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A P40-million classroom building in Babag 1 Elementary School in Cebu has started to provide an additional eight classrooms to the school, which was among those heavily damaged by Typhoon Odette in 2021. Officials from Lapu-Lapu City led the groundbreaking of the new four-story building early this month.   It is expected to be completed by April next year. The …

AYALA Healthcare Holdings Inc. (AC Health) is constructing a new warehouse at the Cavite Technopark as it expands its pharma importation business. AC Health said IE Medica, a pharmaceutical importer and distribution company, is building a new facility that would play a key role in supporting the company’s long-term vision of increasing efficiency and enhancing supply chain solutions. The warehouse …

What makes it more colorful and glitzier is the special participation of show people with hardcore politicians and other wannabes. The 2025 midterm elections are showstoppers set on May 12 whose filing of the Certificates of Candidacy (CoC) has ended on Tuesday, October 8, 2024. Look ma! Here is the list of celebrities—movie, film, theater, music and multimedia who are …

After almost a year of absence from the local entertainment scene, Lovi Poe—so-called Supreme Actress of the Philippines—is back in town. Lovi missed her life back home so much that she requested her husband, film producer and businessman Monty Biencowe whom she described as an amazing husband who wouldn’t stop her from doing what she loves to do—acting and visiting …

By Audie See Mia Japson, 15, really wants to be a singer who writes her own songs, and puts them all in albums that she can truly call her own. She is just in junior high school. But she has been willing to compromise just so she can break into the recording scene legitimately. She allowed herself to record Vehnee …

While in Bangkok, Thailand last week for a fashion show of Michael Leyva creations, model-actress Heart Evangelista wanted to pull back the hands of time to come home soon because she missed her husband, Senator Chiz Escudero and her dogs.  (Boy Vilasanta) 

Action superstar Rhene Imperial is Male Star of the Night at the RF3 world event billed as “Rebirth of the Stars” held at the SMX Convention Center in Mall of Asia Arena. In attendance were the owner of the company, Malaysian Datu Nazerie Omar and Country Manager Allan Taunan. (Boy Vilasanta)

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is pushing for various transport infrastructure projects in Mindanao to spur sustainable and inclusive socio-economic growth in the region.  Transport Secretary Jaime J. Bautista said transport infrastructure is one of the bright spots for Mindanao, aside from agriculture, digitalization and energy.  “We should be working for sustainable and inclusive development in Mindanao,” Sec. Bautista said …

Enhanced mobility and connectivity in Mindanao is within arms length as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed a Transaction Advisory Services Agreement (TASA) that will hasten the modernization of airports in the region.  Transportation Secretary Jaime J. Bautista said the agreement marks a major step towards modernizing the Francisco Bangoy or Davao …

Residents of Davao City may look forward to an enhanced travel experience through the operations of the Davao Public Transport Modernization Program (DPTMP), formerly known as Davao High Priority Bus System, in 2026.  On the sidelines of the inaugural Mindanao Infrastructure Summit in Davao City on Thursday, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said that the majority of the DPTMP is already …