Are things not going well between celebrity couple Elisse Joson and McCoy de Leon? This is the question of many after the 26-year-old actress surprised fans with a cryptic post. On Facebook, she wrote: "Akala ko ok na pero nakakapagod pala. Gabi-gabi na lang ako walang tulog. Babad sa isip ko kung...
The national government successfully borrowed P457.8 billion from small Filipino savers. The Bureau of the Treasury announced Tuesday, March 1, that the government raised P337 billion during the two-week offer period for the retail treasury bonds (RTBs), while the P120.8 billion were awarded during...
Matet de Leon Have you ever felt like suddenly out of nowhere you couldn’t breathe, and you feel like you are having a heart attack, and you get rushed to the hospital’s emergency room? Actress Matet de Leon gets that at least five times in a year. Guesting on Maja Salvador’s television...
Photo courtesy of Jun De Leon Celebrity photographer Jun De Leon and former Bb. Pilipinas-Universe-turned-entrepreneur Abbygale Arenas have their own unique love story to tell. Abby and Jun returned to the place where they fell in love two years before – Dubai. They sealed their relationship with...
Benchmark short-term interest rates rose on the back of higher inflation forecast of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and concerns surrounding Ukraine. At Monday's auction on Feb. 21, yields on short-term government debt papers, increased, with the returns on the 91-day Treasury bill up to...
An estimated P1.9 trillion-worth of non-financial government properties, such as roads, hospitals, power plants, and irrigation facilities, have so far been covered by the Bureau of the Treasury in its National Asset Registry System (NARS) as of last year. The Treasury said the new entries to the...
The Bureau of the Treasury has raised an initial P120.76 billion well above the P30-billion on offer from the government's new five-year retail Treasury Bond (RTB) that generated total tenders of P183.44 billion at the launch Tuesday, Feb. 15. The Treasury said small Filipino savers wanting to take...
Investors pressed anew for an increase in Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Feb. 14, the bellwether 91-day T-bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, rose to 0.810 percent from 0.710 percent previously. The Bureau of the...
Philracom chairman Reli De Leon The Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom) has lined up several projects for this year that include more big races, exhibits and the first-ever Hall of Fame. The programs stemmed from Philracom’s optimistic outlook after bouncing back in 2021 with bigger sales...
Lingering concerns over high inflation in the United States and Federal Reserve’s future action pushed up the interest rate for long-term Philippine debt papers. At a Bureau of the Treasury auction on Tuesday, Feb. 8, the yield for the reissued 10-year Treasury bond went up to 5.093 percent from...
Short-term rates move sideways Short-term benchmark interest rates moved sideways amid excess liquidity in the financial market. At a Bureau of the Treasury auction on Monday, Feb. 7, the bellwether 91-day Treasury bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, inched up to 0.710 percent from...
Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans dipped amid expectations of slower inflation rate. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Jan. 31, the bellwether 91-day T-bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, slightly fell to 0.691 percent from 0.693 percent previously. The...
