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ArenaPlus, your 24/7 sports entertainment gateway in the Philippines, witnessed greatness at the Quantum Skyview, Gateway Mall 2, as they joined the TNT Tropang Giga at their victory party last March 30, 2025. The Commissioner’s Cup is one of the three major tournaments in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). This specific league allows teams to invite a foreign player to …

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – ArenaPlus, the 24/7 sports entertainment gateway in the Philippines, proudly welcomed its newest endorsers—basketball icon Scottie Thompson and his Barangay Ginebra teammates RJ Abarientos and Justin Brownlee—during a ceremonial signing event held on April 3, 2025. Mr. Rafael Jasper Vicencio, President of Total Gamezone Xtreme Inc.—the official game provider for ArenaPlus—spoke on the brand’s vision behind this …

by Boy Villasanta Once more, the ABS-CBN Ball has unleashed its glitzy and glamorous parade of multigenerational stars in their stunning outfits made exclusively for them by their equally talented fashion designers. Held at the Solaire Resort North over the weekend, the 2025 annual ABS-CBN Ball was teeming with a shimmering glow not just of the fashion stars wore but …

An Austrian company called CycloTech has developed a new technology – called CycloRotors – the latest flying car innovation with engines that let the vehicle move easily in any direction — up, down, forward, or sideways. CycloTech recently introduced a flying test vehicle named BlackBird, an electric vehicle designed for vertical take-off and landing. Hans-Georg Kinsky, CycloTech CEO, said, “With …

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is searching for a general consultant for the EDSA Greenways Project, a 4.7-kilometer elevated walkway along Metro Manila’s main thoroughfare. DOTr said the general consultant will help manage the project, in addition to supervising the construction. The expert will provide transaction advisory service for the selection of private sector partners who will operate and maintain the …

Leading corporate executives expressed support for the fare increase in Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1), reasoning that it is within the operator’s contract with government. The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), which comprises the country’s tycoons and business leaders, said it “stands for the sanctity of contract and the rule of law.” “MAP favors the approval of the …

The government has met with aviation companies in Canada, discussing potential expansion in the Philippines, while local airlines move to bolster their maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service capabilities. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Cristina Roque said this was critical in her itinerary on her official trip to Canada this month. Roque added that Cebu Pacific and AirAsia …

BEYOND ELLIPTICALBy Rose Marie de la Cruz Every administration talks about national greening, reforestation and environmental preservation and conservation– some of them in tandem with the business sector– but after each administration, the best results come only from those that use the local community in reforested area to care for the program. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, under …

By DA Press Office Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. wants to totally overhaul the minimum access volume (MAV) for pork, which were formulated 30 years ago and has been exploited by some accredited importers. “We are reformulating the rules for MAV. The DA’s Policy and Planning Office is already on the job and they have to have an …

Piqued by the non-compliance by retailers of the maximum suggested retail price for pork, the Department of Agriculture will pilot test a “tracing system” that would give retailers a card containing information about the hogs they would be selling. The card would contain information like origin of the farm, the traders, the transporters and other levels of the logistic chain. …