The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has revised its projections for the country’s balance of payments (BOP) surplus for 2024 and 2025, signaling continued resilience in the nation’s external financial position despite ongoing global uncertainties. The BOP, which tracks a country’s economic transactions with the rest of the world, is now expected to record a surplus of USD3.5 billion in …
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By Boy Villasanta The beginning of the year marks the birthday celebration of Ihman Basas Esturco, Coco Martin’s ex-talent manager who has been a perennial balikbayan during this season to mark time and again his nth summers. 2025 is as significant and memorable for Ihman as any of his birthdays in the past. It is because Coco was again around, this time, …
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The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has teamed up with Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office III and the Pampanga State Agricultural University (PSAU) to establish a 10-hectare ethnobotanical learning facility in New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac. BCDA President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Engr. Joshua M. Bingcang on December 13, 2024 signed memoranda of agreement with the …
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By Jinky Jorgio President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has demonstrated his commitment to improving the country’s infrastructure with the inauguration of the Panguil Bay Bridge, the longest water-spanning bridge in Mindanao. Opened in September 2024, the 3.16-kilometer bridge connects Tangub City in Misamis Occidental to Tubod in Lanao del Norte, providing comfort and convenience to more than 10,000 commuters …
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The Department of Education (DepEd) announced its partnership with the Land Registration Authority (LRA) to speed up the construction of school buildings in the country. Under the signed memorandum of agreement (MOA) with LRA, the DepEd will secure electronic land titles which will be converted from manually-issued ones. “Nakikita natin (We are seeing) that the lack of title signifies lack …
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Office rentals in Metro Manila are projected to further decline in the coming year mainly due to an oversupply of vacant spaces, according to a global commercial real estate services firm. In its latest Asia Pacific Outlook 2025 report, Cushman & Wakefield said average headline rents are forecast to decline by an additional 3.20 percent in 2025. Average headline rents …
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Carlos Yulo made everything moot and academic. The human dynamo gymnast made history as the first ever Filipino athlete to win two gold medals in the Olympics in a fitting exploit celebrating the country’s century of participation in the Summer Games. Yulo, 24, scored the rare double gold by topping the men’s floor exercise and vault, respectively, leading the Philippines …
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Standings:Open7.5 points — J. Balsalubre, C. Caranyagan.6.5 — T. Cervero, K. Llantada, N. Geronimo, M. Lomio, D. Laylo6 — J. Oriendo, R. Cruz, J. Trajano, J. Esparagoza.Women7 points — A. Ramos6 — S. Esperanza4.5 — S.Anicete Unheraled Joven Balsalubre and AIM April Joy Ramos shared the limelight in the Marikina City Christmas Chess Festival rapid chess championships held last Dec. …
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The country is fielding a 20-athletes team to the ninth edition of the Asian Winter Games that China is hosting for the third time from February 7 to 14 in the winter resort city of Harbin. The mission? To start setting the stage for a first-ever Winter Olympics medal for the Philippines. “We’ve already accomplished the dream in the Summer …
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The Zamboanga Valientes is gearing up for two international tournaments in the coming year following a successful run in the inaugural edition of The Asian Tournament. With international invites pouring in, the Zamboanga Valientes will soon announce the tournaments they will be participating in, but in the meantime, the team is already in the early stages of preparation for one …
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