The rebuilding of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) almost forty years ago today was “one of the best good things” that former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos has done for her country, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. Former First Lady Imelda Marcos (3rd from...
The PLDT Home Fibr Hitters hope their 14-day bubble camp at Splendido Hotel in Alfonso, Tagaytay would make up for lost training sessions due to health restrictions brought by the pandemic. The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) recently cleared the team to hold a camp under a bubble-type setting,...
Diversified engineering conglomerate DMCI Holdings, Inc. reported that its profits shot up by 590 percent in the first quarter of the year to P4.3 billion from P616 million in the same period of 2020. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said this is because income drivers...
The consolidated net income of Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) significantly climbed by 93-percent to P2.3 billion within first quarter this year versus P1.2 billion in the same period last year. On stream of revenues, that also surged by 27-percent for the company to P9.3...
Clean energy group Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED) hailed on Friday, May 7 the apparent decision of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to move away from coal, which has long been regarded as a dirty energy source. (Photo by Wander Fleur / Unsplash) "Today, the Asian Development...
Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation posted a strong recover in the first quarter of 2021 with net income amounting to P17.2 billion, 15 times better than the P1.1 billion it earned in the same period last year. In a statement, the firm said almost all its major...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza First thing I did when my son said he would need surgery was to ask my best friend, the prayerful one, for prayers. Her answer shocked me. “Two thousand Hail Marys,” she promised. The 2,000 Hail Marys devotion goes back to 1933. It was started by a Salesian seminarian...
Already the world's biggest pop star at 19, singer-songwriter Billie Eilish is shedding her old image, letting the world know there is more to her than baggy clothes and green hair. Unveiling a classic, glamorous look for British Vogue's June edition, the Grammy-award winning artist looked very...
Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) is pressing its ‘cost claims’ against its equipment supplier – American firm GE, on the extended shutdown of unit 2 of its 600-megawatt Sem-Calaca coal-fired power facility in Batangas. SMPC President Maria Cristina C. Gotianun said...
Chris Martin will mentor on "American Idol." As a Mother’s Day special, "American Idol" is doing a Coldplay-themed episode. Said episode is set for airing this May 9. The long-running singing competition, is already on its nineteenth season. The current season premiered in February and is now...
The consolidated net income of Aboitiz Power Corporation had climbed by a very significant 200-percent in the first quarter to P6.2 billion from a relatively trimmed bottom line of P2.1 billion in the same period last year. The company said it logged non-recurring losses of P29 million within the...
The ultimate blame of the people is on the government, “whether we are in the right or in the wrong,” President Duterte said on Wednesday, April 28, as he mulls using “police power” to “control whatever there is to control.” President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a televised address on...
