1 of 2 KTX.PH/ Ayala Museum holds interactive virtual tour IN CELEBRATION of International Museum Day, Ayala Museum will present “Where is the Filipino: An Interactive 8-Bit Tour Around the Philippines” on May 22 to 30. This unique experience, in partnership with Globe, takes viewers through multiple stops around the archipelago, encountering indigenous and ethnographic […]
TAN-LED Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGI) finished the first quarter with P2.6 billion in net income to owners, a 13% decline from P3 billion in the same period last year after renewed pandemic restrictions hit its businesses. “During the first two months of the year, most of our businesses have already rebounded, sustaining the momentum […]
EAST WEST Banking Corp. booked a lower net income in the first quarter due to a decline in interest earnings and trading gains. — BW FILE PHOTO EAST WEST Banking Corp. (EastWest Bank) saw its net income drop by 10% in the first quarter due to lower interest earnings and trading gains, as well as […]
1 of 5 KMJS is most followed PHL TV show on Facebook WITH over 23 million followers, Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (KMJS) marks another milestone as the most followed Philippine TV program on Facebook. Data as of May 13 showed KMJS’ official Facebook page leading Eat Bulaga and Wowowin which have 18.9 million and 14.7 […]
LBC Express Holdings, Inc. saw a 21.5% decline in its first-quarter attributable net income despite higher revenues, mainly due to higher expenses. In a disclosure to the stock exchange, LBC Express said its attributable net income stood at P139.73 million, down from P177.89 million the previous year. This is despite a 14.7% increase in the […]
We are a small, five-year-old factory that manufactures inexpensive but effective detergents for home and industrial use. Our challenge is how to discover, attract, and hire licensed chemists because our turnover is high. Could you please give us some advice? — Orange Juice. A proud grandmother told her neighbors about her five-year-old granddaughter. Noticing something […]
While the government and the private sector continue to directly source COVID-19 vaccines for Filipinos, senior executives of Republic Gas Corp. (Regasco) and South Pacific, Inc. (SPI) launched a three-pronged vaccination plan for their 3,000-strong workforce dubbed as “Secure. Promote. Initiate.” Both owned by the Ty family of Isabela, Regasco and SPI have been assisting […]
THE PHILIPPINES on Tuesday rejected China’s fishing ban in parts of the South China Sea and asked it to stop violating the Southeast Asian nation’s sovereignty. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said China’s three-month fishing moratorium that started on May 1 covers areas over which the Philippines controls. “These waters include […]
THE Senate on Wednesday approved on second reading a bill extending estate tax amnesty for two years. Senate Bill 2208 will amend Republic Act 11213 or the Tax Amnesty Act by extending the availment period to June 14, 2023. Senator Pilar Juliana S. Cayetano, who sponsored the bill, earlier said travel restrictions amid a coronavirus […]
ALMOST half of almost 200,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer, Inc. have been given out, the Health department said on Tuesday, almost two weeks after the government received the shipment under a global initiative for equal access. About 30,115 Filipinos have received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, Health Undersecretary Myrna […]
THE PHILIPPINE Hospital Association on Wednesday said members are in a tight financial spot due to unpaid claims from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) for coronavirus patients since the start of the pandemic. “This is now causing severe financial distress to private hospitals as well as the government hospitals,” the association’s president, Jaime A. […]
FILIPINO women and girls are among the world’s female population with restricted power, rights, and choices over their own body, the 2021 State of the World Population report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) showed. “The annual report documents the realities of issues and concerns surrounding ways and means of upholding bodily autonomy. Here […]
THE PROPOSED amendments to certain provisions of the Constitution could be approved by the House of Representatives by next week, according to Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez. In a virtual briefing on Wednesday, he said lawmakers are committed to speedy deliberations of Resolution of Both Houses No. 2 in the plenary and […]
THE GOVERNMENT has so far spent P5.2 billion for the construction of modular hospitals and isolation facilities in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Public Works Secretary Mark A. Villar said. Mr. Villar said they have established about 25,000 beds for COVID-19 patients and healthcare workers. “At the latest, by next month we […]
LIGHT trucks, or those with a gross capacity of up to 4,500 kilograms, will again be banned from traversing EDSA and Shaw Boulevard starting May 24, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). The ban along EDSA will be in effect from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily except Sundays. It covers the stretch […]
LIMA WATER Corp., which serves the 700-hectare Lima Estate in Batangas, is entering the second phase of its digitalization project that aims to manage its water supply network more efficiently. The water provider said in a statement on Wednesday that it is now in the next stage of its project, which includes network integration for […]
SHARES dropped on Tuesday as market sentiment remained clouded as more cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) variant originally from India were detected in the country and as foreigners continued to exit the market. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) declined by 38.84 points or 0.61% to close at 6,244.74, while the broader […]
THE PESO rebounded against the greenback on Tuesday on the back of the decline in new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The local unit closed at P47.805 per dollar, gaining five centavos from its P47.855 finish on Monday, based on data from the Bankers Association of the Philippines. The peso opened the session […]
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday night barred his Cabinet from talking in public about the country’s sea dispute with China, which some of his ministers had rebuked for its actions in the disputed waterway. “If we have to talk, we talk among ourselves,” he said in a televised speech. Only his spokesman can […]
THE PHILIPPINES will take delivery this week of about 500,000 more doses of CoronaVac made by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd., according to the country’s vaccine czar. The shipment that was paid for by the Philippine government would arrive on Thursday, vaccine czar Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. told a televised news briefing on Tuesday. The country […]