Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. — Giovanni Guida/CC BY 3.0/Wikimedia CommonsVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Tuesday fired the entire leadership of the Roman Catholic Church’s worldwide charity arm following accusations of bullying and humiliation of employees, and appointed a commissioner to run it.The surprise move

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PHILIPPINE STAR/ PAOLO ROMEROBy Alyssa Nicole O. Tan, ReporterTHE PHILIPPINE SENATE on Wednesday realigned more than P170 million worth of agencies’ intelligence funds as it unanimously approved on final reading its version of the proposed P5.268-trillion budget for next year.Senators slashed P120 million of intelligence

PHILSTARBy Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Reporter THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC is expected to cause long-term scarring of human capital development in the Philippines, which could lead to more Filipinos becoming poor, the World Bank (WB) said in a report on Wednesday.“Over half of households estimate

THE PHILIPPINE government should shorten the application process for housing development projects for ease of doing business, according to a stakeholder.A home developer must go to 27 offices, get 78 permits, 146 signatures and produce 373 documents to start a subdivision housing project, Januario Jesus

MINDANAO geothermal facility located in Kidapawan City — EDCA UNITED States agency is providing Lopez-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) a grant of $413,120 to do a feasibility study for the development of a geothermal power plant in Mindanao.In a press release published on its website,

KINGSFORD HotelPROPERTY developer Megaworld Corp. is investing P2 billion to build a 12-storey hotel inside the 34-hectare The Upper East township in Bacolod City that it targets to open in 2028.In a press release on Wednesday, it said the hotel — called Kingsford Hotel Bacolod

PHOTO FROM JGSUMMIT.COM.PHTHE PLDT group said it is giving DITO Telecommunity Corp. more time to settle its unpaid contractual obligation of P430 million.“We’re being as patient as we can. We just want to make sure that it’s done properly. We’re still claiming what they owe

ORTIGAS Land, The GalleonORTIGAS Land Corp. is targeting to double its property business in the next five years after returning to pre-pandemic values in the third quarter as the market’s recovery increased take-up from buyers.“We are very encouraged with the recovery this year. Overall, we

1 of 2SCIENTISTS debate on whether nature or nurture (genetics versus a person’s environment) plays a more important role in developing a person. Toddlers and troubled adults aside, we got a taste of what both nature and nurture can do with a dinner with Rangers

ABOITIZ Equity Ventures, Inc. (AEV) received a permit on Tuesday from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to sell fixed-rate retail bonds worth P20 billion.The permit will allow the holding firm to issue a base offer of P7.45 billion bonds from its P30-billion shelf registration