Pangilinan-led firm PXP Energy Corporation indicated that it already received formally the ‘resume-to-work’ notice form the Department of Energy (DOE), allowing it to recommence extended seismic survey and exploration activities at its Service Contract (SC) 72 within the Recto Bank area along...
K-pop boy band EXO member Chen announced that he will be enlisting in the military on Oct. 26 through a letter he wrote to fans to say goodbye. “These days, the temperature difference in the day is quite high, are you all well? The scorching hot weather has gone and the warm autumn days have...
Banned Korean-American singer Steve Yoo’s F-4 visa application was rejected again by the Korean consulate general in Los Angeles despite a Supreme Court ruling in his favor last March. Yoo, whose real name is Yoo Seung-jun, has been banned from entering Korea for 18 years when he acquired...
Korean actor Park Bogum, 27, finished six weeks of basic military training in the Navy after enlisting in August. A completion ceremony for all 1,297 recruits belonging to the 669th Navy group including Park Bogum who enlisted on Aug. 31 was held on Oct. 8 at the Naval Education and Training...
K-pop superstars BTS have stated early this year that they were ready to fulfill their military service but Korean politicians are wrangling over the issue since the idol group topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart last month. The future of Big Hit Entertainment, BTS’ agency, also relies on the...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has launched a loan facility that offers low interest, enhanced loan consolidation feature, longer payment term and one-time waiver of surcharges. Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager, said the new loan program gives...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced the reopening of its COVID-19 Emergency Loan program to members and pensioners. In a statement, Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager, said the COVID-19 Emergency Loan program is accepting applications beginning...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is about to issue revised guidelines on virtual currency exchanges (VCEs) and electronic money issuers (EMIs) to plug the regulatory gaps of the existing virtual asset service providers (VASP) rules. MB File “Once issued (the revised) circular will address...
A petition has been filed to grant K-pop superstars BTS exemption from military service and for them to do their basic military training in the disputed Dokdo Island in South Korea. Since BTS became the first Korean act to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart, there is a renewed interest in the...
The country’s largest organization of real estate and housing industry players expressed its support for the immediate passage of House Bills 3541 and 3837, which seek to create a Comprehensive Home Financing Program (CHFP) that will make all income-earning Filipinos entitled to fixed,...
What’s Your Baon is the food delivery service you didn’t know you needed Images by JOY CONCEPCION If there is one thing we can agree on, it is that, in this especially difficult time, we are finding joy and solace in food. The act of preparing a meal—even a simple one—can bring great...
BTS (Twitter) The Korean government and politicians are working together to help K-pop superstars BTS postpone their military service until age 30. This came after BTS topped the Billboard Hot 100 on Sept. 1 through their new single “Dynamite,” earning the distinction of being the first...
