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PHILIPPINE STAR/WALTER BOLLOZOSWith the relatively lackluster performance of the Philippine economy since the country gained independence from the United States 78 years ago, it is often said by many that Filipino culture is to blame. That the Filipinos have a “damaged” culture that tends to

CONVERGE ICT Solutions, Inc. is on track to complete the construction of its international subsea fiber cable networks by next year, its chief operations officer (COO) said. “We are on track for the Bifrost cable system; we’ll have it by next year,” Converge COO Jesus C.

BW FILE PHOTOTHE GOVERNMENT hiked the volume of Treasury bills (T-bills) it awarded on Monday as average yields were mostly steady amid strong investor demand and ahead of the release of August inflation data.The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) raised P22.6 billion from the T-bills

PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANTHE Irish writer Samuel Beckett received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969. Waiting for Godot is his famous 1953 surrealistic tragicomedy, where the two main characters, Vladimir and Estragon, are engaged in a variety of discussions, while they wait for someone named

CEU.EDU.PHLISTED educational institution Centro Escolar University (CEU) has approved a plan to increase the number of its board of directors to strengthen corporate leadership.Under the proposal, CEU’s board will consist of ten directors from the previous nine, which in turn will increase the number of

BW FILE PHOTOTHE PESO dropped against the dollar on Monday as the market consolidated after the local currency hit a five-month high on Friday.The local unit closed at P56.38 per dollar on Monday, weakening by 26.9 centavos from its P56.111 finish on Friday, Bankers Association

Last week, on Aug. 27, Meralco opened the bid documents given by six bidders for its 600-MW competitive selection process (CSP) for baseload capacity. The winners were SMC’s Masinloc Power for 500 MW and Aboitiz Power’s GNPD for 100 MW with all-in rates of P5.60/kWh

EMILY POONBy Aubrey Rose A. Inosante, ReporterPHILIPPINE BRANDS should leverage co-creation with influencers to deliver more authentic marketing messages, according to global marketing consultancy firm Ogilvy.“The trap that many brands fall into is wanting creators to merely mouth their brand messages. There’s no soul. It’s

VS Industry Philippines, Inc. (VSIP), a subsidiary of Malaysian electronics manufacturing services provider VS Industry Berhad, will start operations in the Philippines by leasing space at ALogis Santo Tomas, an industrial facility in Batangas managed by AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corp. (ALLHC).“VSIP will occupy over 52,700

THE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) is working with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to boost efforts against tax evasion and dirty money.“The BIR and the AMLC will work hand-in-hand to run after criminals engaged in violations of our tax and anti-money laundering laws. These

MAARTEN VAN DEN HEUVEL-UNSPLASHLast March, while on an overseas family trip, my husband experienced severe pain in his lower back. Halfway through our vacation, the pain did not let him sleep on his back and required him to be in a wheelchair during the few