Ant-Man and the Wasp: Marvel’s first superheroine movie
PASADENA — They made history and $1 billion with the first titular superhero of color in Black Panther — now Marvel’s creatives and stars are repeating the trick for gender equality.
More medals for gymnasts De Guzman and Capellan
FOLLOWING her gold-winning performance in the uneven bars category of the women’s artistic gymnastics event of the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on Tuesday,...
Gov’t spending likely picked up in August — ING Bank
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez,
Senior Reporter
GOVERNMENT spending likely surged in August, picking up the pace from the previous month, an analyst at ING Bank...
Lawmakers blame BoI for ‘unclear’ car industry regulations
By Jess Diaz,
The Philippine Star
LAWMAKERS blamed the Board of Investments (BoI) yesterday for failing to prescribe clear-cut rules to guide investors in the car...
Reforms to credit information system needed to expand small businesses’ access to capital
FINANCIAL REFORMS are required to improve small-business access to capital, enabling them to expand and participate in bigger projects such as those in the...
Wishes
By Marvin A. Tort
My wishes for Christmas 2017 include the following: that people stop smoking; or at the very least, that people who litter unfinished cigarettes and/or...
Thoughts in a DB III
By Jemy Gatdula
Not really. I don’t have an Aston Martin. Wish I did though. The title is from a chapter in an Ian Fleming book, which...
Press freedom in PHL partly free — world index
THE PHILIPPINES was rated partly free, as was press freedom in the country, in a global environment marked by democracy in crisis, according to...
Escape reflex
By Maria Victoria Rufino
In times of uncertainty, anxiety, adversity, many people have a reflex action -- escape from reality. The world of make-believe becomes a convenient refuge,...
UAAP first-round volleyball winding up this weekend
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Senior Reporter
WHAT has been an eventful and competitive first-round action in University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 80...
Porsche says it will soon build flying taxis
GENEVA -- Porsche is studying flying passenger vehicles but expects it could take up to a decade to finalize technology before they can launch...
CA upholds ruling blocking drug mule’s testimony against illegal recruiters
THE Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld its decision to block the testimony of convicted drug mule Mary Jane Veloso against her alleged illegal recruiters, dismissing her plea to testify under extraordinary conditions.