In Celebration of the Quincentennial Commemorations of the Philippines, Sentro Rizal Toronto of the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto, in collaboration with the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) announces the QUINCENTENNIAL JUBILEE OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION AND LAUNCH The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto would like to …

QUEEN’S PARK – Doly Begum, NDP MPP for Scarborough Southwest, introduced a private member’s bill in the legislature on Tuesday that, if passed, would officially recognize June as Filipino Heritage Month in Ontario. “Today, it is my honor to introduce the Act to proclaim June as Filipino Heritage Month in …

Nickel miner Marcventures Holdings, Inc. (MHI) had set aside a combined amount of nearly P2.8 billion to get at least three new mining ventures going, two of which are in Samar while the other one is in Surigao, a top company official said. MHI President Isidro Alcantara, Jr. said in …

By Madelaine B. Miraflor Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri has raised concerns over the recent appointments at Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), which were formalized in separate allegedly falsified documents containing Agriculture Secretary William Dar’s signature without his knowledge. Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO …

PH Resorts Group Holdings, Inc., the gaming firm controlled by Dennis A. Uy, is asking for a voluntary trading halt of its shares while its follow-on offering is ongoing. In a letter to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it is requesting for a trading half of 10 trading …

Telecom regulators urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to amend right-of-way (ROW) rules so telcos can roll-out infrastructure faster and speed up Internet connections. Specifically, both the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) want DPWH to amend Department Order (D.O.) …

The local stock market surged on optimism over a US stimulus package as well as the steps being taken by the Philippine government to reopen the economy. The main index jumped 165.88 points or 2.71 percent to close at 6,278.59 as all sectors rose, led by the Financials counter. The …

The peso closed P48.585 to the US dollar yesterday, higher from P48.62 the previous day. The weighted average rate depreciated to P48.589 from P48.578. Total volume amounted to $710.7 million, according to the Bankers Association of the Philippines. SIGN UP TO DAILY NEWSLETTER CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP Credit belongs to …

The Republican executive of a company that manufactures medical masks said Tuesday that he will vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, due to President Donald Trump’s “politicized” response to the coronavirus crisis. Mike Bowen ― executive vice president of Texas-based Prestige Ameritech, the largest producer of N95 masks and …

Health Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, the powerful prescription painkiller that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges as part of a settlement of more than $8 billion US, Justice Department officials in the U.S. announced Wednesday. Wednesday's settlement …