Photo from Floyd Mayweather's Instagram account / Top Rank Easy bucks for the "Money." Floyd Mayweather lived up to one of his monikers when he showed his $20,000 bet earnings after Teofimo Lopez defeated Vasyl Lomachenko Saturday (Sunday, Manila time). Unbeaten Lopez showed who's boss in Las Vegas...
Teofimo Lopez pulled an upset over Vasiliy Lomachenko to become the king of lightweight division. (Photo from Top Rank Boxing) Unbeaten Teofimo Lopez upset Vasiliy Lomachenko by a unanimous decision on Saturday to become the undisputed world lightweight champion in Las Vegas. Lopez defended his...
Travel agencies, tour operators, reservation service and related activities are allowed to reopen starting today, Oct. 16, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez. (ALFRED FRIAS/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO FILE PHOTO) Memorandum Circular No. 20-53...
In this file photo Vasiliy Lomachenko (left) punches Guillermo Rigondeaux during their WBO Junior Lightweight Title bout at Madison Square Garden on December 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by AL BELLO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP) Ukraine's Vasyl Lomachenko and unbeaten American Teofimo...
58 Minutes in Driftland brings a story that rings true to the life of the Filipino youth and immigrants A coming-of-age story about belongingness, taking a stand against the odds, in an alternative realm where both dreams and nightmares reign—that’s the premise of Filipina author I.S.A....
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez has assured that the implementation of the P3.27 billion Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) procurement contract to the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) for the construction of fire stations and supplies and equipment is on track. Trade...
A labor-employer-government meeting agreed in principle to ask government to extend a loan facility to micro enterprises to pay for the mandatory 13th month pay of their employees which is estimated between P500 million to P1 billion. Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) President...
Federico “Piki” R. Lopez Federico “Piki” R. Lopez, chairman and CEO of the Lopez Group’s First Philippine Holdings Corporation, is the Management Association of the Philippines’ (MAP) Management Man of the Year 2020. The “MAP Management Man of the Year” is a prestigious award that...
As Senate continues to debate on the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill emotionally, two big electronics companies are shutting down operations because of uncompetitive business environment, according to the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the...
The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Board of Investments (BOI), which is under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), are at loggerheads again. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III and DTI Secretary and BOI Chairman Ramon M. Lopez both used the 46TH Philippine Business Conference to...
World trade shows signs of bouncing back from a deep, COVID-19 induced slump, but World Trade Organization economists caution that any recovery could be disrupted by the ongoing pandemic effects. The WTO forecasts that merchandise trade volume could fall 9.2 percent in 2020 less than the 12.9...
The Philippines and Germany have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in manufacturing, construction and innovation at the successful convening of their inaugural Joint Economic Commission (JEC). The Philippines-Germany Joint Economic Commission Co-Chairs Parliamentary State Secretary Marco...
