cab2a1016f2094af6a7f76ac8d84da58_XL-1 The Philippines’ only unicorn, digital financial solutions provider Mynt, the company behind GCash payment services app, has raised over $300 million in funding and is now valued at over $2 billion. Global investment giant Warburg Pincus, New York-based...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando Dela Rosa The apostles must have been shocked when Jesus told them that if they wanted to enter heaven or become great, they had to become like children (Mark 9:30-37). Most of us today might also find that difficult to understand. Children can be very demanding, greedy,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) confirmed on Wednesday, Aug. 25, that it has extended the cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the qualified beneficiaries in Metro Manila to August 31. Previously the DILG has set August 25 as the deadline for the handing out of the financial...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares There is no doubt, the vaccine pass is here. There seems to be no more need for legislators and concerned groups to discuss the legality or logic of requiring a document showing one has been vaccinated to enter establishments, cross borders, and participate...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will retain the current public transport supply and capacity in the National Capital Region (NCR) during the August 6 to August 20 enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) although they can only be used by Authorized Persons Outside Residence (APORs). DOTr...
Medium Rare Jullie Y. Daza How can the days fly by so swiftly when what lies ahead is more of the same -- routine, boredom . . .? Before anyone offers an enlightening Einstein-like answer, let’s fast-forward to September, when Christmas unofficially begins. But before we do the countdown,...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma “Poverty is a question of the heart. Only with a changed heart can you free people from poverty. Only God can change the human heart.” These are the three basic principles that guide the work of the Center for Community Transformation (CCT) founded and headed by Ruth...
The Lucio Tan-controlled Philippine National Bank (PNB) has started to build its digital-only banking business and is scouting for partners, but its president and CEO Arnulfo “Wick” Veloso is still unsure if this could be set up in six months to a year. “We need to finish the business plan...
Russell Westbrook of the Houston Rockets, Zach LaVine and Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat's Derrick Jones Jr. and Vince Carter of the Atlanta Hawks. (File photos compiled from AFP, AP and Reuters) Several Philippine basketball collegiate stars who held the first stay-at-home dunk...
