BALLET MANILA’S Giselle to feature global superstars Renata Shakirova and Alexei Timofeyev. TWO SUPERSTARS from the Mariinsky Ballet in Russia will be gracing the home stage of Ballet Manila, the Aliw Theater, for a restaging of the love story Giselle. The ballet will be headlined by dancers and real-life couple Renata Shakirova and Alexei Timofeyev, […]
BW FILE PHOTO THE GOVERNMENT made a full award of the reissued Treasury bonds (T-bonds) it offered on Tuesday as yields declined on expectations of rate cuts from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the US Federal Reserve in the coming months. The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) raised P25 billion as planned via […]
FILIPINO restaurant Kuya J, owned and operated by Kuya J Holdings Group, Inc., is planning to enter the overseas market next year, with Singapore identified as the ideal location due to easier logistics, a company official said. “Singapore is an ideal country in Asia. It’s easier on logistics in terms of importation… The importation in Singapore […]
FOODBANK.ORG.PH (Part 2) It was in 2013 that the world first learned about Pope Francis’ commitment to the urgent task of eradicating hunger when he visited the UN World Program. He gave the full support of the Catholic Church to eliminating hunger, especially among children all over the world. Not too long after that historic […]
A snap from last year’s AmCham 6th Annual Energy Forum from Sept. 14, 2023: (from left to right) Yukiko Tsukamoto of Bain & Company, Raymund Pascual of BlueFloat Energy, Atty. Rossan Rosero-Lee of the National Electrification Administration, Mimi Concha of HSBC, Diana Connett of Asian Development Bank, and Eric Francia of ACEN The American Chamber […]
The first case of mpox (also known as monkeypox) has been confirmed in the Philippines, following its declaration as a global public health emergency on Wednesday, according to the Department of Health (DOH). This new case is the first since the last case reported in December 2023, bringing the total to 10 laboratory-confirmed mpox cases […]
US one-hundred-dollar notes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Seoul Feb. 7, 2011. — REUTERS By Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Reporter THE COUNTRY’S balance of payments (BoP) position swung to a surplus in July, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. The $62-million surplus was a turnaround from the $53-million […]
CAR ENTHUSIASTS at the opening day of the Manila International Auto Show in Pasay City, April 4, 2024. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RYAN BALDEMOR By Justine Irish D. Tabile, Reporter NEW VEHICLE SALES could hit the 500,000 mark this year amid more launches and double-digit sales growth in the first half, according to the Chamber of Automotive […]
The bill rationalizing the mining fiscal regime is one of the priorities of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council. — REUTERS By John Victor D. Ordoñez, Reporter THE DEPARTMENT of Finance (DoF) has lowered its yearly revenue estimates to P6.3 billion from P10.23 billion in the next four years from a proposed five-tier margin-based tax system […]
REUTERS THE COUNTRY’S external debt payments declined by 14.8% as of end-May, preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. The Philippines’ debt service burden on its external borrowings fell to $5.62 billion from $6.595 billion a year ago. Central bank data showed principal payments slumped by 37.1% to $2.412 billion from $3.832 […]