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Editorial Cartoon May 25, 2022
Image credits: Jimbo Albano Jimbo Albano
PHL needs to push agricultural R&D
Rice-eating nations like the Philippines are expected to increase their consumption of the staple in light of the…
SDGs linked to SRHRS, POPDEV gains set back by pandemic
The pandemic cost the Philippines four years’ worth of effort in meeting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are…
Comelec successfully conducts special elections in Lanao del Sur
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) was able to conduct special elections in Tubaran, Lanao Del Sur on Tuesday…
Senate OKs new OGCC charter
The Senate, voting 21-0, approved on third and final reading Monday a new charter of the Office of…
DBCC adjusts growth, inflation projections
THE Cabinet-level Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) cut its GDP growth target for this year for the Philippine…
‘No objection’ by Leni camp speeds up canvassing
THE canvassing of votes for the presidential and vice presidential race got a speed boost right after it…
External risks to weigh on Q2 growth–NEDA
EXTERNAL risks are expected to weigh heavily on the country’s economic growth in the second quarter, according to…
‘Sound fundamentals’ mitigated Covid impact
BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno said the strong economic foundation of the country before the…
OWWA to limit free hotel,
transport perks for OFWs
STARTING next month, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will limit the overseas Filipino workers (OFW), who may…
DA okays 2nd importation
of fish to ‘help consumers’
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has approved the importation of 38,695 metric tons (MT) of frozen fish and…
EU eyes tag as global maritime security hub
RAVENNA, Italy—The European Union is shifting to become a “global maritime security actor”—expanding its sphere of influence to…
Megaworld case most ill-timed; Dominguez fumes over ‘Pabaon’
FINANCE Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III revealed he was “pissed off” when he was told that some Bureau…
Social events driving SM Group’s MICE business
ANGELES City, Pampanga—Social events are now helping drive the meetings and conventions business of the SM Group. In…
Leaders navigating ‘dark hour’ after Ukraine invasion–Biden
TOKYO—President Joe Biden told fellow Indo-Pacific leaders assembled for a four-country summit Tuesday that they were navigating “a…
South Asia’s intense heat wave ‘a glimpse of the region’s future’
NEW DELHI—The devastating heat wave that has baked India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely…
China’s bet on homegrown mRNA Covid vaccines holds back nation
TAIPEI, Taiwan—China is trying to navigate its biggest coronavirus outbreak without a tool it could have adopted many…
Good job, team PHL–Ramirez
THE country has nothing to be ashamed of over its overall performance at the just concluded 31st Vietnam…
Coach Chot: I serve at the pleasure of SBP
CHOT REYES could be the most hated man in Philippine sports following the national men’s team’s loss to…
Avaricio in control, Tabuena up at Splendido Taal golf in Laurel
CHANELLE AVARICIO appeared to make another title run on the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour (LPGT) after firing a…
We can lose all but not basketball
WE competed in 38 of 40 sports in the just-ended 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. We…
ILO report: Global labor recovery has gone into reverse course amid inflation, conflict
Supply chain disruptions and rising inflation are now threatening the recovery of the global labor market from the…
National softball team has new coaches
THE Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines (ASAPHIL) announced the appointment of Hailey Decker as head coach and…
Osaka loses in 1st round of French Open, may skip Wimbledon
PARIS—A year ago, Naomi Osaka left the French Open of her own volition, never beaten on the court but…
Ukrainian tennis player laments lack of support in her sport
PARIS—Words such as “invasion” and “politics,” “ban” and “boycott,” are suddenly a part of the daily discourse in tennis,…
Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body
DOUBLE Olympic champion Caster Semenya said she offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was…
PHL, Indo-Pacific nations keen on joining US-led IPEF
The Philippines and other countries in the Indo-Pacific region have launched the process to establish the Indo-Pacific Economic…
Government infrastructure spending in Q1 dips 2.6% to ₧190.2B
STATE infrastructure spending in the first quarter dipped by 2.6 percent year-on-year to P190.2 billion, largely due to…
Defense, sporting arms show returns
THE Association of Firearms and Ammunition Dealers of the Philippines Inc. (AFAD) pick up where it left off…
BTr fully awards ₧35B in T-bonds despite high rates
THE Bureau of the Treasury fully awarded P35 billion in reissued 10-year Treasury Bonds (T-bonds) on Tuesday as…
Regulator inaugurates Pagcor Village in Batangas
LEMERY, Batangas—A year after commencing its construction, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. formally inaugurated last May 23…
Investors must repurpose coal power plants–ERC
Following the issuance of a directive from the energy department to ban new coal power projects, the Energy…
Manila Water bags award from GWI
Manila Water Co. Inc., the East Zone concessionaire that is now controlled by billionaire Enrique K. Razon Jr.,…
PLDT added to ATRAM equity fund
PLDT Inc. said on Tuesday it has been included in the ATR Asset Management (ATRAM) Philippine Sustainable Development…
Air France-KLM to sell new shares
Air France-KLM plans to sell about 2.26 billion euros ($2.4 billion) of new shares to shore up its…
Perry Ferrer to lead 48th PBC&E
EMS Group of Companies Chairman and CEO Perry Ferrer is set to lead this year’s 48th Philippine Business…
ACEN Australia starts work on battery storage project
ACEN Australia has started construction of its 50megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system (BESS), which will complement its…
Senate honors Susan Roces: ‘A reachable star’
The Senate adopted on Monday three resolutions (Senate Resolution Nos. 1002, 1004, 1005) expressing their profound sympathy and…
Xendit raises $300M in new funding to help PHL start-ups, other causes
SOUTHEAST Asian financial technology (fintech) provider Xendit announced the recent completion of its Series D funding round amounting…
National food fair stages biggest comeback since Covid-19 onset
After a two-year hiatus, the highly awaited 2022 Hybrid National Food Fair (HNFF) is set to return from…
‘Success comes with a spark’: Flash Express boosts customer reach with new stores and delivery fleet
TO reach out to more individual and enterprise clients, Flash Express has opened its initial three physical stores…
Young, solo renters outside NCR contribute to CBD rental demand
Lamudi data for the first quarter of 2022 found that the top sources of leads for rentals in…
BPO-friendly office towers anticipate surge in take-up in next six months
After two pandemic years, the Philippine office market seems ready to grow more briskly as indicated by 358k…
Yakult El Salvador breaks ground for its plant in Misamis Oriental
Alberto R. Dy Sun President of Yakult Philippines Inc., together with Mayor Edgar Lignes of El Salvador City,…
It should have been an e-mail
WITH the proliferation of apps for team collaboration, it is ironic that we are constantly bogged down with…
Chilling out at the Wind
FUN, food and entertainment highlighted the recent “Chill at Wind” festival at The Strip of SMDC’s Wind Residences…
Laguesma, Ople accept DOLE, DMW posts in BBM’s Cabinet
THREE people have accepted the offer to be part of the incoming Cabinet of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong”…
Editorial Cartoon May 24, 2022
Image credits: Jimbo Albano Jimbo Albano
Monkeypox: A new global threat?
The world is still reeling from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic, but there’s another virus threatening to…
The dwindling opposition
It’s an understatement to say that there’s a dwindling political opposition in this country. Maybe the proper term is a dying…
BIR’s power to order closure of business
Indeed, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is so powerful that it can even suspend business operations and…
Stay positive
I take a positive approach about the future. Perhaps I am genetically hard-wired that way. Maybe it is from…
Challenges and opportunities
I want to congratulate the set of newly elected officials who will guide our nation for the next…
Caretaker solon or special election for Remulla post? House has final say
The House of the Representative will have the final say on deciding on who will replace Cavite 7th…
ARTA, LTFRB to fast-track PUV Modernization Program
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) in partnership with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), aims to…
SC favors Harbour Centre in P5.5-B contract row with SBMA
THE Supreme Court has reinstated the order issued by the Regional Trial Court of Olongapo City in 2012 which compelled the…
Comelec may hold part of payment to F2 Logistics pending probe of VCMs found in Cavite
THE Commission on Elections is considering withholding part of its payment to its service provider, F2 Logistics, for possibly…
Metro mayors seek additional inputs on proposed new vehicle coding scheme – MMDA chief
Chairman Romando Artes of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said on Monday that some of Metro Manila…
Comelec readies special polls in 12 barangays in Tubaran, Lanao Del Sur
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to hold a special election for around 7,000 voters in Lanao…
Central bank hopes game can teach fishers finance
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced that it is launching a financial education game for local fisherfolk,…
PCC chief Balisacan accepts
Marcos offer to head Neda
PHILIPPINE Competition Commission (PCC) Chairman Arsenio Balisacan has accepted the offer to return as secretary of the National…
Senate leaders back early ratification of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership deal
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Koko Pimentel readily indicated full support for ratification in the few session days left for the 18th Senate.
Unused GOCC subsidies,
4 options eyed to fund ‘BBM’
ALBAY Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda on Monday proposed five options that the incoming administration could do to bankroll…
BIR’S large taxpayers’ unit to handle Megaworld audit
PUBLICLY-LISTED property developer Megaworld Corp. is still not yet off the hook as the Bureau of Internal Revenue…
Solid track record, no political ties: Business groups’ wish for economic team
THE country’s biggest business groups appear more inclined to see a clean slate for economic managers with no…
BBM meets envoys from US, Japan, South Korea, India
INCOMING President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. received United States Chargé d’Affaires, and the Ambassadors from Japan, South Korea,…
Tech retailer to raise ₧5.4B via IPO to fund expansion
Upson International Corp., a retailer of personal computers and other gadgets, has filed for an initial public offering…
Philippine Airlines earns double victory
Legacy carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) said on Monday it “earned a double victory” after receiving awards from two…
Max’s ventures into food manufacturing
Max’s Group Inc. (MGI), the country’s largest casual dining restaurant operator, said the pandemic pushed the company to…
AirAsia expands cargo operations
BUDGET carrier AirAsia Philippines is set to expand its operations in Zamboanga City next month with the launch…
ERC aims to issue advanced metering infra rules this year
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is targeting to release the rules governing the deployment of advanced metering infrastructure…
Davao Light upgrades control system
Aboitiz Power Corp. subsidiary Davao Light and Power Company has upgraded a key element in its power distribution…
Manila is ‘most searched destination’ for Brits this summer–travel engine
BRITISH citizens are making up for lost time due to the worldwide pandemic travel restrictions, and will be…
Gas prices up ₧3.95; diesel ₧2.30 cheaper
Gasoline prices will go up while diesel and kerosene prices will be reduced starting Tuesday morning. Oil firms announced…
Seven perish in Real, Quezon ferry fire; over 120 rescued from water
A ferry carrying more than 130 people caught fire in Real, Quezon on Monday, killing seven passengers and…
Team PHL winds up ‘fighting’ 4th place
TEAM Philippines returned home on Monday morning proud of the 52 gold medals won from the Vietnam Southeast…
Tabuena joins chase in Splendido Taal tourney
MIGUEL TABUENA sets out for another title run on an exacting course where he has reigned twice as…
When Harry met TCU
IN a January 24, 2022 si.com article written by Nicholas Howard, a video was featured wherein New Zealand…
BTr rejects all bids for 364-day Treasury bills
THE Bureau of the Treasury raised P8.5 billion from its Treasury Bills (T-bills) offering on Monday as rates…
Money advice from the scriptures
THE future is uncertain. One needs a reliable compass in to effectively navigate a world characterized by volatility,…
Integrity
Wouldn’t we all like to see the new political decision-makers who just won in the elections put our…
Ode to sweetness: Susan Roces, 1941-2022
BORN in Bacolod, Jesusa Purificacion Levy Sonora would travel to Manila not to seek her fortune but, as…
Ariella, Angeli, Ayanna: Streaming queens of Vivamax
WHILE Vivamax continues to reign on the available streaming platforms in the Philippines, it has also produced three…
Honoring Haring
“IT wouldn’t matter if you lived until you were 75,” Keith Haring, the iconic American pop artist who…
Beijing reports record number of cases, more lockdowns seen
Beijing reported a record number of new Covid cases during the current outbreak, reviving concern the capital may…
Biden: US will intervene if China invades Taiwan
TOKYO—President Joe Biden said Monday that the US would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan, in…
WHO chief: Covid pandemic is ‘most certainly not over’
BERLIN—The Covid-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Sunday, despite…
Climate to conflict, Davos after 2 years has full plate
DAVOS, Switzerland—Davos—the hub of an elite annual gathering in the Swiss Alps—is back, more than two years after…
Biden launches trade deal with Indo-Pacific nations
TOKYO—President Joe Biden on Monday launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations aimed at strengthening their…
Kim, other North Koreans attend large funeral amid Covid worry
SEOUL, South Korea—A large number of North Koreans including leader Kim Jong Un attended a funeral for a…
Theories emerge for mysterious severe liver illnesses in children
NEW YORK—Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around…
‘A long journey’: Volunteers from Belarus fight for Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland—One is a restaurateur who fled Belarus when he learned he was about to be arrested for…
Buffalo shooting’s wounds need a strong salve, residents say
BUFFALO, New York—Shenaya Ann Washington and a close friend cleared a small patch of grass at the base…
Tokyo Olympic film debuts in Japan; headed next to Cannes
TOKYO—The documentary film about the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics premiered on Monday, shown to reporters and other invited guests…
COVID seems thing of the past at full-capacity French Open
PARIS—They sipped from glasses of Champagne or rosé while seated on the sand-colored cushions of wicker couches on…
Thiem out of sync, out of French Open with 10th loss in row
PARIS—It all used to come so easily for Dominic Thiem on a tennis court — his powerful forehand, his elegant…
Rich Strike yes, Preakness champ Early Voting no for Belmont
BALTIMORE—Twelve hours before Early Voting won the Preakness, Kentucky Derby champion Rich Strike was back on the track at Churchill…
Carapaz shakes off early crash to keep Giro lead in Stage 15
COGNE, Italy—Escorted up three long climbs by his powerful Ineos Grenadiers team, Richard Carapaz shook off an early…
Thomas wins 2nd PGA title in playoff after 7-shot rally
TULSA, Oklahoma—Justin Thomas didn’t pay attention to any score but his own Sunday in the PGA Championship, knowing…
Wiggins, Warriors dunk Mavericks 109-100 for 3-0 series lead
DALLAS—Stephen Curry shimmied for the TV crew, Andrew Wiggins shook Luka Doncic with a posterizing dunk and the…