The Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), the export promotions arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), has surpassed its $66.49 million target export sales by an impressive 1240 percent, hitting total export sales of $824.719 million in 2022. CITEM exceeded...
The Board of Investments (BOI) has issued Green Lane Certificates to P183 billion worth of investments from four sustainable projects, ranging from floating solar projects to data centers and common towers. BOI Managing Head Ceferino S. Rodolfo identified these strategic investments to include the...
The Cinemalaya Retrospective Section gives a chance for audiences to experience the award-winning films in the last Cinemalaya festival. This year, seven films – 4 full-lengths and 4 shorts – will return to the big screen during the Cinemalaya run from Aug. 4 to 13, at the Philippine...
From left: MakatiMed Hepatobiliary Surgeon Catherine SC Teh, MD with Professor Henri Bismuth, MD, world pioneer in Liver Transplant Makati Medical Center (MakatiMed) Department of Surgery’s Catherine SC Teh, MD, recently joined the Les Compagnons Hépato-Biliaires, an esteemed society of...
A report conducted by the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR) found that more than 21.14 million Filipinas were "economically insecure" during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s first year of administration. This data, cited in the report called "Ambitious Promises and Agendas: The Status of...
CITEM Executive Director Edward Fereira with distinguished government officials during the Ceremonial MOA-Signing for CAEXPO Partnership. From left: CITEM Deputy Executive Director Malou Mediran, Hon. Mayor of Tuguegarao City Rosario Maila Ting-Que, PEZA Deputy Director General Joy Alguso, and...
The Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Philippine Madrigal Singers are once again bringing together the best choirs from around the world for the Andrea O. Veneracion (AOV) International Choral Festival. The biennial competition will be held from July 20 to 23, 2023, at the Samsung...
The Czech Republic Embassy in Manila agreed to fund a P1-million project with the Center for People’s Media (CPM) for a series of forums promoting democracy and press freedom that will culminate with the commemoration of the first death anniversary of slain broadcast journalist Percival “Percy...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (leftmost) gives comfort to cancer-striken children during the townhall meeting at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) on July 17, 2023. (Speaker’s office) As he spoke with and held cancer-striken children in his arms, House Speaker Martin Romualdez...
At least 250 exhibitors are participating in the Manila FAME, which will return to trade show floor in October this year since the pandemic as the most anticipated international sourcing event in Asia for home, furnishings, and lifestyle pieces. In a statement Monday, July 17, the Center for...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY – SM Foundation rehabilitated and refurbished the Barangay Irawan Birth Facility in this city, its 195th wellness center in the country. BARANGAY Irawan Captain Noel Baban Resuma Sr. delivers a message during the inauguration and turnover of a birthing facility in Puerto...
The Cultural Center of the Philippines opens the second exhibit of the Bulwagang Roberto Chabet (TIG Gallery), titled “The White Elephant Project” by visual artist Jomar Galutera, on view until Aug. 13, 2023. Curated by Jason Dy, SJ, the exhibit is a serial inquiry into monumental...
