SIMPLICITY IS KEY From left: Omelet, crab fried rice, and Barramundi After four days in Chiang Mai, we took an hour flight to Bangkok. We were all ready for another food adventure. Our first stop was Or Tor Kor Market, where you will find tiny stalls specializing in various Thai dishes. My routine...
Dinengdeng (Photo Maggi Ph website) November 1985 to March 1986 was a good period to be in the news business. And the best place to be at was the Philippines. All the big stars of American, British, Japanese, and Australian networks rushed to Manila to file stories on what most of them...
By JELLYN GUECO With the opening of direct flights from Clark Airport, traveling to Bangkok just to eat and shop for the weekend has become more accessible. When one of my best friends, Hermie, whom I hadn’t seen for six years invited me to a spontaneous meetup in Bangkok, it was a no-brainer for...
Most Rev. Charles John Brown D.D., Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines of the Embassy of the Holy See, Department of Foreign Affairs Asec. Mardomel Celo Melicor of the Office of Middle East and African Affairs (OMEAA), and H.E. Amb. Musaed Saleh A.M. Althwaikh of the Embassy of the State of Kuwait...
Mayors of Metro Manila agreed on Wednesday, Feb. 28, to ban e-scooters and e-trikes on major thoroughfares in the National Capital Region (NCR) amid rampant traffic violations and accidents involving the small electric vehicles. The decision was stipulated in a resolution of the Metro Manila...
STI Education Systems Holdings Inc. is acquiring Philippine School of Business Administration (PSBA) in Manila and Quezon cities for a yet undisclosed amount. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), STI aid its board of directors has ratified the execution of a Term Sheet with...
The Philippine government is expected to get the third tranche of its loan from Japan for the continuous construction of the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) next month, the Department of Transportation (DOtR) said as it expressed confidence that there will no delay in its target completion date....
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has beefed up its supply portfolio with additional 400-megawatt baseload power supply procurement from the Limay thermal power plant of SMC Global Power Holdings of the San Miguel group. The tariff for the new interim power supply agreement...
Extended weekends represent an opportunity for working families to relax, rejuvenate, and come together at home. However, this respite often comes with a trade-off: increased electricity usage and subsequently higher bills. In 2023, families were treated to multiple long weekends due to the...
By JACQUELINE LUCERO Images from Freepik In our younger years, phones were tethered to the walls, and the art of handwritten letters or typewritten notes was the norm. Those were the times when a trip to the corner store meant finding a payphone to make a call and newspapers were delivered daily to...
Often when we think of Laguna, we are reminded of it as a provincial getaway for the long weekends. It’s hard not to think about driving through Tagaytay’s roads without peering over to see the beauty of Taal Volcano as its natural centerpiece. But with the place becoming the go-to hotspot for...
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has secured the best bid from Limay Power, Inc. (LPI) to meet its 400-megawatt (MW) power supply requirements. In a statement, Meralco said that two out of the three bidders that initially showed interest in the competitive selection process (CSP) have submitted...
