It was named in memory of US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But that may change soon. Talking about Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City. The Senate on Monday approved on second reading a bill that aims to have it renamed to Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue. Fitting? Well, Quezon City is known to some as...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, August 20, remembered her late father, actor Fernando Poe Jr., on the latter's 82nd birth anniversary. Senator Grace Poe poses with a supporter of her late father Fernando Poe, Jr. during the celebration of the latter's birthday on August 20, 2017. (Senate PRIB) "Happy...
Governor Daniel R. Fernando has ordered the strict implementation of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) protocols in the province from August 16 to 31, 2021. Fernando issued Executive Order No.30, Series of 2021, detailing the guidelines for the strict implementation of MECG which is...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) rolled out on Thursday, Aug. 12 a two-day vaccination program in San Fernando City, Pampanga which aims to inoculate at least a thousand active tourism workers there. (Photo from Department of Tourism) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat led the vaccination...
Ayala Corporation, the country’s oldest conglomerate, reported a 31 percent hike in net income to P10.4 billion in the first semester of 2021 from the low base of the previous year when the metropolis was under stricter quarantine status. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm...
Since it’s maiden public offering 30 years ago, the market capitalization of real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. has ballooned to over P500 billion from P42 billion, making ALI among the largest companies in the Philippine Stock Exchange Index. The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) and ALI have...
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...
