The Duterte administration has so far borrowed close to $10 billion to fund the national government’s coronavirus response, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the national government’s financing support for COVID-19 from...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has urged the raffle winners of the small investor-targeted Premyo bonds to consider using their cash rewards to reinvest in government debt securities or start their own small businesses and help create jobs. Finance Secretary Carlos G....
The exodus of Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs) to affect government tax revenues from the real-estate sector and other businesses, the Department of Finance (DOF) said yesterday. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said during a virtual Senate hearing yesterday that he received...
World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo (MB File Photo) Olympic-bound Carlos Yulo clinched a bronze medal in vault in the recent 2020 All-Japan Senior Gymnastics Championships in Takasaki, Japan. The 20-year-old world champion shared identical 14.733 points for third place with Kenzo Shirai to settle...
The Bureau of Customs further stepped up its campaign against rice smuggling even amid the coronavirus pandemic by conducting raids on warehouses suspected of storing illegally imported stocks of the grain in response to reports by concerned citizens. Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo...
Albert Pujols #5 of the Los Angeles Angels hits a two-run home run to take the lead during the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on September 13, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. The home run was Pujos 660 of his career, tying him with Willie Mays for 5th all time. Justin...
Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton competes during the qualifying session at the Autodromo Nazionale circuit in Monza on September 5, 2020 ahead of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix. (Photo by Mark Thompson / POOL / AFP) Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position with a new lap record at Monza for...
UST men's basketball coach Aldin Ayo has tendered his resignation in light of the Sorsogon training bubble controversy. (UAAP Images) The casualty countdown begins for shell-shocked University of Santo Tomas as the dust settles after a best intentioned but ill-conceived Sorsogon training bubble...
From left, Olympic-bound athletes boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, pole vaulter EJ Obiena, gymnast Carlos Yulo, boxer Irish Magno (Handout Photos) Philippines’ chief of mission to the Tokyo Games Nonong Araneta believes the present batch of Olympic qualifiers and hopefuls have the strongest chance of...
ONE Championship rookie Drex Zamboanga wins his debut match after executing a rear-naked choke on Detchadin Sornsirisuphathin. (ONE Championship The Zamboanga siblings took their respective wins in mixed martial arts but Fil-Am KC Carlos yielded to her Thai foe in muay thai in ONE: A New Breed...
Zamboanga siblings -- Denice and Drex -- and newcomer Fil-Am KC Carlos will banner the Philippines in ONE: New Breed against Thailand Friday night in Bangkok, Thailand. It will be a clash between the Philippines and Thailand in the Circle in ONE: New Breed Friday night in Bangkok. Zamboanga...
Fil-Am ONE Championship rookie KC Carlos Filipina-American ONE Super Series Newcomer KC Carlos will be inheriting the fighting pride of her native Philippines when she takes on top muay thai prospect Wondergirl Fairtex Friday. Carlos and Fairtex will face each other in a three round muay thai...