The House plenary (Speaker’s office) On the strength of 202 "yes" votes, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the proposed Act establishing the private basic education voucher program. The measure, embodied...
(Unsplash) A measure designating the month of September each year as "National Bullying Awareness and Prevention Month" has been unanimously approved by the House of Representatives. Gaining 222 affirmative votes during plenary session...
The House plenary (Facebook) The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading during plenary session Tuesday, Jan. 28 a measure enacting a new charter for the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP)....
Dr. Jennifer Justice Manzano Head, Asian Brain Institute Asian Hospital and Medical Center Back when I was in med school late 1990s, the chance of a person getting a stroke or brain attack in their lifetime was 1 in 8. When I was in neurology training, it became 1 in 6. Today, it’s...
The Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corporation (PDEx) is launching a new derivative product on Monday, Feb. 3, the first purely Philippine peso-denominated interest rate hedge. On the sidelines of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines' inaugural meeting, PDEx President Antonino...
OF TREES AND FOREST (Part II) I do not consider myself an alarmist. In fact, I almost always see the glass half-full than half-empty. But I also think that a good manager, whether in government or the private sector, needs to be aware of certain situations that may impact the...
Tired of how things are going and need a fresh escape? If you find yourself dreaming about flying off to somewhere special, why not plan a perfect winter getaway to Dubai? As one of the most popular destinations in the world for Filipino tourists and workers with over 421,000 Filipinos...
OLD TOWN ROAD Binondo dates as far back as 1594 and is home to a large Filipino-Chinese community Binondo is widely known as the first Chinatown community, having been established as far back as 1594 by Spanish colonizers as a settlement for Chinese Catholics. Though it has been subject to...
BACOLOD CITY – Two men were arrested for posing as officers of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to avoid paying their P3,500 tab in a KTV bar at the Goldenfield Commercial Complex in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Monday, Jan. 27. POLICE arrest two...
Senator Raffy Tulfo asked the Philippine National Police (PNP) to expand their visibility and place an outpost in the Marikina-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon (Marilaque) Highway which is reportedly being used as a "race track". Sen. Raffy Tulfo examines the root causes of accidents involving land transport,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported that there are currently 16 micro-, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that are interested in an initial public offering (IPO) while 358 firms are potential crowdfunding issuers. During the SEC Roadshow on Capital Formation for MSMEs and...
The Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC) has expressed interest in acquiring China's stake in the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), following its recent share acquisition in Synergy Grid and Development Philippines Inc. (SGP). In a briefing on Tuesday, Jan. 28, MIC President...
