Infrastructure spending dropped by 16.5% in March, the Budget department reported. — PHILIPPINE STAR/WALTER BOLLOZOSBy Luisa Maria Jacinta C.Jocson, ReporterINFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING dropped by 16.5% in March, as some releases for the Defense and Education departments are expected in the second and third quarters, the Department

The logos of Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI, as well as the ChatGPT 4 name, are seen in this photo illustration. — PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JONATHAN RAA/NURPHOTO VIA REUTERS CONNECTTHE PHILIPPINES should take advantage of the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence (AI), which has the potential

International Transport Forum Secretary-General Young Tae Kim answers media questions at the ITF Summit in Leipzig, Germany on May 24.By Arjay L. Balinbin, Multimedia Editor LEIPZIG, Germany — The Philippines can reduce the cost of investment required for its core infrastructure to shift towards low-

BW FILE PHOTONikkei Asia, on March 14, acknowledged that as it stood, Philippine Senate Bill (SB) No. 1670 reflected House Bill (HB) No. 6608 as approved by the Lower House of Congress in that both versions deleted the provision enlisting the pension funds as a

Mr. Lucio Tan III during the 81st Philippine Airline Anniversary, March 15, 2022. — PHILIPPINE STAR/KRIZ JOHN ROSALESPAL Holdings, Inc. has appointed Lucio C. Tan III as its president, taking over the post of his grandfather, Lucio C. Tan, who retained his role as chairman

AFTER five years — three of which were spent in a long, arduous pandemic — it’s just about time for Norwegian pop act Fra Lippo Lippi to come back home to the Philippines, a country that has always extended them the warmest of welcomes.With shows

PHILSTARABS-CBN Corp. is confident of keeping the upward trend of its figures this year as it transitions from broadcasting to content production while targeting to regain profitability soon.“We are confident in the upward trend of our numbers and expect 2023 to be even better than

TINA TURNER sings during a performance September, 1993. — REUTERSTINA TURNER, the American-born singer who left a hardscrabble farming community and abusive relationship to become one of the top recording artists of all time, died on Wednesday at the age of 83.She died peacefully after

GINEBRA San Miguel, Inc. (GSMI) plans new activities to increase the consumption of its products during the summer months, it said on Thursday, after reporting its first-quarter results.“GSMI has lined up activities such as the Ginumanfest concerts featuring the country’s top talents, bands, and GSMI

1 of 3Stars come out for Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City premiereCANNES — A bus full of celebrities poured onto the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet on Tuesday evening for the premiere of director Wes Anderson’s new space-themed fable, Asteroid City.As with his previous films, Mr.

AYALA Corp. has raised P13.11 billion from the sale of preferred shares as excess demand prompted the exercise of its oversubscription option on top of the base offer.In a regulatory filing, the company said that it had sold 4 million shares for P10 billion, which

LOS ANGELES — In the opening episode of FUBAR, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s CIA agent character is labeled by his handler “the fastest 65-year-old white guy on the planet.”But Mr. Schwarzenegger in real life is 75 years old and FUBAR is his first-ever television series: an eight-episode