Emperador Inc., the world’s largest brandy company owned by Filipino-Chinese tycoon Andrew Tan, reported a strong performance in its overseas operations as it continuous to expand its brandy and scotch whisky businesses to take advantage of increasing global demand. Emperador said in a disclosure...
Christian Concepcion celebrates after defeating Singapore's Leu Clive Yi Yang in fencing individual sabre semifinals at World Trade Center, December 3, 2019. (MB File Photo) In hopes of surpassing its performance in the last Southeast Asian Games here, the Philippine Fencing Association has created...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Natalie Tan The Busa Mountain Range (BMR) straddles the provinces of Sarangani and South Cotabato in southern Mindanao. According to Kier Mitchel E. Pitogo, resident wildlife biologist and project development officer of the PASu AVPL, “it is one of the last remaining primary...
Enrique K. Razon Jr. Five businessmen with strong ties to sports were among the 17 Filipinos named to this year’s Forbes World’s Billionaires List. Enrique Razon Jr., Lucio Tan, Hans Sy, Ramon Ang and Inigo Zobel made it to the list composed of 2,755 billionaires from around the world, as...
Photo from Canlas Fencing Academy Filipino fencer Sam Catantan suffered a heartbreaking 15-8 defeat to May Tieu of the US in the round-of-32 Tuesday, April 6, in the 2021 World Cadets/Juniors Fencing Championship in Cairo, Egypt. Catantan’s 20th place finish was a big improvement from her 2019...
Sam Catantan, right, pre-fence during a practice session with Lance Tan in the 2021 Juniors/Cadets Fencing Championship set April 3 to 11 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo from Lance Tan) Filipino fencer Samantha Catantan said the experience she gained in the US NCAA Fencing Championship will help her in...
Sam Catantan reacts after winning a match in the World Junior Fencing Championship in Poland. (Photo Courtesy of Canlas Fencing Academy) Five fencers led by US NCAA campaigners Sam Catantan and Lance Tan will carry the national team colors as they compete in the 2021 World Juniors/Cadets Fencing...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Natalie Tan Not all honey available in the market is pure. According to Wilfrido “Jonji” S. de Jesus Jr. of Two Bees Apiary in Iloilo City, so-called “fake” honey isn’t actually fake, but most probably either honey made by bees who have been fed sugar water...
The Philippine stock market is seen to weaken further this short trading week as COVD-19 cases continue to surge, sparking talks of the imposition of even more stringent lockdown measures—the government’s main tool in trying to keep infections down. “The local market may decline next week as...
The Lucio Tan Group of Companies is gearing up to vaccinate its more than 50,000 employees against SARS-COV2 as it reported that about 90 percent of them are ready and willing to get themselves inoculated. In a statement, the group said the high vaccine acceptance was attributed to the...
US-based Filipino fencer Lance Tan of Sacred Heart University had a difficult opening round as he collected six wins out of 15 bouts in his debut Thursday in the UC NCAA Fencing Championship at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania. Tan, a sophomore student at SHU,...
Lance Tan of Sacred Heart University, left, takes a selfie with Sam Catantan of Penn State University upon his arrival in Pennsylvania. The two will debut Friday in the US NCAA Fencing Championship at University Park in Pennsylvania. (Photo from Lance Tan) Samantha Catantan of Penn State University...
