Wilcon awards Toyota Fortuner to promo winners

WILCON Depot, the Philippines’ leading home improvement and construction supply retailer, gives back to their valued customers after concluding its three-month-long Win Your Dream Ride promo....
STILL SAFE. A vendor at the Iloilo Terminal Market inspects the meat and pork he is selling. They are safe, he insists. The deadly African swine fever virus has reached the country. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

ASF outbreak not epidemic – Agri chief

MANILA - Agriculture secretary William Dar on Monday said the African swine fever (ASF) episodes in several areas in Bulacan and Rizal may be considered an...
The expanded Survival and Recovery Assistance program (SURE Aid) stands at P2.5 billion following an infusion of P1-billion fund. Department of Agriculture secretary Dar said SURE Aid is aimed at providing loan assistance for immediate relief to rice farmers affected by the impact of low palay prices as a result of the rice tariffication law, or Republic Act 11203. UN NEWS

P2.5B to benefit farmers affected by tariff law

MANILA - The expanded Survival and Recovery Assistance program (SURE Aid) now stands at P2.5 billion following an infusion of additional P1-billion fund.  In a press conference on...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Friday declined to comment on the arrest of former Foreign Affairs Secretary and Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgages Bank director Perfecto Yasay Jr. ABS-CBN NEWS

BSP to offer P80-B term deposit facility this week

MANILA - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will offer P80 billion under its term deposit facility (TDF) on Wednesday. Data released by the central bank Monday...
Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 15, 2019. The weekend drone attack in Buqyaq on one of the world's largest crude oil processing plants that dramatically cut into global oil supplies is the most visible sign yet of how Aramco's stability and security is directly linked to that of its owner the Saudi government and its ruling family. AMR NABIL/ AP

Oil prices jump as attack on Saudi plant jolts supply

GLOBAL energy prices spiked more than 14 percent Monday after a weekend attack on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia caused the worst disruption to world...
The Philippine Postal Corporation and the Film Development Council of the Philippines unveil the “SANDAAN - Celebrating 100 Years of Philippine Cinema,” a special commemorative stamp to mark the 100 years of cinema in the Philippines.

PHLPost releases ‘Sandaan’ stamps

THE Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) unveiled the “SANDAAN - Celebrating 100 Years of Philippine Cinema,” a special commemorative...

BPO sector assures more growth despite AI risk

MANILA – The Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector is poised to grow further in the next 10 years, a property firm said Monday, notwithstanding the risk...
Smoke is seen following a fire at Aramco facility in the eastern city of Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 14. REUTERS

DOE monitors effects of Saudi plant attacks on PH

ACCORDING to a statement made by the Department of Energy (DOE) on Sept. 16, it is monitoring the situation of the recent drone attacks on Saudi...

Pag-IBIG Loyalty Card Plus now in Cebu

AFTER the initial release of the Pag-IBIG Loyalty Card Plus in the National Capital Region in August, Pag-IBIG Fund is launching the new and improved version...
2019 METROBANK FOUNDATION OUTSTANDING FILIPINOS. Each awardee receives a golden medallion, “The Flame” trophy and P1 million cash prize in a ceremony on Sept. 4, 2019 at the Metrobank Plaza Auditorium, Makati City. Among present during the awarding were Metrobank Foundation (MBFI) trustee and Federal Land chairman Alfred Ty (extreme left), Supreme Court of the Philippines associate justice Hon. Alexander Gesmundo (2nd from left), MBFI chairman Arthur Ty (5th from right), Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (4th from right), House of Representatives Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano (3rd from right), Metrobank president Fabian Dee (2nd from right) and MBFI president Aniceto Sobrepeña (extreme right).

2019 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos awarded

The 2019 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos were awarded in a ceremony held on Sept. 4, 2019 at the Metrobank Plaza Auditorium, Makati City. As one of...