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Motorcycle manufacturers aim to sell over a million motorcycles this year, the Motorcycle Development Program Participants Association (MDPPA) said recently. 

After a long wait, Morris Garages (MG) Philippines finally unveiled its all-new sport utility vehicle (SUV), the MG GS, at the Fashion Walk area of Greenbelt 5 in Makati City. 

Conclusion (For the second part of this column, click here) Like in Mercury is Mine, a bond also plays a central part in Roderick Cabrido’s splendidly shot and deliberately paced Tuos (Pact). This bond is different, though: it’s deeper and tighter, spans generations, and is marked by memory and myth, as well as by blood. 

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and Ma-Yi Theater Company, in association with Tanghalang Pilipino and Philippine Air Lines and with the support of Stage Craft International, will stage Asian-American playwright Lloyd Suh’s The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go! at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theater) from Sept. 16 to 25. 

Story and photo by Jill R. Beltran Philippines News Agency  Millennials—those born between the early 1980s and early 2000s—will be the focus of the 27th Philippine Travel Mart (PTM), to be held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City from Sept. 2 to 4, event organizer Philippine Tour Operators Association (Philtoa) announced last week. 

By Alvin I. Dacanay Renowned international publisher Penguin Books is set to publish a collection of the major works of the late National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin a few weeks ahead of the centenary of his birth next year, it was learned late last week. 

The Intertextual Division of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) invites teachers, students and lovers of Philippine literature to the opening ceremonies for the celebration of the 100th birth anniversary of National Artist for Literature Francisco Arcellana at the CCP Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino on Sept. 6 at 3 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. 

The strong 7-percent economic growth in the second quarter revealed several kinks in the economy, including a possibly slowing pace of progress, official data showed and which President Duterte’s officials admitted, saying major changes were, indeed, needed to fix the huge wealth gap.

By Riza Lozada Tourism is expected to have a renaissance under President Duterte with his administration’s focus on restoring public order throughout the country to support the target of drawing more than 12 million tourist arrivals by 2022, which is more than double the number of tourist arrivals in 2015, based on the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP) 2016-2022.

The impending exit of Great Britain from the European Union is affecting Asian financial markets but the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency in the United States could escalate the economic risks in the region to a whole new level, a Japan analysis firm’s report said.