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Close on the heels of its dazzling launch recently, premium new energy vehicle marque Denza is already selling its products in four major dealerships that were inaugurated one after the other last week. The flagship dealerships are in Alabang, Makati, San Juan, and Cebu, in collaboration with Denza’s dealer partners — ACMobility Premium Dealership Inc., Harmony New Energy Auto Service …

The Truck Manufacturers Association, Inc. was formally recognized by the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources as one of its valued partners in advancing environmental sustainability. During the 2026 EMB Recognition of Partners in Environmental Sustainability Ceremony late last month, the TMA received the “Gawad Kabalikat sa Kapaligiran,” which highlights the association’s continued collaboration with …

All Jaecoo model vehicles, a premium intelligent SUV brand born out of the Chery-Land Rover Sino-British joint venture, are crafted by the original design team behind Range Rover, ensuring authentic British luxury DNA and Chinese intelligent technology. And that is why every model sold today carries genuine Range Rover DNA that redefines the global SUV market. The Jaecoo J5 draws …

IT’S all system go for the Philippine Golf Convention (Golfcon) 2026 this March 14-15 at the Marriott Grand Ballroom.  This was revealed by GolfCon chairman Jesse Guerrero during a media briefing together with Lyle Fernando Uy, the  director for golf tourism and special projects of the Department of Tourism which is supporting the major golfing event, at the DOT main …

Despite documentary films finally finding spaces, however gradually, in commercial circuit screenings in the Philippines and elsewhere, their filmmakers still find it hard to make the genre more popular and accessible to most viewers. “It will take a village…” said feisty and award-winning doc maker Baby Ruth Villarama as if saying it indeed costs a lot, money and otherwise the …

It must have been tiring and tedious for fashion designer Erick Valena to be shuttling from Lopez town in Quezon Province to Manila and back to attend to his dress shop in the countryside and stay half of the week in Muntinlupa and Makati where he maintains ateliers in both cities (although he just shares workshop with the iconic haute …

I came to the 40th anniversary of the People Power Revolution, at the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue or simply EDSA, purposely in the afternoon of February 25, 2026 after beating deadlines and finishing some domestic chores in our house in Villa Castillo, Pacita 2, San Pedro, Laguna. Apart from them, I was still nursing an already receding lump in …

by Boy Villasanta He was well-loved and respected by people from all walks of life not only as an actor but as a human person, first and foremost. Jose Ma. Moreno Rodriguez, also known as Pepito Rodriguez, died recently of undisclosed cause. His loyal household member, Jecca Jamandre Abad, said that Pepito had fought fiercely against his illness. “Lumaban pa …

METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES — In a powerful celebration of beauty, purpose, and holistic wellness, New Moon PH seals partnership with Miss Universe Philippines 2026 as the pageant’s Official Women’s Health Partner through a meaningful contract signing event on February 27, 2026.  Building on a successful collaboration last 2025 where New Moon PH proudly served as one of the official partners …

InfiniVAN Inc., a Japanese-affiliated telecommunications company, and Royal Cable Vision Corporation, a fiber home internet provider, entered into a strategic partnership that establishes a new benchmark in digital infrastructure. Under the Indefeasible Right of Use Agreement, Royal Cable Vision Corporation will tap InfiniVAN’s Microduct Tube within the facility, a configuration that creates a “triple threat” to the country’s long-standing internet issues, minimizing disruptions to infrastructure and provide on-the-go, continuous internet security. The agreement makes a trailblazing …