Government officials inspect prices and supply of rice at a market in Quezon City, Jan. 10, 2025. — PHILIPPINE STAR /MIGUEL DE GUZMAN STILL-ELEVATED rice prices could stoke inflation and threaten the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) pace of monetary easing, GlobalSource Partners said. “Such a precarious rice situation does not promise bright prospects for […]
PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO PANGILINAN-LED Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said it will borrow P75 billion from three major local lenders to finance its planned joint venture (JV) with Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower). Meralco hopes to secure P75 billion in loans, payable over 12 years, from BDO Unibank, Inc., Bank of the Philippine Islands, and Metropolitan Bank […]
ACMOBILITY ACMOBILITY is putting up 27 more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Makati City within the first quarter, the mobility solutions provider announced on Tuesday. Makati City is set to have 74 operational charging points across 18 locations, such as offices, malls, and condominiums, the end-to-end mobility solutions arm of the Ayala group said […]
DONALD J. TRUMP wearing a traditional barong Tagalog during his visit to Manila on Nov. 12, 2017. — REUTERS By Revin Mikhael D. Ochave, Reporter UNITED STATES PRESIDENT Donald J. Trump’s recent policy announcements have mixed implications for the Philippines, with potential benefits from lower energy prices due to boosted US oil and gas production […]
THE rock musical Next to Normal, written by Brian Yorkey with music by Tom Kitt, is often credited as launching the discussion of mental health in mainstream theater back when it premiered on Broadway in 2009. Next to Normal follows an American family navigating grief. The mother, Diana Goodman, suffers from worsening bipolar disorder that […]
LYNDSEY MITCHELL-UNSPLASH (Part 8) We have seen that a widespread culture of materialism and consumerism is a counterforce in the efforts of the developed countries to increase the average fertility rate. The moment individuals get used to considering the cost of having children in terms of a Lexus car, an expensive apartment, a world tour […]
MISAMIS ORIENTAL PROVINCIAL INFORMATION OFFICE OFFICIAL FACEBOOK ACCOUNT A BROWN Co., Inc. (ABCI) is investing P2.5 billion in the construction of a mixed-use complex under a joint venture agreement with the Misamis Oriental provincial government. The project will be developed in four phases and is part of an integrated master development plan, the company said […]
BW FILE PHOTO THE GOVERNMENT made a full award of the reissued 10-year Treasury bonds (T-bonds) it offered on Tuesday at an average rate lower than secondary market levels on strong demand, with traders also reacting to US President Donald J. Trump’s post-inauguration policy announcements. The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) raised P30 billion as […]
1 of 6 PENGUIN.CO.UK SHAPINGWORK.MIT.EDU PENGUIN.CO.UK US.MACMILLAN.COM PENGUINRANDOMHOUSE.COM US.MACMILLAN.COM By Dave Lee, Parmy Olson and Catherine Thorbecke EARLIER last year I came across a two-frame comic strip that I enjoyed so much I printed it out and taped it to the corner of my desk. In the first frame, an office worker delightedly tells a […]
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Jr. welcomes Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi on Jan. 15 at the President’s Hall, Malacañan Palace, Manila. — YUMMIE DINGDING/PPA POOL More than a week after hearing the lecture of a China studies expert on what will likely take place this year in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), I cannot help […]