Trump son-in-law Kushner loses top security clearance
WASHINGTON -- Donald J. Trump’s son-in-law and senior aide Jared Kushner has lost his top-level security clearance, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday,...
Gov’t expects 3rd telco player by June
THE COUNTRY can expect a third major telecommunications service provider to be named by June, even as the government continues to fine-tune selection criteria.
The...
Fiscal gap steadies in 2017, but falls short of program
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez
Senior Reporter
THE PHILIPPINES incurred a slightly narrower budget deficit in 2017 that fell below program, with a double-digit pickup in...
Loans continue to fuel banks’ 4th quarter double-digit asset growth
By Lourdes O. Pilar
Researcher
FOURTH-QUARTER growth in the assets of the country’s biggest banks continued to post double-digit growth from the previous year, with loans...
Meralco receives offer for 50-MW solar capacity
MANILA ELECTRIC Co. (Meralco) has received an offer for an additional capacity of 50 megawatts (MW) of solar energy and has subjected the same...
Manila Water net income climbs 7%
MANILA WATER Co., Inc. recorded a 7% increase in 2017 core net income to P6.5 billion, driven largely by the strong sales of its...
Megaworld hikes spending for Parañaque township
THE GROUP of tycoon Andrew L. Tan is ramping up spending for its township called Westside City in Parañaque City to P121 billion for...
How Repertory’s Silent Sky shouts women’s empowerment
REPERTORY PHILIPPINES’ production of Silent Sky comes at an opportune time when more and more Filipinas find themselves silenced and reduced to being the...
CCP, UP honor National Artist Napoleon Abueva
By Susan Claire Agbayani
ADA LEDESMA-MABILANGAN remembers when she was five years old and growing up in the family home where she was surrounded by...
Artist Betsy Westendorp marks her 90th birthday with a book launch
CHATTER FILLED the lobby of the Metropolitan Museum of Manila on Feb. 22. A giant diptych of Betsy Westendorp’s signature clouds greeted guests, along...
FINTQ eyes partnerships in inclusion push
FINTQnologies Corp. (FINTQ), the financial technology arm of Voyager Innovations, Inc., is eyeing to forge partnerships with cooperatives and associations in line with its...
Cryptocurrencies make messy divorces worse amid volatility, secrecy
DIVORCES are messy, and cryptocurrencies are helping to make them a whole lot more so.
Virtual currencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are a new...