The social action arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Caritas Philippines, in a statement on Saturday, Oct. 28, announced that it is set to commemorate the 10th year of Super Typhoon Yolanda on Nov. 7 to 8 in Tacloban City, Leyte. Photo credit to Caritas Philippines...
INNOVATORS OF DESIGN From left: Rhea Matute, Emi Englis, Joseph Javier, Haraya del Rosario-Gust, and Butch Carungay during the State of Philippine Design roundtable event Design Week Philippines 2023, the country’s national design festival, concluded a week-long celebration of the power of design...
A CULTURAL EXCHANGE Brilliant minds come together to share ideas, as organized by the French Embassy, in cooperation with Alliance française de Manille, and the National Museum of the Philippines Following the French cultural tradition of exchanging thoughts and questioning everything,...
I'D GIVE MY LIFE FOR YOU Miss Saigon centers around the tragic romance of American GI Chris and Vietnamese bar girl Kim The heat is on in Manila as GMG Productions, in association with GWB Entertainment, has announced that Cameron Mackintosh’s globally acclaimed production of Boublil &...
WOMEN IN POWER Swedish Ambassador Annika Thunborg, Australian Amb. HK Yu, US Amb. MaryKay Carlson, UK Amb. Laure Beaufils, Romanian Amb. Râduta Matache, Dutch Amb. Marielle Geraedts, and Singaporean Amb. Constance See The concept of “witches” today differs dramatically from the malicious and...
JTI, world’s leading tobacco company, vowed its long-term commitment to the Philippines with the inauguration of its new office in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig to accommodate some 300 of its total workforce in the country. JT Group President and CEO Masamichi Terabatake led the formal...
Building solutions firm Holcim Philippines, a member of the Holcim Group, signed a power purchase agreement with I Squared Captial’s energy platform Berde Renewables for rooftop solar projects at Holcim’s plants in Bulacan and La Union. As per the agreement, Berde Renewables will install,...
President Marcos has urged the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to "be ready" in defending the country from emerging threats. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. administers the oath of office of newly-promoted generals and flag officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Oct. 27,...
Cemex Holdings Corporation Inc. (CHP) widened its net loss to P1.2 billion in the first nine months of 2023 from its previous loss of P819 million in the same period in 2022 due to lower operating earnings. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), CHP recorded a net loss of...
Despite forecasts of ‘yellow alert’ that could strain Luzon grid, the Department of Energy (DOE) is trying to lean on a 700-megawatt supply buffer or reserve margin to avert incidents of electricity service interruptions during the October 30 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) and barangay elections....
As it continues to traverse rough financial terrain on its operations, Uy-led Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. indicated that it will be pursuing a sale-and-lease back arrangement for its assets with Sy-controlled BDO, which has been its long term go-to bank for credit line. According to Phoenix...
China said the US should stop supporting the Philippines, which it claimed was making illegal claims over the West Philippine Sea. Mao Ning, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, on Thursday said "the US is not a party to the South China Sea issue" after President Joe Biden warned that...
