K-12 STUDENTS at a high school in Marikina City during their in-person graduation ceremony on July 2, 2022. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ WALTER BOLLOZOS A LABOR leader called for stronger collaboration between industry and education sectors in the Philippines to bridge the skills gap and improve the employability of K-12 graduates, urging stakeholder consultation, international partnerships, […]
@BANGSAMOROGOVT PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. has certified as urgent a bill postponing elections in the southern region of Bangsamoro, according to his office. Malacañang made the confirmation as the two chambers of Congress work on different versions of the postponement bill. “This is confirmed,” Presidential Communications Office Acting Secretary Cesar B. Chavez told […]
PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL DE GUZMAN THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said on Wednesday that P85.167 billion worth of smuggled goods was apprehended last year. “Another record-breaking and unprecedented anti-smuggling accomplishment in the history of the Bureau of Customs,” Mr. Rubio said in a statement. Mr. Rubio also said that for nearly four […]
THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR), through its regional offices, is conducting an independent investigation into the recent killings of local executives and election candidates in Zamboanga del Sur and Maguindanao, it said on Wednesday. “We denounce similar incidents which violate the most fundamental of all rights—the right to life—this time affecting public officials and […]
Fuel Ventures, one of the UK’s leading venture capital firms, has led a £4 million funding round in Prosper, a high-net-worth wealth management platform that combines cutting-edge AI with expert financial insights. Fuel Ventures contributed £2 million of the total round, which also saw participation from existing investors. Prosper, which already has more than £200 […]
KEVIN QUIAMBAO — KBL.OR.KR KEVIN QUIAMBAO, recently named Mr. Basketball by the Philippine Sports Writers Association, returned to action in the Korean Basketball League (KBL) with a solid performance following an ankle injury. Mr. Quiambao fired 14 points on two treys plus four rebounds and five assists although his club Goyang Sono Skygunners absorbed a […]
NESTHY PETECIO — REUTERS TWO-TIME boxing Olympic medalist Nesthy Petecio recently rejected rumors that she is hanging up her boxing gloves and giving up on her dream of striking gold in the Los Angeles (LA) Games. “Walang hihinto hanggat walang ginto,” Ms. Petecio said during the Philippine Sportswriters Association Awards Night at the Manila Hotel […]
ZAMBOANGA VALIENTES — FACEBOOK.COM/DUBAIBASKETBALLCHAMPIONSHIP ZAMBOANGA VALIENTES folded to Lebanon’s Sagesse, 90-65, and bowed out of contention from the 34th Dubai International Basketball Championship at the Al Nasr Club. The Valientes were left in the dust by the hot-shooting Lebanese in the first quarter, 8-26, and never recovered from there on en route to a 25-point […]
BGF, the most active growth capital investor in the UK and Ireland, deployed £489 million in 2024, welcoming 47 new businesses into its expanding portfolio of 360 companies. Despite a subdued mergers and acquisitions landscape, several of BGF’s portfolio firms enjoyed robust exits this year, underscoring the benefits of BGF’s investment and value creation model. […]
Rachel Reeves is set to announce an ambitious package of measures aimed at jump-starting Britain’s flagging economy, as she positions her government’s growth drive alongside Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s approach to deregulation. In her speech on Wednesday, the Chancellor will throw her weight behind a series of high-profile infrastructure and development projects, including an expansion of […]