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Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has praised the Land Bank of the Philippines’ outstanding employees who received this year’s Gawad Punla awards for their loyalty and dedication, which, he said, have made this financial institution one of the country’s strongest banks and that has thus far been immune from scandals and process failures. 

The policy-making Monetary Board (MB) seeks to strengthen financial institutions from persistent risks amid the still weak global market and domestic challenges as a result of tighter competition. 

It looks like the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) remains as the only agency in the government health sector that can weather the onslaught of controversies. It will be recalled that the Department of Health (DoH), the mother agency, has been besieged with issues which held the confirmation of Secretary Paulyn Ubial by the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) hostage. 

By Jesse C. Ong  Top Rank Promotions chief Bob Arum recently put an abrupt end to talks about the rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn happening in the Philippines, saying that the fight cannot be done anywhere but Australia. 

Kaitlin Cera Lianne de Guzman has never imagined she would win three medals in her first stint in the Southeast Asian Games, first with a gold by topping the uneven bars on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur. 

Davao City—Daredevil Kimboy Pineda of Tagum City used his Suzuki RMZ450 to rule the Pro Open and Expert Open divisions in the 32nd Kadayawan sa Dabaw Cyclomax Motocross held recently at the MotoX race track in Barangay Langub. 

General Santos City will host the 16th Yellow Fin Tuna Mountain Bike Challenge in September at the Market 4 of the Fishport Complex in Tambler. 

This weekend, two musicals by two different theater companies are set to open. On paper, they could not be more different: one revolves around a distinguished playwright and patriot at the turn of the last century; the other, a thirtysomething professional “troll,” one of many who pollute our social-media accounts with their toxic posts. But beneath their obvious differences, they share …

Different embassies and cultural offices in the Philippines are partnering with Shangri-La Plaza once more to unreel nine silent films, two of which were made within the last five years, at the 11th International Silent Film Festival Manila at the mall’s Shang Cineplex in Mandaluyong City from August 31 to September 3, 2017.

The stage is all set for the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) to hold its grand musical competition, called Pili-pinas (Piliin ang Pilipinas): A Pagcor Musical, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) in Pasay City on September 2, 2017.