Haru Expose yourself to some classical Korean music. The Korean CulturalCenter in the Philippines and the NationalMuseum of the Philippines are delighted to present a mesmerizing musical event entitled “Cultural Crescendo: Phil-Kor Mini Concert,” which will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the...
LOVELY LADIES IN GREEN From left: Nikki Tang, Jacqueline Michelle Cañiza-Lim, Dr. Lauren Lior Liechtenstein, Cong. Shernee Tan, and Crystal Jacinto For over two decades, the Philippine Cancer Society has helped raise millions through its Best Dressed Women of the Philippines Awards Ball. It’s...
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is prepared to extend the needed technical and financial assistance to strategic initiatives that would ensure the successful implementation of the Marcos Administration's three-year logistics master plan aimed at reducing the cost of...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is removing Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank/UBP) from the PSEi, PSE Dividend Yield (PSE DivY), and Financials indices starting Oct. 4, 2023. In a memorandum, the bourse said that “a downward adjustment was made to UBP's free float that resulted...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the P9.1 million in backwages and benefits claimed by a former National Library of the Philippines (NLP) official who was dismissed from the government service when found guilty in an administrative charge in 1996 but was granted executive clemency in 2012....
The Senate has ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. 2224 and House Bill No. 4125 or the proposed Ease of Paying Taxes Act. The bill primarily seeks to amend provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 to simplify the...
The government will be courting foreign and local private investors that will inject up to P500 billion worth of capital outlay for the planned Smart Green and Grid System (SGGS) or the parallel grid that will underpin massive investments in the country’s emerging offshore wind industry. In a...
The Senate will strive to increase the proposed budget of the Department of National Defense, including the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for next year to strengthen the country’s defense operations and as part of its efforts to defend the country amid the tensions in the West Philippine...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Wednesday, September 27 said the Senate will reallocate confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) and other unnecesary appropriations and give it to the Philippine Coast Guard and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and other agencies...
BEWARE THE KAPRE This colorful LED display is part of the CCP's "Tanod-Lupa" exhibition which is open to the public Mythical creatures take the spotlight for the CCP anniversary Mythical folk creatures like the kapre, aswang, nuno sa punso, tikbalang, diwata, and manananggal have found a new home...
Five leading internet service providers (ISPs) in the country have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) to establish a site-blocking mechanism against pirate sites. The ISPS that signed the MOU include Globe Telecom, PLDT...
President Marcos on Tuesday, Sept. 26, certified the proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers as urgent, effectively asking the Senate, where the bill is currently pending, for its immediate passage. Filipino seafarers (Photos from the Maritime Industry Authority) A statement from the...
