Now it can be told. Couple Robert Chien and Lea Salonga have separated as husband and wife. It was Lea who spilled the beans in an interview. “We have been separated for a while,” said Lea. “But he’s happy, I am happy that he is happy,” she added. Unfortunately, the Broadway star didn’t mention the cause of their split. She …
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THE Asian Beach Games (ABG) are back this summer after a 10-year hiatus with host Sanya putting the same premium on sports tourism—the very same campaign that’s being advocated by both the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). The games—hosted by the popular resort city situated in south China’s Hainan province—programmed 15 disciplines with a total …
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June Mar Fajardo and Japeth Aguilar extend their rivalry to the PBA All-Star game as the two emerged with the most number of fan votes to lead the South and North teams, respectively. Fajardo, the nine-time league MVP, garnered the highest votes from the fans with a total of 33,360 for the South squad, while Aguilar received 24,104 for the …
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THE gold medalists in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games lead a long list of personalities to be given out with citations in the 2025 Philippine Sportswriters Association-San Miguel Corporation Awards Night slated on Feb. 16 at the Diamond Hotel Manila. Three-gold medal winner Kayla Sanchez spearheads the Philippine team contingent that scored significant victories in a two-week stretch of December in …
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Highly diversified Ayala Corp. said Thursday that its board had approved the filing of a five-year shelf registration of up to P30 billion with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ayala said in a disclosure that the move would provide the group “with the ability to undertake future issuances of Philippine peso-denominated bonds on an efficient and timely basis.” The …
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BDO UNIBANK, Inc. is selling its majority stake in its investment holding company Dominion Holdings, Inc. (DHI). The bank signed last Monday a share purchase agreement with Monte Sur Equity Holdings, Inc. to sell 1,513,732,718 or 70% of its shares in the investment holding company at P1.68 per share or about P2.54 billion, it said in a disclosure to the …
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The Credit Card Association of the Philippines (CCAP) is not backing down on its desire to remove the cap on credit card rates, even as the group announced that it will follow up with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) the needed action on this request. CCAP Executive Director Alex Ilagan informed reporters this week that the association submitted a …
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A product from Epson, called EcoTank M2170, is touted to change the game in commercial banking. For more than five decades, Epson Philippines Corporation has quietly powered behind-the-scenes work flow in banks, delivering printing solutions built for environments where errors are costly and downtime is not an option. This 2026 will be different. This is the year when Epson’s …
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LAND BANK of the Philippines (LANDBANK) is planning to open 15 branches and branch-lite units nationwide this year as it looks to make financial services available to more Filipinos. “By expanding our touchpoints, LANDBANK continues to ensure that financial services remain accessible, inclusive, and responsive to the evolving needs of our clients — especially in the countryside. These new facilities …
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Prospects for the Philippine economy continue to be on the bleak side. This is according to economists from Maybank, who see that the country’s economic growth will continue its trajectory of undershooting the government’s targets until next year, 2027. They said the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) may have grown by 4.8% in 2025, before picking up slightly to 4.9% …
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