PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. News footage some two weeks ago showing the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, bearded and wearing the Libyan traditional brown robe and turban, caught our attention. The 49 year old Saif al-Islam was filing...
Decathlon SM North EDSA Just last Sept. 30, 2021, I wrote about the French sports retail giant Decathlon, and how they had just signed an agreement with SM Supermalls. Present in the Philippines since 2016, they were operating three "big box" concept stores; and were now making themselves more...
North Korea, Kim Jong-un’s hermit kingdom, sentenced a man to death after he was caught smuggling and selling copies of Netflix’s hit South Korean series “Squid Game.” The man was arrested by North Korean authorities after seven high school students were caught watching “Squid Game,”...
The first trainset for the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Project has arrived in the country, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced. (Photo from Department of Transportation) The eight-car trainset for the PNR Clark Phase 1, which was procured by the DOTr from the Japan...
Vax, Shop, and Dine! We can all agree that getting vaccinated is among the essential ways to beat COVID-19. And to continue encouraging Filipinos to get their dose of vaccine shots, retail and food brands offer exclusive discounts, prizes, and freebies to anyone for their “jab” well done! Among...
Non-profit advocacy group Go Negosyo is proposing to ease the restriction on travelers from North America in a bid to give overseas Filipinos an opportunity to spend Christmas with their family here. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "Give our balikbayans a chance to come home this...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion is prodding the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to do away with the lengthy facility-based quarantine requirement for arriving Filipinos from North America who are fully vaccinated. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion expressed optimism that the government's pandemic task force will see the wisdom in his proposal to ditch the quarantine requirement for returning Filipinos and visitors from North America. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion is batting for relaxed quarantine protocols for Filipinos visitors originating from North America. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo Facebook page)...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Our foray into entrepreneurship began in the 1950s, when we were lured by the romance of oil exploration and subsequently joined our friend, the late Jose Tiong, founder and president of the old oil company Redeco and a leader in the...
The eastbound portion of North Avenue in Quezon City will be closed to traffic starting next week until June 2022 for the construction of the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7). MMDA/MANILA BULLETIN In an advisory, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said that the closure of the...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North and South Korea have restored their cross-border communication, with officials exchanging their first phone call Monday after dropping them in August. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN The restoration comes just days after Pyongyang sparked international concern with a string of...
