AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan Food has become such a big part of pop culture that there are people who base their personalities on what they’ve eaten and where they’ve eaten it. There is nothing bad about this. Eating is an easy way to get to know a culture, and experiencing different flavors can...
The Philippines won three bronze medals at the 33rd International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), a contest where “exceptional high school students from various countries compete in the prestigious algorithmic competition to sharpen their informatics skills—such as problem analysis, design of...
Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) and its subsidiaries, Fresh N’ Famous Foods, Inc. (FNF) and Mang Inasal Philippines, Inc. (MI), has entered into a license agreement with Milkshop International Co., Ltd., a popular Taiwanese Bubble tea brand. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange,...
In July 1921, a group of young people with an average age of less than 28 years old, harboring firm beliefs and shouldering the mission of saving the nation, gathered in Shanghai and established the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society of old China. From 1921...
PNB Holdings Corporation (PHC), the real estate holding company of Philippine National Bank, intends to redevelop its prime properties in Makati and Pasay to boost rental demand and optimize their revenue potential. **media During the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting, newly-appointed PHC...
With him now having two angels, we asked hunk Mike Tan how he is as a father. Well, he was quick to admit that he is a spoiler, noting his daughters have him "bewitched." But, of course, not all the time. He knows there is a need for him to step up and show authority once in a while if only to make...
Megaworld Corporation, the country’s top township developer, is investing the proceeds from its P27 billion real estate investment trust offering to complete 21 new office and commercial projects across 11 townships in the country over the next five years. Ongoing developments inside the...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan There’s a story about Nick Joaquin that’s been going around the creative writing circle for as long as I can remember. It’s said that during a writer’s workshop, the National Artist got so annoyed at a participant's work that he allegedly told the poor workshop...
Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI), the holding company of tycoon Andrew Tan, banked on its overseas operations and diversification efforts to ride out the effects of the pandemic. Alliance Global Group Inc. During the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting, AGI Chairman Andrew Tan said the company...
State auditors have questioned officials of the Misamis Occidental province for failing to present necessary supporting documents for the purchase of land worth over P96.17 million. Auditors of the Commission on Audit (COA) also flagged the release of P510,000 in professional fees to a private...
Megaworld Corporation, the country’s largest developer and lessor of office spaces, is jumping on the REIT (real estate investment trust) bandwagon with the planned P27.3 billion initial public offering of subsidiary MREIT Inc. 12895 In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Megaworld...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan In history class, we learn that the Philippines has had a robust trade with China for centuries before the arrival of the Spanish. Before the ethnic Chinese who had settled in the Philippines were rounded up by the Spanish and forced to live in enclaves (among other...
