URC.COM.PHTHE SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) is tracking 16 potential companies that may go public, according to its chairman.“As for public listing, we currently have 16 leads, which we are still monitoring together with the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE),” SEC Chairperson Emilio B. Aquino said

PHILIPPINE STAR/BOY SANTOSTHE SENATE on Tuesday approved on second reading a bill that seeks to extend Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) franchise for another 25 years.Under House Bill No. 10926, Meralco will be allowed to continue to construct, operate, and maintain its electric distribution systems in

1 of 3IT WAS a revelation of cultural and historical significance that no one at the Vienna City Library had been aware of for over a century. Jose Rizal’s letter in 1887 to Johannes Nordmann, an Austrian writer introduced to him by his friend Ferdinand

An airplane is seen landing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, March 7, 2024. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RUSSELL PALMABy Ashley Erika O. Jose, ReporterTHE LISTING of over 15 billion shares by flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL), operated by PAL Holdings, Inc., on the stock exchange may

1 of 4AS A platform for fresh and unseen pieces of writing, fragments of artworks, loose experiments, and literary digressions, local press Exploding Galaxies’ newly launched journal e.g. aims to fill a gap. The works featured in it span early iterations that would otherwise not

BW FILE PHOTOTHE GOVERNMENT made a full award of its dual-tranche Treasury bond (T-bond) offer on Tuesday as both tenors’ rates were below secondary market levels amid strong market interest, a decline in US yields, and expectations of a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) cut

REPUBLIC BISCUIT Corp. (Rebisco) expects modest double-digit revenue growth despite concerns about rising raw material costs, a company official said.“We’re looking forward to this year being a good year, especially with the usual support and boost from all our wonderful people in politics,” Rebisco Vice-Chairman

FREEPIK(Part 9)If we accept the truth that human sexuality, marriage, and family cannot be analyzed in purely materialistic, hedonistic, or consumerist terms, then sexuality education itself must be an education in the ultimate purposes of life, love, sexuality (manhood and womanhood), and sex itself. This

1 of 7Katrina Cuenca exhibit at Galerie JoaquinUNTIL Jan. 31, artist Katrina Cuenca is displaying Tetrachromacy, a collection of experimentations in material, form, and color with several pieces on round canvas at Galerie Joaquin. The circular shape, a symbol of wholeness and good fortune, embodies

COURTESY OF DBP FACEBOOK PAGEBy Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, ReporterTHE House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third reading a bill that will replace the current charter of state-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to raise its authorized capital stock and allow it to

BW FILE PHOTOUNIVERSAL ROBINA Corp. (URC) is earmarking over P8 billion for its 2025 capital expenditures (capex) to sustain growth, the company’s president said.“We expect to be steady in our capex investments. In the past few years, we’ve been spending capex somewhere between P8 billion

PHILIPPINE STAR/ EDD GUMBANThe potential for maritime cooperation is as vast as the ocean itself — from defense cooperation to economic cooperation. The Philippines and France, as two “Blue Nations,” share similarities and affinities in terms of features and range of maritime resources.As Blue Nations,