TACLOBAN CITY – The provincial government of Samar has brought its medical services closer to the people through its Ospital sa Barangay (OSB) program. THE provincial government of Samar launched its Ospital sa Barangay program to bring medical services closer to the people. Gov....
COL Financial, the country’s largest online stock brokerage firm, is cautiously optimistic about the local stock market as it is poised for a bull run although fears of a US recession is holding it back. COL Financial Chief Equity Strategist April Lynn Tan “Everything is in place for a...
TACLOBAN CITY – The provincial government of Samar and the Philippine Business for Education will launch JobsNext 2.0 this year. JobsNext is a program that aims to provide appropriate skills to enable the workforce to take on jobs of the future. Gov. Sharee Ann Tan emphasized the need to...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a cease and desist order against MFT Group of Companies Inc. and Foundry Ventures I Inc. for alleged illegal solicitation of investments from the public. In an order dated Jan. 16, the Commission En Banc directed the MFT Group and Foundry...
AVANT GARDENER I’m very honored and grateful to have worked in Manila Bulletin’s Agriculture section in various capacities, first as editor-in-chief of Agriculture Online, then following in Zac Sarian’s footsteps as Manila Bulletin’s Agriculture section editor and later, editor-in-chief of...
Former Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman Jonathan Tan is now an undersecretary at the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). MOVING — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. administers the oath of office of Jonathan Tan as a new undersecretary at the...
AVANT GARDENER The sad thing about our agriculture industry is that it moves so slowly that discussions about old problems and concerns are still relevant months later. For example, I attended a Pandesal Forum titled “Agrikultura sa Kalunsuran para sa Masaganang Kinabukasan!” (Urban Farming for...
The Yuchengco family’s holding company House of Investments (HI) is diversifying its business portfolio by strategically expanding into the financial services and property sectors. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its diversification includes the P15.7 billion...
AVANT GARDENER I know I’m late to the party, but I finally had time to catch up on my TV shows during the last holiday break, and I’ve finally seen Project 8’s Replacing Chef Chico, which stars Sam Milby as the titular Chef Chico, Alessandra de Rossi as his sous chef Ella, and Piolo Pascual...
AVANT GARDENER Every new year brings with it the hope of a new start, a better future. It is in this spirit that I present my very general hopes for the agriculture industry this 2024: Fair profit for agriculture workers. Agriculture workers remain the poorest of the poor in the Philippines. In...
Megaworld Corporation and its real estate investment trust MREIT Inc. have agreed to move back their planned asset-for-share swap to May 31, 2024 from the original target of sometime in the third quarter of 2023. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), MREIT said this is regarding...
AVANT GARDENER The Design Center of the Philippines is hosting an exhibit called “50 Years of Philippine Design and Beyond” in the National Museum of Fine Arts. As its name says, it presents some of the country’s top designs from different fields. One of them is Theo+Philo Artisan chocolates,...
