Ayala-led ACEN Corporation has firmed up a deal with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) to raise P11 billion worth of sustainability-linked term loan facility that will partly bankroll the company’s solar projects. The loan, according to ACEN, will carry...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives continues to hit its legislative targets ahead of schedule. This, as Speaker Martin Romualdez announced in a speech on Wednesday night, Dec. 13 that the chamber...
The ratification of two resolutions that seek to uphold and protect the rights and welfare of Filipino migrant workers in Brunei Darussalam and the Republic of Korea received Senate concurrence on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Committee on Foreign Relations chairperson Sen. Imee Marcos lauds the passage of...
CULTURAL NEIGHBORS Aboitiz Power Corporation chief commercial and stakeholder engagement officer Danel Aboitiz, DSWD Usec. Fatima Aliah Quibranza Dimaporo, TPB COO Marga Nograles, and Malaysian Ambassador Dato’ Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino In a celebration of culinary diplomacy, the Tourism...
Senator Francis Tolentino has allegedly resigned as chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. Sources privy to the operations of the panel alleged that Tolentino has already “packed his things” up at the Senate blue ribbon office’s before leaving abroad. In an brief...
PIÑA SO PRETTY Piña, extracted from the leaves of a pineapple, is often used for weaving luxury textiles (Photo National Commission for Culture and the Arts) The craft and tradition of the handwoven piña or pineapple textile of Aklan has been inscribed into the Representative List of the...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The yoke employed in ancient Palestine consisted of a heavy wooden bar laid upon the shoulders of the draft animals (oxen or asses) and attached to the animals by thongs passed around and under their throats. A laborer would also lay a yoke across his shoulders to carry...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL When news of the bombing incident which took place at the gymnasium of the Mindanao State University last Dec. 3 became viral in news and social media, a friend remarked: “How sad it is that people should get hurt and die while exercising their faith.” My friend’s remark...
Two firms controlled by tycoon Lucio Co, Puregold Price Club Inc. and The Keepers Holdings Inc., have declared cash dividends with a combined value of P3.91 billion. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Puregold said its Board of Directors has announced a 30 percent payout ratio...
Groufie with H.E. Amb. Dr. Nicolas Brühl Aimed at fostering creativity and supporting the development of new ideas that have the potential to drive economic growth and improve society, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Philippines hosts the Swiss Innovation Prize Competition. This year’s...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Gospel • Luke 1:26-38 The Annunciation proclaimed on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe reminds us of another “annunciation”: that of the glorious Virgin Mary to a humble Mexican peasant, Juan Diego. On December 9, 1531, Juan Diego saw a vision of a maiden at the Hill...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Autopsia (Ancient Greek) — to see for oneself. Most people think of autopsies only in terms of forensics, having been indoctrinated by television shows like “CSI.” Those are forensic autopsies, which determine causes of unnatural deaths — suicide, homicide, accidents,...
