Four major foreign banks will finance businessman Dennis Uy’s $460 million acquisition of the 45-percent stake of Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) in the Malampaya gas field facility. Highly placed sources from Singapore...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng While the word fodder is defined as food, especially as referring to dry hay or feed for cattle and livestock, it’s slang usage is saying something is fodder for a particular purpose – and what you really mean is that it’s...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, June 19, called on a “new generation” of Filipinos to fight for what is right and just as the country commemorates the 160th birth anniversary of its national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) “Magsilbi nawang huwaran si...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Last week, I said I would share some realizations I had as a pandemic bride this week. Like many other things in life, this pandemic surely shifted perspectives in a multitude of and in multiple ways when it came to weddings. For one, gone are the extravagant...
The passers of the Nurses Licensure Examinations conducted from previous years until 2019 will have their online oathtaking on June 25. PRC/MB The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said the online oathtaking at 1 p.m. will be spearheaded by PRC Iloilo through Microsoft Teams or Zoom. In a...
The government has challenged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe the atrocities committed by the communist rebels instead of the "legitimate" anti-drug operations in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious...
Fiber internet service provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is building a P1 billion Cebu data center to meet demand surge in Visayas and Mindanao. "We just bought a property in Mandaue where the site will be built,” Converge CEO and Co-Founder Dennis Anthony Uy Tuesday, (June 15) announced,...
And last Independence Day, Pinoy artist Larry Abreño launched his coffee table book featuring some of his best works When it comes to reducing stress, taking a sip of coffee may be the first thing on our minds. But did you know that some studies have now identified that small to moderate amounts...
Philippines Football League champion United City FC is set to hold its future home matches in New Clark City after the two sides agreed on an LGU partnership. The club made the announcement Monday, June 14 after UCFC president and co-founder Eric Gottschalk received an endorsement letter from the...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said the closure of a road inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) reservation in Poblacion, Muntinlupa that started Sunday is different from the earlier closure of an access road that was implemented in March. BuCor built a wall on a road leading to the Type B area...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Sunday called out the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) and asked that it reconsider its decision to postpone the licensure board examinations for psychologists, psychometricians and other professions scheduled this year to next year. Villanueva said the PRC...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday said he supports calls for increased police visibility to prevent further incidents of anti-Asian hate related crimes committed against Filipinos in the United States. Lacson made the call following the latest incident where a female Filipino consular...
