Xi Jinping visiting PHL from Nov. 20-21
IT’S confirmed: Chinese President Xi Jinping will be coming to the country next week.
Malacañang officially...
BSP regulates all online payment schemes in new law
ONLINE payment schemes and transactions are now officially regulated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) under...
RCEP, world’s largest free trade deal, will be forged by 2019, says DTI chief
SINGAPORE—Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez is confident that the world’s largest free trade deal will...
Balangiga bells’ return opens door to Duterte US trip
THE official confirmation that the Balangiga bells will be returned to the Philippines has opened...
DOT scraps Madrid Fusión Manila 2019 on budget woes
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) has canceled the fourth edition of Madrid Fusión Manila (MFM),...
DENR: Return of Korean toxic waste may take time
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is eyeing to take legal action against...
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs brands reported Benham Rise claim as a ‘hoax’
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mofa) has branded as a “hoax” the claim of blogger Silent...
P.A.O. files additional Dengvaxia cases vs. Garin, 37 others
THE Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) on Thursday filed new criminal complaints before the Department of...
Solid waste management drive focuses on children, youth
Determined to address the country’s burgeoning garbage problem, Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has vowed...
Gunmen kill La Union town vice mayor, wounds daughter-mayor in ambush
Gunmen killed on Wednesday a vice mayor of a town in La Union and wounded...
DND’s Government Arsenal inks deal with South Korea firm to manufacture FPEs
The Government Arsenal, a bureau under the Department of National Defense (DND), and a South...
NEA orders Davao electric cooperative to stop bill collection
THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) has ordered the Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative (Daneco)-Cooperative Development...
Cebu Pacific’s Clark-Davao flights bridge gap between north, south
DAVAO CITY—The distance between north and south has been bridged anew: It is now just...
Therma Power Visayas sets aside P892 million for Cebu plant
THERMA Power Visayas Inc. (TPVI), a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corp., is setting aside P892...
Aboitiz’s Sibulan hydro plant project gets high credit rating
DAVAO CITY—The corporate notes issued by Aboitiz’s Power Corp.’s subsidiary in Davao del Sur obtained...
Four regional airports to allow evening flights before year ends
DAVAO CITY—A Department of Budget and Management (DBM) report on the Duterte administration’s “Build, Build,...
OFW remittances hit 1-year low in September–BSP
Money sent by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) at the start of the so-called “ber” months...
A welcome relief, oil firms say of fuel excise tax freeze
OIL companies on Thursday welcomed the government’s decision to suspend the implementation of the second...
PAL declared world’s Most Improved Airline
LEGACY carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has won another international victory, earning the world’s Most Improved Airline for...
Lessons from the Association Leadership Forum
Part Two
Let me continue sharing some insights from the Association Leadership Forum I attended from...
Government may tap ‘sukuk’ bonds to fund ‘BBB’
THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is studying opportunities offered by a Shariah-compliant financing...
Bistro Group brings back Hard Rock Café to Manila
Powerhouse Bistro Group has added another stellar member to its franchise group after Hard Rock...
DOT eyes farm, ecotourism for inclusive, sustainable development
BAGUIO CITY—The Department of Tourism (DOT) is setting its sights on the development of farm...
57 Filipino exhibitors sell wares in China import expo
A total of 57 Filipino exhibitors are taking part in the first China International Import...
Grab rolls out premium tricycle services in the Philippines
Ride-sharing firm Grab Philippines will be rolling out its premium tricycle services nationwide through its...
Beepbeep.ph delivers hassle-free online vehicle repair and maintenance services
GONE are the days when car owners count solely on relatives, friends and, yes, the friendly...
China to outline concessions to US ahead of G-20 summit
Chinese officials have outlined a series of potential concessions to the Trump administration for the...
Brexit deal helps lock UK into customs union the EU wanted
For months, the struggle to work out a temporary fix for the Irish border stood...
Myanmar’s handling of Rohingya ‘without excuse’
SINGAPORE—Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi rebuffed criticism from US Vice President Mike Pence and...
Oil’s collapse deepens as supply and demand concerns roil market
Oil showed little sign of recovering from its unprecedented decline as investors flee a market...
Costly Apec summit sows division in host Papua New Guinea
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea—After three decades of promoting free trade as a panacea to...
Mapua grabs NCAA juniors title
MAPUA edged La Salle-Greenhills, 77-74, on Thursday to join San Beda as the league’s most...
Ginebra eyes equalizer
WITH the momentum quickly shifting to Barangay Ginebra’s side, the Gin Kings gun for the...
Investigation launched into abuse claims by “Garlic Girls”
SEOUL, South Korea—The so-called Garlic Girls who swept to fame during their stirring run to...
Moses: Review Wada culture
OLYMPIC champion Edwin Moses sent a tersely worded letter to leaders of the World Anti-Doping...
Child’s death sparks debate on muay thai
BANGKOK—The death of a 13-year-old boy who was knocked out during a kickboxing match in...
German-PHL Chamber of Commerce & Industry marks 1st decade
THE German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI) celebrated its 10th anniversary through an annual...
UK, PHL forge ties thru football
THE British Embassy in Manila and Football for Humanity Foundation (FFH) jointly held the UK-Philippines...
United Nations turns 73 with ‘change makers’
THE United Nations recently hosted a local commemoration of its 73rd anniversary with a cultural...
Spanish aid supports social reforms in the Philippines
Being a former colony, it was natural for the Philippines to have strong diplomatic and...
PHL, Spain to hold academic, scientific, cultural exchanges
MADRID—Ambassador of the Philippines to Spain Philippe J. Lhuillier and Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)...
Awarding of foreign-backed transpo projects
Undersecretary for Administration and Finance Garry V. de Guzman (left) formalizes the Department of Transportation’s...
‘Mission: PHL’ opens embassy nominations for Project of the Year
THE BusinessMirror is enjoining all embassies, consulates, as well as economic and cultural offices to...
Diplomatic, expat community; govt agencies show enthusiastic support for ‘Mission: PHL’
AMBASSADORS and representatives of the nation’s diplomatic circle, including executives and officials of government agencies,...
A ‘Beastly’ good time all over again
NOW in Philippine theaters everywhere, Warner Bros. Pictures’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is...
Of long-ago crushes and designer tin cans
BACK when I was a nubile virgin, I had this humongous crush on a funny,...
Travelers can find tools to weigh safety of foreign airlines
INTERNATIONAL air travel has become remarkably safe in recent years, with deadly accidents like last...
Why not an ‘active’ Christmas list for kids…and us? Part II
LAST week, I shared why I felt the need to push for an “active” environment...
Movies that can move: Sweden’s ‘Holy Mess’ and Germany’s ‘Head-On’
DO movies have nationalities?
If the movies I mentioned seemed connected to particular nations, it is...
With $50-million debut, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is no poor boy
NEW YORK—Bohemian Rhapsody, starring Rami Malek as the late Queen frontman, shrugged off production troubles...
Do we see a face-off for next year’s best actress race?
ARE comediennes Marietta Subong and Ai-Ai de las Alas headed for a face-off in next...
Cranking up the K-pop heat
WHEN I grow up, I want to be a Korean superstar. I’m actually obsessed with...
GMA again wins top honors from academe, students
SEVERAL GMA programs and personalities, both for the television and radio categories, again reaped recognition...
The violence of loneliness and ‘Manta Ray’
IF this sounds like an article for Halloween, be consoled: it’s not. Besides, there is...
5Pointz artists find a fresh canvas at new Museum of Street Art
By Lauren Hard | New York Times News Service
NEW YORK—Talking about 5Pointz is still emotional...
Photo exhibit documents revival of Polish Jewish life
By Vanessa Gera | The Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland—American photographer Chuck Fishman was just 21 when...
Huge sea-life sculptures made from ocean’s plastic trash
By Janet McConnaughey | The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS—Huge sculptures of sea life are dotted about...
Silly old bear: Exhibition explores world of Winnie-the-Pooh
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press
ATLANTA—A new exhibition in Atlanta celebrates Winnie-the-Pooh, wandering through...
22 world records set at Christie’s Rockefeller auction
By Verena Dobnik | Associated Press
NEW YORK—Twenty-two world records have been set at a Christie’s...
Kris’s big surprise
“People influence people. Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend. A...
Silicon Valley nannies are phone police for kids
SAN FRANCISCO—Silicon Valley parents are increasingly obsessed with keeping their children away from screens. Even...
Of staycations and a new Korean drama
"Staycation” is a term that was coined in the middle to late-2000s. The word staycation...
EXO comes to Manila a week before comeback
IN the past few weeks, fans of EXO, known as EXO-Ls, had been waiting for...
With mobile pay, you can go without a wallet at checkout
By Margarette Burnette | NerdWallet
WHEN you’re at the checkout line this holiday season, you could...
With SC upholding it, K to 12 to pave way for basic education, social devt–Briones
THE Department of Education (DepEd) expressed confidence at the weekend that the Supreme Court decision...
The role of a manager has to change in these key ways
By Joseph Pistrui & Dimo Dimov
For almost 100 years, management has been associated with the...
The Trade War With China Could Accelerate 3D Printing in the U.S.
By Richard D’Aveni
The United States is in a cold war with China. As companies rethink...
DepEd vows to continue mental health advocacy among constituents
NOTING that concern for mental health is a pressing public health issue, the Department of Education shared...
Aflatoun: Teaching Filipino children the value of saving
WHEN the National Confederation of Cooperatives (Natcco) introduced the Aflatoun program in the Philippines back...
Halloween cleanup for future generations
Over 60 divers celebrated Halloween in a different manner. They had no candles nor flowers....
Earth fast losing its soil cover
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A global environmental crisis is unfolding in nightmarish proportion—the rapid loss of the Earth’s...
Earth’s carrying capacity strained by population growth
NEW YORK CITY—Earth’s renewable resources and carrying capacity is being severely strained to “support with...
As world’s air gets worse, India struggles to breathe
NEW DELHI—A toxic fog is creeping over New Delhi. Children trudge to school with plastic...
Melting China glacier draws tourists, climate worries
YULONGXUESHAN, China—The loud crack rang out from the fog above the Baishui No. 1 Glacier...
Health Secretary Duque: Biodiversity affects health
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III expressed alarm over the decreasing nutritional contents of food...
Coral gardening: Boon or bane?
‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” This proverb also applies in the...
Experts to meet on link of biodiversity conservation on the health sector
‘The world is facing a serious threat of biodiversity loss, which will directly affect human health and...
26,000 more world species in danger of extinction
AS the world faces an increase of 1 degree Celsius to 1.5°C global warming by year...
Climate change, biodiversity experts work to keep Asean region ‘cool’
SWELTERING hot days. Increased number of typhoons. Unprecedented instances of storm surges. These have become the...
Our duty to support the Church
Today’s gospel reading is both moving and instructive. Jesus was observing how people were contributing...
A look at Pakistan’s blasphemy law over the years
A series of anti-blasphemy measures introduced in Pakistan in the 1980s made it illegal to insult...
Parade of saints
FR. Jojo Buenafe (center, back), parish priest of Santisima Trinidad Parish in Malate, Manila, and...
Modern-day idolatry
THE gospel of today’s Mass talks about the scribe who, filled with good faith, wanted to...
The immortal soul
O Lord my God...
Say to my soul,
I am your Salvation.
Say it so that I can...
Tiniest ape ever discovered hints at the rise of the monkeys
A tiny fossilized molar found nestled in the sweltering shrub land of Kenya’s Tugen Hills...
Myanmar hosts talks on Asia-Pacific strategy to control drug-making chemicals
NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar—High-level delegations from East, South and Southeast Asia are in the capital...
Searca, WorldVeg partner for joint research to address nutrition security
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) and Taiwan-based...
Feeling high with Diwata-2 in the sky
WHILE waiting for the launching of Diwata-2 at the view deck in Tanegashima Space Center in...
PCAARRD partners with IPOPHL to boost IP management
COMMODITIES, such as milkfish, mango, goat, crab, shrimp, banana, rice, abaca, swine, bamboo, rubber and...
Pangulasian among the World’s and Asia’s Best by ‘Condé Nast Traveler’
EL Nido Resorts’s Pangulasian Island once again put the Philippines on the radar of the...
Meanderings of a business and thin spaces traveler: Palestine & Israel
LAST month I talked about the importance of business travel and airlines, a tale of...
Pinoy chefs bag bronze awards
THREE Pinoy chefs—Chef Elmar Ruelo of Wangfu, Chef Joel Aroy of King Chef and Chef...
The new Santa Fe turns heads on the road
WE’RE not talking about just beauty and power. The all-new Hyundai Santa Fe, which was...
A convergence of faith, farm and ecotourism
THE city of Baybay in Leyte may not be your usual destination for recreation and...
JLL appoints new Proptech head
JLL recently announced the appointment of Jordan Kostelac as the director of Proptech in Asia...
Signify prepares homes for Internet of Things
GLOBAL leader in lighting Signify raised the bar in innovation when it recently introduced in...
Let’s talk bedding and bed accessories
A QUICK stroll down any department store’s home section aisle and one would find a...
Megaworld brings Capital Town to Pampanga
IN the same way that the upbeat communities of McKinley Hill, Uptown Bonifacio, Eastwood City...
The opening up of Mindanao: Davao real-estate study tour
Part One
MINDANAO is like New York. If you can make it there, you can make...
Tracking the prints of volcanoes and heritage trails
"I come with the rain,” I muttered to myself while I watched the last sheen...
City of Dreams Manila opens Southeast Asia’s first VR zone-food park hub
CITY of Dreams (COD) Manila recently unveiled The Garage, its latest entertainment and dining hub featuring...
Sailboats costing less than iPhones Compete in Championship Regatta
THE Oz Goose sailboat, known in the Philippines as a sailboat that can be built for less than the...
AirAsia now flies to Cagayan de Oro from Manila, Cebu, Clark and Iloilo
AIRASIA is now flying to Cagayan de Oro. The World’s Best Low-Cost Airline today flew its...
Half of the World in Esfahan
I’VE heard good things about Esfahan from travelers I’ve met before in Iran.
As I was...
Beep twice and you shall find
NOWADAYS, we access almost everything in our smartphones, whether personal or work related. Through specific...
Isuzu continues its expansion in Mindanao
ISUZU is on a roll nowadays—opening dealerships one after another in just a span of...
12 Demerits of New Zealand & Australia; oiling with China
IN the United States, traffic cops on board their motorcycles are still very much around,...
The new Mitsubishi Triton debuts in Thailand
KNOWN as the Mitsubishi Strada in the Philippines, the new Triton is the fifth-generation pick-up...
The sound of power
THE Vantage nameplate has been the heartbeat of Aston Martin’s purest models for seven decades...
Senior citizens are replacing teenagers as fast-food workers
The sullen teenager grinding through a restaurant shift after school was once a pop culture...
Makati spent P30.3 million for free movies enjoyed by elderly, PWD from January to September
Makati Mayor Abby Binay has bared that the city government has paid a total of...
Greek retirees head to poor countries like Bulgaria to make pensions go further
Greek pensioners have seen their payouts slashed so much, some of them are moving to...
Antique grants addl benefit for the elderly
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique—Around 7,000 senior citizens of the province of Antique stand to...
QC urged to pass ordinances for senior citizens, PWDs
TWO groups on Wednesday called on the Quezon City government to pass three proposed ordinances...
Tulip of Sinai
(Thanks to Sir Muhammad Iqbal)
The grains of sand bound
The land like skin.
I walk alone in...
Mother and Child
The children know
where they belong
on your body
As babies
they fit just right
in the cradle of your...
I am the Moon
I am the moon
I glow where there is darkness
But only in fractions
You see a crescent...
2018 Nick Joaquin Literary Awards winners honored
Three women took home the bacon at the 2018 Nick Joaquin Literary Awards on September...
Give Us This Day
THE water canon hits me like a crashing wave upon the rocks. It feels like...
Developer shares property advice for today’s ‘Fillennials’
LAGUNA-BASED P.A. Alvarez Properties and Development Corp. (PA Properties) believes the “Fillennials,” the Filipino millennials,...
Millennial men leave perplexing hole in hot US job market
NATHAN BUTCHER is 25 and, like many men his age, he isn’t working.
Weary of long...
At 34, she’s gone from Goldman to failed artist to start-up queen
BY the age of 34, Akiko Naka has already experienced more career-wise than most people...
Young programmer muses on web-site development amid tight competition
AS competition among industry players tightens, web-site developers nowadays observe stricter standards compliance and harness...
Democrats agonize over whether millennials, Hispanics will vote
JUST two weeks from Election Day, Democrats are agonizing about whether two groups of infrequent...
Soul Man: Shane Cosgrove stokes Northern Soul flames in Manila
THE music was jumping at the Dr. Wine bar just outside Rockwell in Makati City....
Gaming for a cause
Game Detective and Project 4 Productions, in cooperation with Hungry Meeples Boardgame Cafe, is proud...
Rico J.Puno Godfather of Pinoy Soul
RICO J. PUNO, “The Total Entertainer,” passed away on Tuesday, October 29, due to heart...
A home for ‘underground creatures’
TRULY, not everything that’s underground is dead, as local punk and metal movements are alive...
Filipina-Americans run riot with Drama
PICKING up the baton from 1990s riot “grrrl” bands such as Bikini Kill and Sleater-Kinney...
