Entertainment News (09/08/23)
THE FILM Development Council of the Philippines’ (FDCP) is now screening 17 iconic Pinoy comedy films in Cinematheque Centers in Manila, Iloilo, Davao, Negros, and Nabunturan.
SEC amends rules to support crowdfunding portals
THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has added registered funding portals as authorized registrars of qualified buyers of securities under the rules governing crowdfunding.
SEC...
Del Monte Pacific trims loss, expects net profit
DEL MONTE Pacific Ltd. (DMPL) trimmed its net loss in the past quarter on the back of higher sales, turning the listed company bullish...
Some cracks are showing?
By Diwa C. Guinigundo
Our recent, and decidedly costly, experience with some price caps on onions did not seem to impress on our government technocrats that by no...
Overseas teacher training urged to address skills gap in STEM
THE GOVERNMENT needs to sponsor overseas training programs for teachers to bridge the proficiency and learning gap in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, a legislator said.
Colleges are going to have to put ChatGPT on the curriculum
By Michael Peppard
IN RETROSPECT, my late summer to-do list was laughable. Among 20 other items to accomplish “before the semester begins” was this innocuous bullet point:...
Talent shortage seen making companies more open to hiring former employees
GLOBAL recruitment consultancy firm Robert Walters said the talent shortage can be mitigated by maintaining positive relations with ex-employees.
According to a Robert Walters survey,...
BSP picks technology for central bank digital currency pilot run
THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) has designated Hyperledger Fabric as the distributed ledger technology for Project Agila, its wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency...
Reverie and reflections
By Maria Victoria Rufino
“Existence in the present gives island living an extreme vividness and purity. One lives like a child or a saint in the immediacy of...
Competition for talent primary determinant of benefits offerings
EMPLOYERS in the Philippines view the competition for talent as the main factor in determining the benefits offered to employees, advisory group Willis Towers...
Rediscount facility left untouched in August
BANKS continued to leave the rediscount facility of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) untapped in August as there was ample liquidity in the...
Vietnam proposes 5-year rice supply deal to PHL
VIETNAMESE Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed a five-year rice supply deal to President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., subject to negotiation at minister level,...