Grand opening of first Nitori shop in the Philippines was graced by Japanese and Filipino dignitaries, and Federal Land executives and partners. In photo are (from left to right) Yusuke Hirano, executive officer of Overseas Business Department of Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.; Thomas F....
Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), the Ayala Group’s financial services arm, is confident of sustaining its record-breaking earnings streak for the rest of 2024, after registering all-time high profits for the full-year 2023 and first quarter of 2024. BPI President and CEO Jose Teodoro K....
Sen. Robinhood Padilla vowed to make noise in pushing for the modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), especially the Philippine Navy, so they can better defend our territory. Padilla mentioned this after visiting Senate employees undergoing the Basic Citizen Military Course...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, April 23 urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to deliver a lastong solution to the recurrent power outages hitting the country during summer season. Hontiveros made the call as electricity demand increased during the summer months and forced the National Grid...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE It’s summer, and we are going to see outbreaks of food – and water-borne diseases, one of which is cholera. Cholera is an acute gastroenteritis caused by Vibrio cholerae, which causes profuse watery diarrhea. Without adequate fluid replacement, acute and severe dehydration...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jesus’ revelation of himself as the Good Shepherd was done during the feast of Tabernacles (Succoth), a movable feast celebrated in September or October. The evangelist joins it to the revelation of Jesus’ pronouncement on the feast of Dedication (Hanukkah) celebrated in the...
Short-term benchmark interest rates rose at the auction on Monday due to the expected delay in rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, given the persistent inflation. The rate for the 91-day Treasury bill (T-bills) increased to 5.888 percent from 5.870 percent during the last week’s auction....
Senators on Monday, April 22 urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to ramp up local production even after releasing Administrative Order No. 20 easing the rules on the importation of agricultural products. Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero said that while he supports the latest...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has approved the planned P10 billion stock rights offering of Aboitiz-led Union Bank of the Philippines which is slated to kick off in May this year. In a disclosure to the PSE, the bank said it is offering about 296.47 million depending on the final offering...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has scored the delay in the construction of the P316.4 million Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower building of the Clark International Airpot (CIA) in Pampanga. In its audit report, COA said that the construction of the ATC buildng was only 60.90 percent complete as of...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez didn't mince his words Monday, April 22 as he slammed a group of economists from his alma mater, the University of the Philippines (UP), for...
Oscar winner Anne Hathaway, and “Purple Hearts” and “Red, White & Royal Blue” star Nicholas Galitzine are caught up in a whirlwind romance in the film “The Idea of You,” premiering globally on Prime Video on May 2. Based on the novel of the same name by Robinne Lee, “The...
