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4 July

Asia Film Awards’ Roger Garcia is Dean of 2024 Fantastic Film School at 28th BIFAN

by Boy Villasanta No other than Roger Garcia, the Advisor of the prestigious Asian Film Awards, is the Dean of the 2024 Fantastic Film School of the 28th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) in Bucheon City, South Korea whose academy scholarship starts today, 4th of July and ends on the 10th July, 2024. Garcia is one of the most …

4 July

FinTech Alliance PH elevates AI discourse in Manila Tech Summit

Fintech Alliance.PH, the country’s premier association of fintech and digital innovators announced that it is gathering the largest number of fintech, finance, and digital finance organizations in the upcoming Manila Tech Summit to discuss the impact of the AI Revolution to bolstering Philippine economic growth. Formerly known as INDX – Inclusion and Digital Transformation Summit, the fourth installment of the …

4 July

Tour into FOSSIL’s Pop-Up Shop at SM Megamall

Fossil opened an exclusive pop-up shop on the Ground Floor of Building A, SM Megamall, running until July 10, 2024. The pop-up shop invites customers to immerse themselves in Fossil’s 2024 Spring Collection, offering a unique shopping experience filled with exciting activities and special promotions. Take A Seat: Sport Tourer Is Here Buckle up: a new high-performance timepiece has arrived. …

3 July

Reduced tariffs not seen to lower rice prices

By Rose de la Cruz The benefit of reducing tariffs on rice and other food items from 35 to 15 percent until 2028 is not expected by many in the agriculture sector to reduce prices of these items in the local market but would only redound to the importers and their business interests. There is also speculation that the expected …

3 July

Angara in DepEd promises a ‘sunny’ future

By Rose de la Cruz While praises and congratulations pour to newly-appointed Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara of the Department of Education– whose second term as senator ends next year– education stakeholders are optimistic that a “sunny” future awaits the department. President Marcos appointed Angara to DepEd a day after the latter indicated willingness to accept, if offered, the post. …

2 July

Deaths from heart disease up by 18% in 2023

By Rose de la Cruz Deaths from ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular diseases, including stroke, in 2023 rose by 18.9 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported. The PSA said 118,936 died due to ischemic heart disease — heart weakening caused by reduced blood flow to the heart — equivalent to 18.9 percent of the 628,554 total deaths in 2023. Neoplasms …

2 July

Government asked to prep for surge in rice imports

The government must prepare for an expected surge in imported rice following the reduction of tariffs from 35 to 15 percent so that it would not result in further decline in rice self-sufficiency amid climate change threats and global geopolitical disruptions, industry stakeholders said. Danilo V. Fausto, president of the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food, raised the group’s grave …

2 July

Historic Quezon Hall at WVSU set for adaptive restoration

The Henry Sy Foundation (HSFI), West Visayas State University (WVSU), and SM Foundation have recently signed a memorandum of agreement for the adaptive restoration of the century-old Quezon Hall, an initiative to preserve a key educational heritage in Iloilo City. Bulwagang Quezon, a landmark structure dating back to 1926, is the first unit of a u-shaped group of buildings. It …

2 July

Phl must prepare for impending Trump’s return

By Rose de la Cruz With the winnability of Donald Trump in the nearing US elections and his unpredictable foreign policy that analysts say is more transactional rather than rules-based, Philippine analysts are asking the Marcos administration to prepare for such an uncertainty, The Philippines must temper its security expectations from the United States and focus on strengthening ties with …

2 July

Sugar producers say no need to import sugar

By Rose de la Cruz Sugar producers under the Confederation of Sugar Producers Associations Inc. said there was no need to import sugar this year as inventories are sufficient to last until the start of milling season late this year. This after the Department of Agriculture bared last week that it is allowing 200,000 metric tons of sugar to be …