OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar In a few days, 2022 will end and we will welcome a fresh, new year. Many experts have expressed pessimism on the capacity of the country to achieve growth in 2023. They cited the risks to growth in the coming year, including inflation, hikes...
OF FORESTS AND TREES Former Senate President Manny Villar I want to wish my readers and the entire Filipino nation a happy and healthy Christmas! We deserve to celebrate a very merry holiday season after more than two years of lockdown resulting in muted celebrations of a feast, we are famous for....
International Master Rolando Nolte shocked third seed Grandmaster Vitaly Sivuk of Sweden to finish third behind eventual champion Konstantin Sek of FIDE at the close of the MCPL’s Manny Pacquiao International Open Chess Festival in General Santos City Saturday, Dec. 17. Rolando Nolte finishes...
International Master Daniel Quizon brought down third seed Vitaly Sivuk of Sweden to move half a point off the pace after five rounds of the MCPL’s Manny Pacquiao International Open Chess Festival in General Santos City Thursday, Dec. 15. IM Daniel Quizon jumps to a six-player logjam at third...
Olympiad veteran Grandmaster John Paul Gomez smashed International Master Michael Concio, Jr. in the third round to remain unbeaten and on top along with several others in the MCPL’s Manny Pacquiao International Open Chess Festival in General Santos City Wednesday, Dec. 14. The 37-year-old...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I have always extolled the importance of entrepreneurship. For the most part, this unshakeable belief is anchored on my own experience as someone who built a business from the ground up, and to some extent, this is also due to my experience...
Although Manny Pacquiao won a mere exhibition match in his latest ring outing, P3PWD Party-list nominee still thought that it was proper to give the Filipino ring legend his flowers. Rowena Guanzon (left) and Manny Pacquiao (Twitter) That's why Guanzon took to Twitter to write a congratulatory...
Manny Pacquiao (R) of the Philippines fights against DK Yoo of South Korea during their exhibition boxing match in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, on December 11, 2022. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) Manny Pacquiao is definitely back. Pacquiao came from all angles and displayed his finest boxing...
Olympiad veteran Filipino Grandmasters John Paul Gomez and Darwin Laylo hope to make the country proud as they lead the local charge against a group of strong internationalists in the Maharlika Pilipinas Chess League’s Manny Pacquiao International Open Chess Festival unfolding Tuesday, Dec. 13,...
Manny Pacquiao will face martial artist, DK Yoo, in a 6-round middleweight bout at the Seoul Arena in Seoul, South Korea on Dec. 10. Ahead of the scheduled bout, all-time boxing legend Manny Pacquiao spends a training session with Asia's Online Casino Giant, M88 Mansion. Currently in his 40’s,...
Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao begins his comeback campaign on Saturday, Dec. 10, in the boxing ring as he faces South Korean martial artist DK Yoo in a six-round exhibition match at the Korea International Exhibition Center in South Korea. DK Yoo and Manny Pacquiao (Photo by Wendell Alinea...
OF TREES AND FORESTS Former Senate President Manny Villar A phenomenon amplified by the pandemic is the so-called great resignation. It refers to the extraordinary number of employees quitting their jobs starting 2021. While primarily driven by the pandemic, experts noted that its roots can be...