The local stock market ended mixed with the PSEi down while more shares traded higher as investors wait for the release of economic data due this week. The main index shed 12.55 points or 0.18 percent to close at 6,937.96 as the Mining and Oil counter led advancers while Banks weighed down the...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD Once heavy rains pounded and flooded a town. As the water kept rising, inundating the houses, a man known for his piety climbed up to the second floor of his house. A rescuer on a banca (row boat) came near and yelled, "Come, I came to save you." But the...
Luis Manzano is not one to simply let things pass. He is known to constantly engage fans via social media. Just recently, he got into a tussle with a non-fan who tagged him part of the LGBT+ community. Worse, the basher also pointed to his father, Edu Manzano, as a closeted homosexual. "Si Edu...
The local stock market rose as local investors continue to follow the lead of their US counterparts. The main index moved up 64.51 points or 0.94 percent to close at 6,950.51 as the Services counter led other sectors in advancing across the board. However, volume remained below average at 2.54...
The local stock market dipped as investors are hesitant to bring up share prices while waiting for the outcome of the central bank policy meeting. The main index shed 32.41 points or 0.47 percent to close at 6,886.00 with only the Financials and Industrial counters managing to advance. Volume was...
The local stock market rose as it continues to gather strength from gains in US bourses. PH STOCKS The main index was 48 points or 0.70 percent higher at 6,918.41 as sectoral indices moved higher across the board. The Property counter recovered and led the day’s advance. Volume improved slightly...
The crozier or pastoral staff that Cardinal Jose Advincula will be using during his solemn installation on June 24 belongs to the first bishop of Imus. (Photo from the Facebook page of Archdiocese of Capiz / FILE PHOTO) The Manila Cathedral said Archbishop Artemio Casas served as first rector of...
Three Masses at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros will be cancelled to give way to the installation of Cardinal Jose Advincula. (Manila Cathedral) In a Facebook post, the Manila Cathedral announced that their regular schedule of Masses --7:30 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. on June 24, will be cancelled to...
The local stock market recovered some losses from the past days in line with a bounce in US bourses. PH STOCKS The PSEi rose by 43.24 points or 0.63 percent to close at 6,870.41 as Holding Firms advanced the most while only the Financials counter retreated. Volume remained tepid though at 2.55...
Employers strongly urged the government to speed up reopening of the domestic economy, warning that the huge stimulus packages would just all be for naught if the economy remains on lockdown as business edges into a black hole. At the opening of the virtual 42nd National Employers Conference on the...
The local stock market started the week lower after US bourses drop on concern that interest rates will soon go up. The main index dropped 24.21 points or 0.35 percent to close at 6,827.17 with Holding Firms leading the retreat while only the Property sector managed buck the trend. Volume fell to...
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle will not be able to attend the installation of Cardinal Jose Advincula on June 24. "Cardinal Tagle will not attend. He is in Rome," Father Reginald Malicdem, the chancellor of the Archdiocese of Manila, said in an interview Sunday, June 20. Tagle is the current...
