The controversy surrounding Kim Chiu 's viral joke about Ryzza Mae Dizon appears to have taken on a life of its own. Now, even "Eat Bulaga!" director Ice Seguerra has become part of the conversation after answering a question about the issue during a recent media interview. Speaking to...
The Philippine government is right to push back against proposals in the United States (US) that could discourage companies from outsourcing customer-service operations overseas. At stake is not merely an industry, but one of the country’s most important economic pillars. The information...
The Philippines’ information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) sector has warned that American businesses could face higher operational costs if the United States (US) government pushes through with plans to discourage offshoring. Industry advocacy groups representing the IT-BPM...
NEW YORK (AP) — Blake Lively can recover some legal costs from fellow actor and director Justin Baldoni but not punitive damages and other relief she sought after settling her legal claims over their 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” a judge ruled Friday. Judge Lewis J. Liman said in a written...
The Philippines risks remaining a mere host for foreign-led artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor investments under the emerging United States (US)-led Pax Silica initiative unless it develops stronger domestic technological and industrial capabilities, according to the University of the...
Building progress while preserving identity, Wilcon Depot Inc., the country’s leading home improvement and construction supplies retailer, officially opened its newest branch, Do It Wilcon Binangonan, on May 29, 2026. Nestled between the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range and the...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE For this Sunday, I’m writing about two first cousins. I’ve bumped into them getting burgers for lunch at BGC, and have admired how the two bond; but today, it’ll be about their separate exploits, and how they’re living their respective dreams. Sustainability,...
Philippine economic growth needs “a major impetus” after slowing to its weakest pace since the pandemic recovery period, with rising inflation, higher interest rates, and the prolonged Middle East conflict expected to weigh on the country’s property sector, according to property consultancy...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE Turned 71 last month, and if you’ll allow me a vestige of vanity, that vestige would be mirrored by what’s left of my hair thickness, density, and the relative health of my hair roots and shafts. In late April, I approached the Svenson trichologists to discuss...
A nearly seven-year-old policy that froze new Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) ecozone approvals in Metro Manila may need to be revisited as compliant office space in key central business districts (CBDs) becomes increasingly scarce, according to property consultancy Colliers. In a May 19...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE While an inflection point literally refers to that point on a curve where the concavity changes, it’s mathematical provenance has been expanded, and the term can apply as a metaphor to mark a shift in trajectory, a turning point – a moment when the opportunity...
IT 'S THE SMALL THINGS Mother’s Day is easily one of those holidays that can easily be chalked up as a Hallmark holiday. Yet personally, I feel that it holds so much more substance and meaning than just that. After all, twenty-four hours is significantly lacking to properly honor, celebrate...
