Trade Secretary Cristina Roque meeting executives of Boeing Satellite Systems (DTI photo) The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is looking to expand the country’s production of aerospace and satellite technology through a collaboration with American aerospace giant Boeing. Trade Secretary...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the corporate registration of Ecomamoni Environmental Recyclable Materials Manufacturing Inc. for soliciting investments from the public without the necessary license from the Commission. In an order, the SEC’s enforcement and investor...
The number of Filipino women using contraceptives rose to 8.6 million, with pills turning out to be the most popular method of birth control, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) has disclosed. The recent data results, according to the CPD, is higher than the 8.3 million recorded in...
In an attempt to make the Philippines a top film production hub, Philippine officials, led by First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, have presented "compelling" incentives to Hollywood's biggest film production companies to film in the Philippines. Photos from First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos/Instagram In...
Nueva Ecija Rep. Ria Vergara has urged President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to keep the e-Gov PH Super App as the Department of Information and Communications Technology transitions to a new leadership. VERGARA (FB) Vergara, a senior member of the House Committee on Information and Communications...
Senator Nancy Binay has expressed "grave concern" over the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) recent announcement regarding the cancellation of its 2002 contract with Blue Star Construction Development Corporation. Senator Nancy Binay The DENR has also ordered the Masungi...
Photos by Ocs Alvarez / Dulaang UP Dulaang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas is staging Mga Anak ng Unos as its second offering for its 47th theatre season this March 28 to April 13, 2025. It is a twin bill that showcases two brand new performances that explore pressing issues in the climate crisis. Mga...
The Women’s Business Council Philippines pulled out all the stops when they mounted their Unstoppable Filipina Summit 2025. Held annually, the forum is a wonderful meeting of the minds of women who hold important and top managerial positions, and have over-achieved in diverse arenas - from the...
ONE BIG GATHERING Dioceldo celebrating with his family Silliman and Leah Sy with family After a succession of birthday parties tendered in his honor, hosted by his best of friends, Dioceldo Sy thought that the night of his actual birthday would be spent in relative peace, with just...
A HAPPY SURPRISE Dioceldo reacts to seeing all his friends and family as he enters Sage Grill in Makati Shangrila Photos by Edward Mikus The Father of Philippine Cosmetics, Dioceldo Sy, was in for a heartwarming surprise on his 67th birthday. On March 6, 2025, over 100 of his closest friends...
Revitalizing a sleepy, rural village in Tuscany, then two Crime novels that deal with murder in different locations across the globe, geographical and temporal - are the books we review here. Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton A sleepy Tuscan village that’s fallen on hard...
Hitting two birds in one stone, I flew to Bacolod last month to be a juror of the sixth Margaha Film Festival in Sagay and to check one of the finest regional art centers, The Negros Museum, where runs the exhibition A Life of Fashion and Fashion for Life: A Patis Tesoro Retrospective ....
