunday, February 8 lawmakers who use “ad hominem” or personal attacks against officials and lawmakers who uphold a pro-Philippine stance on the territorial dispute with China in the West Philippines Sea (WPS). ...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson believes that suggesting "giving up" the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) is tantamount to surrendering Luzon or even the entire country. Lacson says that, under international law, the first discovery and possession of land that "belongs to no one",...
Asiabest Group International Inc. is setting up a wholly owned subsidiary, ABG Modular, which will serve as its platform to scale modern modular construction solutions in the Philippines. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Tuesday, Feb. 3, the firm said ABG Modular is...
For Ramon De Leon, the scent of morning coffee remains incomplete without the tactile friction of the Manila Bulletin. Despite long-standing predictions of a shift away from traditional media, the Chairman of Pac-Atlantic Group still begins his day by scanning a physical broadsheet. It is a habit...
RL Commercial REIT Inc. will join the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi), the nation’s 30-company benchmark, replacing Alliance Global Group Inc. as part of a semi-annual reshuffle of the local equity market’s gauges. The Philippine Stock Exchange announced the changes following review of...
ILIGAN CITY – Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. condoled with the families of four soldiers who were killed in an ambush in Munai, Lanao del Norte last week. Brawner paid tribute to the fallen soldiers for their sacrifice. He assured their families of...
The Philippine Army (PA) denounced “in the strongest terms” the killing of four soldiers by suspected Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) terrorists in an ambush in Munai, Lanao del Norte on Friday morning, Jan. 23. Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, PA commanding general, described the attack on the...
Four soldiers were killed and another was wounded in an ambush in Purok 1, Barangay Liningding, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Friday morning. The victims were on board a blue Toyota Avanza when they were shot by individuals believed to be members of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group. The fatalities were...
Six years ago, Philippine Airlines (PAL) was flying through an existential storm, operating repatriation flights while the rest of the world’s hangars went dark. Today, the “Heart of the Filipino” has found its second wind. At a star-studded 85th-anniversary gala attended by President...
DAVAO CITY – The Yanson Group of Bus Companies held its annual stockholders’ meetings over the weekend and shareholders for Mindanao Star Bus Transit Inc. reelected Leo Rey Yanson as chairperson and president. Shareholders also reelected Mindanao Star Bus Transit Directors Olivia Yanson,...
Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu) Inc., a joint venture between Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. and the Aboitiz Group, has delivered the world’s first methanol-powered Kamsarmax bulk carrier, a shift toward higher-value manufacturing in the Philippine maritime sector. The vessel, named...
Jollibee Group reported that the solid sales momentum seen across its various businesses last December has, so far, been sustained in January this year, although some potential headwinds bear watching moving forward. “Since our December update, the operating environment and business trends have...
