Group rejects MMDA plan to remove Edsa bike lanes
THE Move As One Coalition is opposing the proposal of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to eliminate bicycle lanes along Edsa.
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THE Move As One Coalition is opposing the proposal of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to eliminate bicycle lanes along Edsa.
AMID the surge in incidents of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) and child sexual abuse and exploitation materials (CSAEM), President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has ordered concerned agencies to launch a “merciless” campaign against those engaged in the illegal activities.
The League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) is gearing up for the 2024 CSR Conference and Expo, a highly anticipated annual event scheduled for July 3 to 4 at Dusit Thani Manila, Makati City.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has promoted veteran labor official Hans J. Cacdac as the new Secretary of the Department of Migrant of Workers (DMW).
To give government agencies more time to implement measures that will enable them to absorb workers under contract of service (COS) and job order (JO) arrangements, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the extension of the employment of the nonregular workers to next year.
PARIS—Skies over the Paris region will be closed for six hours as part of the massive security operation for the July 26 opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Paris airports operator said Wednesday.
SEVENTY players are seeing action in the Philippine Padel Open Championships that kicked off on Thursday at Play Padel in Mandaluyong and no less than Padel Pilipinas president Pia Cayetano is so happy over the sport’s potential in the country.
PK KONGKRAPHAN extended her dominance on foreign soil by capturing the International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) Luisita Ladies International 2024 championship despite a 74 on Thursday.
GOVERNOR Hermogenes Ebdane welcomes the country’s elite and up-and-coming riders to the second edition of the Lumba Tamo Zambales 2024 on May 7—one of the highlights of the province’s world-famous celebration of the Dinamulag Mango Festival 2024.
SHANGHAI—US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised what the US describes as unfair Chinese trade practices during his first full day of meetings in China on Thursday with local government officials in the financial hub of Shanghai.
Palestinian hospital officials say Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip have killed at least five people.
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he was immediately rushing badly needed weaponry to Ukraine as he signed into law a $95 billion war aid measure that also included assistance for Israel, Taiwan and other global hot spots.
The just concluded first-ever Manila Economic and Cultural Office Fil-Tai invitational golf tournament was a winners-all games, chairman Silvestre H. Bello III said on Sunday.
DEFENDING champion Cignal sets out for an elimination-round sweep as it tackles Maverick on Friday as the 2024 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference holds a rare triple-header at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.
UNBEATEN San Miguel Beer aims for one of the two twice-to-beat bonuses in the quarterfinals of Season 48 Philippine Basketball Association Philippines Cup when it squares off with Magnolia on Friday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
THE national government posted a P272.6-billion budget gap in the first quarter of the year, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said on Wednesday.
AS the effect of El Niño reached it peak this month, a total of 103 local government units (LGU) have now declared a State of Calamity due to droughts.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. stopped the implementation of Joint Traffic Circular No. 01 of Metro Manila Council (MMC), which will hike the penalty for illegal parking in Metro Manila.
As Balikatan 2024 kicked off this week, Philippine Navy (PN) chief Vice Admiral Toribio Adaci Jr. and United States 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander Lt. Gen. Michael Cederholm met recently to discuss evolving security challenges.
New members of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Philippine Journalists Samahang Plaridel Foundation Inc. assemble at the monument of Marcelo H. del Pilar located at the corner of Quirino Avenue and MH del Pilar St. in Manila after being elected during the first post-pandemic general membership meeting at Aloha Hotel.
ACEN Corp. is expecting 1.6 gigawatts (GW), or 1,600 megawatts (MW), of new renewable energy (RE) projects to deliver close to fullyear output this year.
Areit Inc., the real estate investment trust sponsored by Ayala Land Inc., said it wants to maintain its occupancy rate at 97 percent, despite the challenging office space environment.
SM Investments Corp. (SMIC), the holding firm of the Sy family, said it is setting aside as much as P120 billion for its capital expenditures (capex) this year, 50 percent higher than the previous year’s P80 billion.
Concepcion Industrial Corp. (CIC), a manufacturer of air-conditioners and refrigerators, said it recorded an income of P185.7 million in the first quarter, almost double from the previous year’s P93.22 million on higher sales volume.
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The Philippines faces a daunting economic landscape in 2024, with higher-for-longer US interest rates, stubbornly high inflation, and the risk of spiking oil prices due to geopolitical turmoil. These challenges threaten to undermine the country’s growth trajectory, which international observers still project to be among the fastest in Asia this year. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan says that despite these concerns, international observers remain optimistic about the country’s economic performance. (Read the BusinessMirror report: “Government keeping growth goals despite risks,” April 24, 2024).
American comedian George Carlin once said, “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” I am an old man and that makes my perspective different than 96.5 percent of the world who are younger than 70. But if you think that the world is getting dumber, you may be correct.
TOP lifestyle brand Crate & Barrel invites homemakers to transform their space into an oasis of contemporary comfort.
LAST week, I shared summer learning activities for toddlers. This week, I will focus on our preschoolers. Preschool is the age between 3 to 5 years old. This is a time when I observed my children were very enthusiastic about anything I introduced to them. It was also the time, and I am sure a lot of you can relate, that our children just want to be with us all the time. That’s why I was most excited to play with my preschooler with educational tools. I wanted them to have happy learning memories that build deep foundations for their lifelong love for learning.
DAVAO CITY—Two Filipino pharmaceutical companies recently romped away with three healthcare awards at the prestigious Healthcare Asia Pharma Awards 2024 in Singapore.
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