Wednesday, August 17, 2022
PRC brings aid to remote areas in quake-hit Abra
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) volunteers and staff crossed two rivers and trekked through a mountain to bring aid to earthquake-hit Barangay Sabnangan and Sitio Pega in Luba town, Abra, over…
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Delay in SRA action is injurious to PHL
Before the issuance and eventual recall of the infamous Sugar Order 4, which called for the importation of an additional 300,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar, there was SO 1 that came out before September 2021. Prior to the start of a crop year for sugarcane, the Sugar Regulatory Administration issues SO 1, which indicates the projected output as well as the allocation of the domestic…
‘12 Weeks:’ Abortion and motherhood in Cinemalaya 2022
A middle-aged woman riddled with indecision as she is confronted by maternity, including undergoing abortion, gave Max Eigenmann her best actress award for “12 Weeks” in this year’s Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. Alice (Eigenmann) is a single 40-year-old woman who discovers she is pregnant after breaking up with her boyfriend (Vance Larena). With…
On teaching hungry, malnourished learners in crisis
IT takes a village to raise a child! True, but there is more than just a village that can raise a child. And when the village itself is in chaos, how can the village “train up a child in a way he should go that when he is old, he will not depart from it,” as the bible assures? The happiest little beings of the country will hit the road and enter schools on August 22—the day of liberation…
Mayhem at Big Dome
WHEN a Game Seven arrives, expect mayhem. There would be no more science—practically. Odds become obsolete. No one is favored anymore. Each is equally capable of winning. Toss the stats out the window; they mean nothing. It’s anybody’s ballgame now. That’s how it would be in the San Miguel Beer (SMB)-Meralco win-or-goodbye game starting at six tonight at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. So, to…
Synergizing digital transformation
PHILIPPINE Stock Exchange-listed Citystate Savings Bank (PSE: CSB) celebrated its silver anniversary last August 8, 2022 at its corporate head office in Pasig City. Established in 1997 as a partnership between the ALC Group of Companies and a Singaporean investment holding firm, CSB went public 20 years ago. The thrift bank obtained its trust and foreign currency deposit licenses from the…
TIEZA to comply with COA requirements
IN response to the article “TIEZA water unit fails to pay income taxes for 12 years,” which the BusinessMirror published on July 18, 2022, we wish to inform you that pursuant to the observations made by the Commission on Audit (COA) in its 2021 Annual Audit Report of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), all of which had been addressed by the Management in the…
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Online furniture shop turns one, seeks to up Pinoy craftsmanship to next level
BUYING a furniture is like purchasing a car given the buyers’ mindset of having the need to see, touch, feel and test it out first. With the ever-evolving e-commerce landscape, however, it has paved the way for consumers to now shop for furniture pieces at a push of a button. “It happens in…
Executive Views
Mayor Dennis Felipe C. Hain’s “Bagong Cabuyao”: Training for good governance and equal opportunities in education and health
‘I am a businessman, a father, a family man and now, I am the mayor of Cabuyao City. I will use these experiences to help me manage our city better.” This was the promise made by newly-elected Cabuyao City Mayor Dennis Felipe C. Hain in a recent interview with BusinessMirror. Cabuyao became…
Nation
PHL dengue cases continue to rise–DOH
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday a total of 92,343 dengue cases from January 1 to July 23, 2022, cumulatively 118 percent higher as compared to the reported cases during the same period in 2021. DOH pegged the cases recorded during the same period last year at 42,294. Based…
World
Ukrainian military says it repelled more than dozen Russian attacks
By Paul Byrne / The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine—The Ukrainian military said Monday that it had repelled more than a dozen Russian attacks in the country’s east and north, including attempts to advance on key cities in the eastern industrial heartland known as the Donbas. In its regular…
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School-based volleyball ‘Super League’ launched
GRASSROOTS volleyball gets a big boost with the partnership forged on Tuesday between Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc. (SPAVI) and the Athletics Events and Sports Management Group of the Philippines (ACES Philippines). The agreement, rejuvenating SPAVI’s involvement in the sport, gives…
Life
The highs and lows of stacking
IN a previous organization, I was asked to stack rank my team, and I thought it was only natural to do so because we needed to know our top performers. Our head then explained that by identifying what made them perform well, we could learn how to duplicate those knowledge and skills to the underachievers to help them perform better. However, he also…
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‘I didn’t really learn anything’: Covid grads face college
Angel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class, winning scholarships from prestigious colleges. But on this test—a University of Wisconsin exam that measures what new students learned in high school—all he could do was guess. It…
Masked, vaccinated students didn’t catch Covid in classrooms
Vaccinated and masked college students had virtually no chance of catching Covid-19 in the classroom last fall, according to a sweeping study of 33,000 Boston University students that bolsters standard prevention measures. The researchers screened the college’s health records to find nine…
Could a new probiotic supplement really cure your hangover?
A new anti-hangover supplement has gone on sale in the UK last month, marketed by Swedish firm Myrkl as “the pre-drinking pill that works.” The pill is said to break down up to 70 percent of alcohol after 60 minutes. This means that if someone drinks 50ml of 40-percent spirits, which…
A new gin from Japan for any and every meal
Suntory brings Sui to the Philippines, a new standard of gin. Sui Gin hails from a rich heritage, being from the same Suntory Osaka plant that produced the Hermes Gin in 1936 and Roku Gin in 2017. The creation and perfection of Sui Gin are based on more than 100 years of Suntory’s expertise…
Latest beer innovation serves new gen with something unexpectedly smooth
Heineken has launched its latest brewing innovation, Heineken Silver, a smooth, easy to drink and accessible tasting beer that provides Filipino drinkers with a premium alternative designed for today’s social gatherings. Brewed by seasoned master brewers using beautifully simple, natural…
Can job-hopping help retirement savings?
Millennials have been coined the “job-hopping generation,” and I’ve contributed to that stereotype. I started my career at 22 and have job-hopped almost every year since. For many of those years, I was young and restless, and there was another part of me looking for more fulfilling work and…
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Skyrocketing sugar prices stoke industry liberalization stakes
CORON, Palawan and Manila—Many call it “dirty.” And they still eat it. Just ask these fifty-something entrepreneurs: Zosimo and Nelson who know the dirty ice cream business like the back of their palms. But an essential ingredient—refined sugar—has brought bittersweet success to their…
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