WHEN we watch a classical music performance, what we see is a union between human and instrument. Few people do that better than piano prodigy Cecile Licad, who passed audition at the Curtis Institute of Music at 12 and had been one of the youngest recipients of the Leventritt Gold Medal in 1981. Now in […]Read More
BW FILE PHOTO THE GOVERNMENT made a full award of the reissued Treasury bonds (T-bonds) on Tuesday at an average rate higher than secondary market levels amid hawkish comments from a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) policy maker. The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) raised P30 billion as planned via the reissued seven-year bonds it […]Read More
GLOBE Telecom, Inc. has completed the sale of 33 towers to Unity Digital Infrastructure, Inc for P396 million, the telecommunications company said on Tuesday. In total, Globe has closed the sale of 282 towers out of 447 towers to be acquired by Unity Digital. Proceeds from the transaction will fund Globe’s capital expenditures, debt repayments […]Read More
DUALTECH TRAINING INSTITUTE (Part 2) The Philippine Congress should replicate its outstanding performance in passing laws that will accelerate the employability and competitiveness of the Filipino workforce in such other critical areas as health, agribusiness (especially in abolishing the many obstacles to the consolidation of farms that resulted from the failed agrarian reform program), the […]Read More
FOR FILIPINA fictionist Linda Ty-Casper, preserving part of history in the form of historical novels is a kind of advocacy. It defends the Philippines from false depictions and ensures that “we do not forget who we are.” This is why her book, The Three-Cornered Sun, first published by New Day Publishers in 1979 and now […]Read More
BILLS seeking to amend the charters of the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) and Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to allow for their public listing will be filed as soon as Congress resumes session, the Finance chief said. “There’s a bill (for) LANDBANK, so we’re finalizing the DBP version also. There’s no session […]Read More
LISTED STI Education Systems Holdings, Inc. (STI Holdings) said its education unit has fully redeemed Series 7Y bonds worth P2.18 billion. The bond offering of STI Holdings’ education unit, STI Education Services Group, Inc. (STI-ESG), had a maturity date on March 23, the listed company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. “Since the maturity […]Read More
BFAR By John Victor D. Ordoñez, Reporter A CHINESE People’s Liberation Army Navy helicopter harassed a team of Filipino scientists at Thitu Island on Saturday by hovering at a close distance to one of its sand bars, the Philippines said on Tuesday. Some of the scientists and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) crew […]Read More
PCO.GOV.PH THE UNITED STATES plans to forge more partnerships with the Philippines in the energy sector and critical minerals this year, according to the head of a delegation of American senators. “We do believe that we are in the moment of extraordinary opportunity, especially for economic ties, to build upon existing strengths, whether they are […]Read More
THE RECENTLY adopted United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza was “long overdue,” the Philippine Foreign Affairs Department (DFA) said on Tuesday, citing the need to keep civilians safe from the war. “The humanitarian crisis demands swift and unified action from the international community,” Foreign Affairs […]Read More