Filipinos may soon directly fly to Brussels in Belgium while Europeans can explore Manila and use it as an entry point to neighboring Southeast Asian countries after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s meeting in Europe yielded discussions on the need to connect the two countries....
EDITORIAL As Christmas Day nears, here’s a bit of good news from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The country’s employment rate in October 2022 stood at 95.5 percent, “the highest rate recorded since January 2020, and registered to have bounced back from pre-pandemic levels.” This...
There were no winners for the jackpot prizes of Ultra Lotto 6/58, Super Lotto 6/49, and Lotto 6/42 in the evening draw of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Tuesday, Dec. 13. PCSO / MANILA BULLETIN The correct combination for Ultra Lotto was 29-13-28-08-01-56 for a jackpot of...
Casa Bella hosts a limited-run exhibit that bends space and time—and exposes everything in between Art and furniture design collide in this latest exhibit by contemporary sculptor Jinggoy Buensuceso. The show is part of Casa Bella Home and Living’s anniversary celebration and is held at the...
Students from the Philippine Science High School - Central Visayas Campus (PSHS) in Argao, Cebu brought home gold medals for their innovations that promote healthy lifestyle and detection of microplastics during the 2022 Asian International Innovation Exhibition 2022 (AIINEx-2022) in Kuala Lumpur,...
Expecting their second child real soon, Solenn Heussaff-Bolzico has learned a lot more when it comes to motherhood. "I have always been very open about the fact that motherhood was not a walk in the park for me,” she reveals. “I think, that as a celebrity, it’s very important for myself to...
Leisure & Resorts World Corporation (LRWC) said its stockholders have approved the issuance of 691,200,000 common shares to raise up to P1.85 billion in a new round of private placement. In a statement, LRWC said the issuance was approved through its Special Stockholders’ Meeting held on...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority has approved a total of P57.048 billion in committed investments in the January-November period this year or 11 percent lower than the P64.463 billion approvals in the same period last year. PEZA OIC Deputy Director General Tereso O. Panga noted that the...
At the conclusion of the Philippine Web3 Festival, held November 14-18, 2022, in Bonifacio Global City, Metro Manila, festival co-hosts Yield Guild Games (YGG) and BlockchainSpace donated PHP 1,000,000 to the Apl.de.Ap Foundation to support Filipinos in uncovering earning opportunities in web3...
The local stock market closed flat as investors wait for the meetings of US and Philippine central banks. The main index shed 2.82 percent or 0.04 points to close at 6,582.38 as sectoral indices were evenly split. Volume was thin at 705 million shares worth P5.4 billion as losers beat gainers 113...
Starts Dec. 14, 2022 While most parts of the world have opened their borders, Hong Kong has been taking it slowly as it moved from compulsory quarantine to three days of medical surveillance instead. This meant that inbound Hong Kong travelers need not quarantine but are not allowed to go inside...
Imports continued to outpace the country’s exports, but at a much narrower level, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The PSA said on Tuesday, Dec. 13, that the country’s trade gap, or the difference between the value of export and import, dropped 13 percent to $3.3 billion in...
