No trading at PSE, no securities clearing and settlement on Monday
There will be no trading at the Philippine Stock Exchange on Monday (Oct. 16), and no clearing and settlement at the Securities Clearing Corp. of the Philippines, PSE president and CEO Ramon S. Monzon said in a memorandum Sunday to the investing public and trading participants.
2-day transport strike vs PUV modernization pushing through despite class, work suspension
Transport groups PISTON and the No to Jeepney Phaseout Coalition are pushing through with their 2-day nationwide transport strike to protest the government's PUV modernization program, even though classes in all levels have been suspended and work in government offices and courts halted for Monday.
Ginebra buries Meralco with late run, takes 2-0 lead in PBA Finals
The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings made the big plays at just the right time as they went on a 19-3 rampage late to...
Japan’s new ambassador to PH vows to boost ‘strategic partnership, friendship’ between 2 neighbors
Japan's new ambassador to the Philippines, Koji Haneda, arrived in Manila on Saturday (October 14), pledging to make every effort to bolster the strategic partnership and friendly ties between the Philippines and Japan.
Bad weather stalls efforts to remove damaged Cebu Pacific plane from Iloilo airport
Bad weather is stalling efforts to clear the Iloilo International Airport of a Cebu Pacific plane that veered off the runway late Friday, even as technical experts from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines and the Manila International Airport Authority have joined the Cebu Pacific team onsite.
Lourdes Quisumbing, ex-Education chief and sec-gen of UNESCO national commish in PH, dies at...
Dr. Lourdes Reynes Quisumbing, former Secretary of Education, Culture, and Sports under former president Corazon Aquino and Secretary-General of the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines, passed away peacefully on October 14, 2017. She was 96, according to an announcement by Miriam College, where she had served as President when it was known as Maryknoll.
BOC hits highest daily collection in September
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has posted more than P3 billion in collection for two consecutive days last month – a first in the bureau’s history.
HEARTBREAKER SMASH UP | Motorcycle collision: 3 dead, 4 hurt in Pila, Laguna
Three men, one of them a student, died successively before the weekend, while four others were hurt in a motorcycle collision at a stretch...
RFM net income up 20% to P221M in Q3 ’17
Net income of listed food and beverage firm RFM Corp. rose to P211 million in the 3rd Quarter this year, up 20 percent from net income in the same period in 2016.
CHINA WATCH | Communist Party Congress is set Oct. 18. What should we look...
China’s ruling Communist Party on Wednesday opens its 19th Congress, at which President Xi Jinping will map out his ambitions for the country for the next five years and beyond, likely to be high on aspiration and short on concrete details. He could resurrect the post of party chairman and gain unparalleled power.
Classes, work in govt offices and in courts suspended as transport strike is set...
To avoid stranding thousands of workers and students as a nationwide transport strike gets under way on Monday (Oct. 16), Malacañang Palace declared the suspension of classes in all levels in public and private schools, and of government offices. Chief Justice Sereno also suspended work in courts nationwide.
MEL STA.MARIA | Senator De Lima’s struggle vs institutional bombardment
We saw how the Executive department gathered the felons and the convicted drug lords to testify against her. Then we witnessed many in Congress totally besmirch her dignity using these convicted felons/drug lords. Finally, the majority of the Supreme Court justices - Velasco, De Castro, Bersamin, Peralta, Tijam, Martirez, Segismundo, Del Castillo, Reyes - allowed her incarceration.
Harvey Weinstein expelled from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The academy said its 54-member board of governors 'voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority.'
Acclaimed Fil-Am comedian Jo Koy to perform in Manila and Cebu
He is widely acknowledged as one of the top Asian comedians in the world and was ranked as high as number 3 by Ranker.
Chot Reyes: ESPN-5 rebranding does not mean end of TV5 entertainment shows
Among the shows that will continue to air on TV5 are Hollywood-produced films and television series that are dubbed in Filipino.














