Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno conveyed his firm belief in the Philippines’ potential to become a leading investment destination in Asia during the Philippine Investment Opportunities forum on August 29, 2023 at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Office in Takebashi, Tokyo, Japan. He stated, “Indeed, the Philippines today is primed more than ever to become a leading locus of …
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Various communities in the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam will soon get to enjoy revitalized basketball courts and basketball training programs as Sun Life donates PHP 40 million to promote healthier lives among marginalized youth across Asia. The philanthropic program will be mounted in partnership with Beyond Sport, a global sport-for- social-change foundation. This is in answer …
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Introducing a new product to the market and honing a brand is no easy task. Still, in sixteen years, Santé has successfully expanded its operations globally, increased its business owners’ reach and numbers to keep up with the demand for barley nutraceuticals, and diversified its product line and offerings to its customers and business partners. With its mantra of Live …
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It’s a fact that many, if not most of the members of the Philippine movie press, belong to the so-called self-employed lot in rigmarole. By self-employment, it means that not a few of us depended our livelihood on a contractual if not a freelance basis. In the print media, a columnist or a feature story writer is paid per piece …
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If GMA Network news and public affairs stalwart Mike Enriquez dies a thousand times, he would still be remembered and revered manifold just like what his friends, colleagues and acquaintances are paying him homages on his passing. Mike died last August 29, 2023. Enriquez’s newsroom buddies are showering him with words of fondness. “Mike had been very supportive of my …
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It’s not the kisses of actors Joem Bascon in “The Other Wife” and “The Annulment”; Tom Rodriguez in “The Significant Other”; Marco Gumabao and Tony Labrusca in “Hindi Tayo Puwede,” among others, that spelled cathartic effects on actress Lovi Poe’s romance for they were reel and artifice but British beau Monty Blencowe’s real and passionate lip service that sealed her …
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How does one feel when spending a holiday, breathing fresh air in the countryside after all the excruciating and stressful media works like shoots of films and TV dramas in imperial Manila only to be interrupted by a call that someone has to go back to the city because of an award to be given pronto? It might be a …
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The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) reaffirmed its commitment to promote the national sport of Arnis in the region during the 7th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS-7), the 14th Senior Officials Meeting on Sports (SOMS-14) and related meetings, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The conclaves brought together sports ministers, leaders and officials from across Southeast Asia from August 27 to September …
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By Robert Andaya The FIBA World Cup 2023 will be remembered as the biggest and most memorable sports competition in the country in recent years. With the world’s top 32 basketball-playing countries in attendance and the entire basketball universe watching, the two-week long competition is already being hailed as the biggest in FIBA history. NBA superstars LeBron James, Stephen Curry, …
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By Robert Andaya This was the quick response of Gilas PIlipinas assistant coach Tim Cone when asked for his comments following the growing clamor from fans to replace head coach Chot Reyes following the country’s fourth straight setback in the FIBA World Cup 2023. The clamor is only expected to reach fever pitch with the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, …
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