CEBU CITY – A deeper investigation has been sought by the family of the young businessman who perished in a hit-and-run in Barangay Banilad here last Feb. 8. The family of Kingston Ralph Cheng has sought assistance from the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) regarding their...
LONDON (AP) — He was reportedly his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite, but the former Prince Andrew has long been a headache for Britain 's royal family. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested Thursday, his 66th birthday, on suspicion of misconduct in public office in an inquiry...
LONDON (AP) — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office following a raft of disclosures related to his relationship with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He was released around 11 hours later under investigation, which means he has...
CEBU CITY – The five men accused of acting as security escorts of a hit-and-run suspect were cleared of charges. The Mandaue City Prosecutor’s Office on Friday, Feb. 13, dismissed the charges against the five men for lack of jurisdiction. The five men had been charged with violating Republic...
CEBU CITY – Was Sean Andrew Pajarillo involved in another hit-and-run incident in the past? City officials are trying to find this out after reports came out that the fatal Feb. 8 involving the 21-year-old man was the second road crash that he was involved in. Vice Mayor Tomas Osmeña on Friday,...
Top township developer Megaworld Corp. raised ₱1.86 billion through the sale of equity in its real estate investment trust (REIT) and its integrated resort subsidiary. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Monday, Dec. 22, Megaworld said the company sold 98 million shares of MREIT...
Megaworld Hotels & Resorts, the hospitality arm of developer Megaworld Corp., has signed an agreement with global hospitality group Accor to convert its 1,530-room Grand Westside Hotel into the Mövenpick Manila Bay Westside, making it the world’s largest Mövenpick hotel. In a statement on...
BACOLOD CITY – A rising volleyball player was killed in a motorcycle-bus collision two days after his 21st birth anniversary in Barangay Zone 2, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Police identified the victim as Ike Andrew Barilea of Alas Pilipinas Volleyball Team. Police Lt....
Spirits and real estate billionaire Andrew Tan has begun transferring ₱1.83 billion worth of Emperador Inc. shares to his holding company, Alliance Global Group Inc., locking in a roughly 16 percent gain on the stake he acquired in May and June. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange,...
Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), the Philippines’ leading infrastructure investments company, has appointed former Philippine Airlines President Gilbert Gabriel F. Santa Maria as the new President and CEO of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), effective Sept. 1, 2025. Santa...
Andrew Tan’s Travellers International Hotel Group Inc. is taking majority control over the development of the Westside Integrated Resort, as its foreign-controlled partner Suntrust Resort Holdings Inc. has agreed to reduce its stake in the project to 20 percent due to financial challenges. In a...
The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has officially designated Andrew Jeffries as its new country director for the Philippines effective Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. Jeffries will lead the ADB’s operations in its host country, which currently holds an active portfolio valued at approximately...
