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Vietnam will not be expected to equal its hosting of the 2021 Southeast Asian Games with the scale of the Philippine staging last year. Vietnam emerging as overall champion should also not be expected.

Filipino boxing champion Nesthy Petecio eagerly anticipates the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Baguio to be lifted so he can return to his training regimen. 

Gallaga (real name Maurice Ruiz de Luzuriaga Gallaga) died at the Riverside Medical Center from multiple organ failure as a result of complications from pre-existing health conditions.

Michael Bublé honored his grandfather’s dying wish to leave his longtime caretaker Minette a home to stay at with her family.

The BSP releases the Enhanced Report on the Philippine Financial System for the Second Semester of 2019.[1] The Report highlights the capability of the Philippine financial system, with banking system at the core, to withstand external vulnerabilities such as the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Existing prudential reforms guided the BSP-supervised financial institutions (BSFIs) to maintain sufficient cushion in times of …

The Monetary Board approved prudential measures to assist the micro-, small- and medium enterprise (MSME) sector carry on with its business during the corona virus disease (COVID-19) crisis, as well as hasten recovery and sustainability of MSME operations in the post-crisis period.  The MSME sector is a vital component of the Philippine economy owing to its capacity to generate employment …

The Virtual MentorArchie P. Inlong The latest guidelines issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious diseases was welcome news to many and was a shocker for others.

Senior citizens (60 years old and above) who are still working as well as those living alone will be allowed to go out in areas classified under general community quarantine (GCQ) starting May 1, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

Senator Bong Go urged that the Balik Probinsiya Program (BPP) be made “top priority” when the country adopts a “new normal” after the COVID-19 pandemic.

A US Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through waters near the Paracel islands in the South China Sea challenging China’s claim to the area, the Navy said.