Apart from creating awe-inspiring designs that celebrate Filipino heritage, it has been the mission of Zarah Juan to use her talent and her platform for a greater cause. She doesn’t want her bags to be just a mirror of local culture, she wants them to be a tool that will provide solutions to some...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), through a Monetary Board Resolution, has approved the planned merger of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and Robinsons Bank Corporation (RBC). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Ayala-led BPI said that the BSP approved the merger...
On Dec. 15, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines H.E. Kazuhiko Koshikawa took center stage as the distinguished keynote speaker at the closing ceremony of the Asian Peacebuilders Scholarship (APS) program. Hosted at the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), the event celebrated 16 years of...
Tycoon Lucio Co’s retail holding firm Cosco Capital Inc. has set a new dividend policy while announcing cash dividends amounting to P1.41 billion. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the firm said its Board of Directors has laid a new dividend policy with at least 20 percent...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Today’s Gospel shows the unraveling of the mystery of Mary’s pregnancy and the lifting of the burden from Joseph’s heart. In a dream, the angel informs Joseph that Mary’s child has been conceived through the Holy Spirit. He will be the Messiah and he will save people from...
FROM THE MARGINS Christmas is just around the corner, and as always, I love the parols that currently adorn the windows in my neighborhood. The blessed holiday has many symbols, but the parol really is the quintessential Filipino Christmas statement. It is humble and bright, reminiscent of...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Romualdez has appealed to communist rebels to consider the consequences of their actions and choose the path of peace. Romualdez had this to say following the bloody clash between...
A new study by the University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Science’s Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology (UPD-CS IESM) scientists revealed that future typhoons in the Philippines could be stronger, more destructive, and linger longer over land due to climate change....
The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) on Sunday, Dec. 17, said it will extend the conduct of online classes and work-from-home arrangements for the remaining working days of 2023 due to the continuation of the transport strike. University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) On Dec.12, UPD...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go hailed the Senate’s ratification of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers as a timely Christmas gift for them. Go, one of the authors and co-sponsors of the bill, highlighted its critical importance in protecting the rights and welfare of Filipino...
Sir Norman Foster, one of the greatest architects of this century and founder of Foster + Partners. He is the architect of The Estate Makati. For Sir Norman Foster—one of the greatest architects of this century and founder of Foster + Partners—the foundation his works are: innovation,...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to testify to the light. And this is the testimony of John. When the Jews from Jerusalem sent...
