Just two hours away from Manila via NLEX, you'll reach the City of San Fernando, the capital of Pampanga, and the home of the big Christmas lanterns we all adore. But more than the big lanterns, this city boasts of many tourist spots that are waiting to be re-explored now that travel restrictions...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo The first time I joined the President’s delegation — we were in Bicol region. Typhoon Nina, internationally known as Nock-ten, entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on December 23, 2016. It intensified into a typhoon on December 24 and made...
Wala Lang Neither Wall Street nor PSE can beat the Manila art auction record. I watched on Facebook live the other week’s Leon Gallery auction and record after record toppled. At prices in the millions (P7.5 million per basket of Anita Magsaysay-Ho’s painting, Women with Baskets, Fish and...
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan – The Bulacan State University (BulSU) on Monday broke ground for its new resource management building at its campus in Barangay Guinhawa here. Senator Joel Villanueva led the groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the PHP324-million building. He was...
Ayala Corporation, the country’s oldest conglomerate, reported a 19 percent drop in net income to P5.4 billion in the first quarter of 2021 from the same period last year. Ayala Corporation In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said core net income declined nine percent to...
Dante Balboa The great veteran entertainment editor Ricky Lo gave Elmer Anisco, also known as Dante Balboa, the title “educated hunk” after he finished eight courses from different universities. Nineties sexy actor is now carving another meaningful journey in his environmental advocacy in...
The Archdiocese of San Fernando, Pampanga has removed a priest from his parish assignment amid allegations that he had an affair with a married woman. Archdiocese of San Fernando/FB Pampanga Archbishop Florentino Lavarias said the move was made while a church investigation is ongoing. “Given the...
Brothers in Christ Bishop Antonio Palang with Fr. Fernando Suarez and Fr. Jeff Shannon The death of healer Fr. Fernando Suarez on Feb. 2, 2020 still comes as a shock to his countless friends and those whose lives he had changed with his healing hands. The unfounded accusations, which brought him...
The reins of Ayala Corporation have been passed on to a new Zobel but the firm continues to look for fresh opportunities as it is cautiously optimistic about its post-COVID prospects. “We are cautiously optimistic about the business environment and will continue to prepare for a post-...
Three national triathletes leave their respective training camps to compete in the Asian Championships set April 24 to 25 in Hatsukaichi, Japan. The race will serve as an Olympic qualifying event for the Tokyo Games where it stakes only one slot per gender. Kim Mangrobang, Kim Remolino and Fernando...
As the country celebrates International Women's Month, Ayala Corporation made a commitment to promote gender diversity from the staff to the board level. The commitment was made by AC President and COO Fernando Zobel de Ayala during his keynote address at the "#ChooseToChallenge: Inclusive...
Property giant Ayala Land, Inc., (ALI) is infusing some identified key commercial properties worth P15.46 billion into AREIT, Inc. under a property-for-share swap transaction. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, ALI said its Executive Committee has approved the subscription to...
