Big banks in the country remained well-capitalized despite the prolonged pandemic-induced crisis, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said that big banks’ capital adequacy ratio (CAR), a measure of lenders’ solvency, improved to 17.6 percent in the first...
Aboitiz Construction, Inc. (ACI) is implementing its ‘Big Shift Strategy’ this 2021 to secure more projects and boost its finances. cropped-45th-Anniversary-CoBranding-Logo “Despite the challenges, our Big Shift strategy is materializing to create long term value for our stakeholders,” said...
Up to 52% discount on XTREME Appliances XTREME Appliances, the country’s leading local one-stop-shop appliance brand is giving you the chance to be one step ahead in planning your holiday shopping as early as September on Lazada 9.9 Big Brands Sale and Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Sale. This...
Former Big Bang member Seungri (Instagram) Former K-pop boy band Big Bang member Seungri, 31, filed an appeal with the General Military Court in Korea, which convicted him on nine charges including prostitution mediation. Last Aug. 12, the General Military Court found Seungri guilty on nine...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will unveil its 21 high impact technologies and game-changing research and development (R&D) projects on Sept. 7. (DOST-STII Facebook page) The technologies and R&D projects that will be launched are in the following areas: health and...
Seungri (Instagram) The personal information of Seungri (real name Lee Seung-hyun), 30, former member of K-pop boy band Big Bang, will be registered with the government for his sex crime after he was convicted by a military court on Aug. 12 on nine charges. A general military court...
Seungri (Instagram) A general military court sentenced on Aug. 12 former K-pop boy band Big Bang member Seungri to three years in prison on various charges such as prostitution mediation. Seungri, 31, was ordered by the military court to be immediately detained, Yonhap News reported. His...
Anti-narcotics operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police killed a suspected big-time drug trafficker and arrested four others in a series of operations in Quezon City, Valenzuela City and Bulacan that led to the confiscation of almost P1.5...
Bringing the love of reading wherever they go Jacqueline Ng and Andrew Yap Driven by passion, Andrew Yap and Jacqueline Ng first launched the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale in 2009. It started as a warehouse sale in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where they provide an exciting array of excess books from...
ROME, Italy – Venice avoided being named a world heritage site in danger by UNESCO on Thursday, just weeks after Italy moved to ban large cruise ships from sailing into the city center. VENICE PHOTO The city has been on UNESCO's heritage list since 1987, but the UN body warned last month of...
Kisses Delavin (Instagram photos) Â The search is on for the next Miss Universe Philippines and one of the personalities rumored to join the competition is former Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) housemate Kisses Delavin. Â Â Â Â Fans were thrilled as Kisses trended on social medial following...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve heard a lot about global solidarity. Unfortunately, words by themselves will not end the pandemic – or curb the impact of the climate crisis. Now is the moment to show what solidarity means in practice. As...
