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Once again, the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival has proven that popularity and pertinence can very well mix in the glitz and glam field. At the opening of the 19th edition of Cinemalaya held at the lobby of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City Friday night, bold and daring spiels, entries and personalities walked the red carpet …

SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), one of the leading integrated property developers in Southeast Asia, received Asia’s Best CEO award for Mr. Jeffrey Lim, Asia’s Best CFO for Mr. John Nai Peng Ong, Best Investor Relations Professional for Mr. Alexander Pomento, Best Environment Responsibility and Best Investor Relations Company at the 13th Asian Excellence Award held in Hong Kong …

Leading digital solutions platform Globe has been named the Philippines’ strongest brand by Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent brand valuation and strategy consultancy.  In its 2023 annual report on the most valuable and strongest Filipino brands, Brand Finance highlighted Globe’s impressive AAA brand strength rating and brand value of US$2.028 billion. These achievements underscored Globe’s exceptional performance across its …

An employee-volunteer from SM City Pampanga hands the Kalinga Pack amidst the flood. SM Foundation’s Operation Tulong Express (OPTE) continues its swift action amidst the onslaught of heavy rains amplified by Typhoons Egay and Falcon. Following its mission to provide aid to hard-hit areas, the OPTE distributed Kalinga Packs to nearly 15,000 beneficiaries all over the country. OPTE is a …

From the latest version of The Asset’s Asian Local Currency Bond Benchmark Review, RCBC Chief Economist Mike Ricafort once again ranked first in  Philippine Peso Bonds Research, retaining his star for two consecutive years.  RCBC Chief Economist, Michael Ricafort said that RCBC takes the responsibility of providing accurate financial data and forecasts to investors to heart, and this award from …

The attack surface of cloud-native applications continues to grow as adversaries look to exploit misconfigurations and vulnerabilities throughout the application life cycle. In response, the industry has turned to Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPPs) to unify multiple disparate security capabilities and protect applications from code-to-cloud. Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) today introduced the CI/CD Security module to provide integrated …

It’s not only the celebration of the National Language Month this August that inspired and motivated Dr. Arthur P. Casanova, Chairman of the Surian ng Wikang Filipino (SWF) to attend a lecture series on Theater Arts in Quezon Province but his desire to reinvigorate the multi-linguistic nature of the country as well. As the leader of the nation’s premier agency …

By Robert Andaya Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino was formally recognized by the International Cycling Union (UCI) during its 192nd Congress in Glasgow, Scotland on Thursday. “It’s a rare and historic event and opportunity,” said Tolentino during the event in Glasgow attended by 203 member countries of the international federation. The UCI was founded 123 years ago …

While prizewinning TV, movie and theater actress Shamaine Centenera Buencamino, award-winning Director of Photography Neil Daza, independent director and visual artist Raya Martin. Busan International Film Festival programmer Park Sungho and Malaysian producer and film curator Lorna Tee compose the jury of the competition films—full-length features and shorts—of the 19th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, a lineup of distinguished board of …

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli M. Remolona, Jr.  (in left photo) discussed the central bank’s latest inflation outlook, inflation-targeting framework and current account outlook with investors in meetings held on 10 to 11 July 2023 at the Citi headquarters in New York City. On their part, the Philippine economic managers highlighted the country’s sound macroeconomic fundamentals and game-changing …