The latest endeavor of the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) and the newest basketball league to be launched in the country are up for discussion in the online session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum this Tuesday (Sept. 28). GAB Chairman Abraham ‘Baham’ Mitra is going to...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) expressed hope for the passage of a law adopting divorce in the Philippines. (Unsplash) A bill legalizing absolute divorce in the country is headed for the plenary of the House of Representatives after it was unanimously passed by the Committee on Population...
Photo from PBA San Miguel is one win away from a return trip to the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals, and though it had a number of capable closers to thank for, a neophyte silently and steadily stepped up to bring it closer to a place once familiar to the team. Playing his first conference with the...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have signed an agreement that will facilitate the identification and verification of beneficiaries for the different social welfare programs. Last Sept. 17, the PSA and DSWD sealed a memorandum of...
Food has always been the first to come to mind when one starts to think of going into business. Foremost, it will never run out of demand. As such, so many have tried their luck to partake in this kind of business. Entrepreneurs Eduardo and Teresita Ngan Tian decided to go into the food business....
This sounds cliché, but the most significant role of Filipino entrepreneurs, come hell or high waters or COVID-19, has remained the same: Entrepreneurship is geared towards nation building. PFA President Sherill Quintana This is how Sherill Quintana, one of the country’s most successful...
In Quezon City, the ‘yellows’ have been saving thousands of lives as the country faced the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Former Mayor Herbert Bautista inspecting ambulances Ironically, killer-typhoons Ondoy and Yolanda were the main triggers that gave birth to the 160 ‘yellows’ in 2018 and have...
Three Philippine Navy (PN) officers sailed aboard the Royal Australian Navy's HMAS (Her Majesty's Australian Ship) Canberra III which docked in Manila harbour on Sunday, Sept. 26, for a three-day port visit. IPE21 welcomes Philippine Navy Captain Constancio Reyes (left) as its Deputy Commander. He...
Photo from PBA Returning San Miguel Beer guard Alex Cabagnot said he felt fortunate to be given the chance to hit the winning shot that beat NorthPort in the opener of their best-of-three quarterfinal series in the PBA Philippine Cup. Cabagnot’s jumper with 1.5 seconds left that gave the Beermen...
Amid lack of government support, the Philippines has been slacking in corn production. The situation has gone so bad that importation has already become a necessity. CORN Roger Navarro, president of the country’s largest group of corn producers Philippine Maize Federation (PhilMaize), said in an...
The Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI) has raised concern over insufficient local corn production and is urging the government and local producers to address the urgent need to ensure reliability and consistency of supply in the country. Photo by Balázs Benjamin from Pexels Corn...
Despite difficulties in raising revenues amid the pandemic, the national government opted to increase the amount of subsidy it extended to state-owned corporations due to mounting health insurance claims. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury revealed that the financial support extended to...
