Two Baguio institutions, with 90 years between them, come together to make the holidays more merry and bright for children with cancer and at least 105 Baguio City scholars PURPLE YAM MAGIC Fudge-like cookies, the ube crinkles Everything Nice has just made everything nicer this Christmas. The...
The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC), which is composed of seven foreign business groups in the Philippines, has revised its foreign direct investments target to $128 billion for the period 2021-2030 more than double its original $50 billion target on the country's upbeat economic outlook. During a...
Foreign business groups in the country are keenly watching the proposed creation of a Maharlika Wealth Fund, a Philippine sovereign wealth fund, being pushed in the Lower House. “We are following it with great interest,” said Lars Wittig, president of the European Chamber of Commerce of the...
Fully Booked and Kinokuniya tie up for a manga reader’s paradise in Manila PROMISED LAND The expansive manga selection of Fully Booked x Kinokuniya Anime and manga are all the rage. One of the effects of the pandemic is the explosive growth in manga readership all over the world, including here...
Experience MOA Night Of Lights from a star car Those that remember drives through the decorated streets of Mandaluyong or Makati at Christmas will be delighted to know the childhood experience now has a significant upgrade: Mall of Asia’s (MOA) Night of Lights (NOL). Open to the public, this...
The travel and lifestyle app is taking over Indonesia and the Philippines From left: Head of Marketing of Airasia Super App Indonesia Boni Andika, Head of Bali Transportation Bureau I Gde Wayan Samsi Gunarta, Operational Director of Jasa Raharja Dewi Aryani Suzana, Chief Commercial Officer of...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma “One year ago, 58-year-old Harold Lumictin, his wife and their six children were made homeless when their house was destroyed by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Island of Bohol in the Philippines. In total, 222 people died and more than 670,000 families were...
Learn the ABCs of ‘liquid sunshine’ as Jameson Distillery on Tour reaches Manila for the first time GINGER ALE Jameson Ginger and Lime signature cocktail “Three things that the Irish and Filipino people have in common are our attitudes, humor, and love for whiskey,” says an Irish “tour...
The four recipients of Ramon Magsaysay Awards to personally receive their awards at a private event in Manila The 64th Ramon Magsaysay Awards presentation ceremonies once again celebrated the greatness of spirit and transformative leadership across Asia on Nov. 30. The four recipients of Asia’s...
The House bill (HB) seeking to establish the proposed Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP) has been approved on second reading. (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) During House plenary session Tuesday evening, Nov. 29, House Committee on Health Chairman and Batanes lone district...
The Philippines stands confident in championing the rights of women in the country as the government assures the 193-member United Nations (UN) that their protection is its "core interest." Through the country's permanent representative to the UN Ambassador Anton Lagdameo, the Philippines made the...
Six regions in the country are currently affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF), the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) disclosed on Tuesday, Nov. 29. “As of Nov. 25, the areas with active ASF cases are regions I, III, IV-A, VI, VIII, and XII,” Dr. Samuel Joseph Castro, national deputy...
