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CHIHIRO IKEDA banked on a huge overnight lead as she survived a horrendous final round meltdown to claim her second championship in the last four legs of the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour (LPGT), beating Sarah Ababa by two despite a five-over 77 in General Trias, Cavite, on Thursday. Ikeda had…

The iconic billboard reinstated on popular demand and brought back memories of bygone days

LOWER-than-expected minimum wage hikes for Metro Manila and the Western Visayas prompted fresh calls for the abolition of the regional wage boards. In a statement, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) announced plans to lobby for the amendment or repeal of Republic Act 6727 (the Wage Rationalization Act)…

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) expressed hope that the incoming administration will allot intelligence funds to strengthen the government's campaign against hoarders and profiteers.  To bolster its campaign against smugglers, profiteers, hoarders, and e-commerce scammers, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez emphasized that the DTI should link operations with the…

Students and militant groups say they had originally planned to commemorate the death anniversary of the Great Plebian and Philippine Revolution leader Gat Andres Bonifacio (monument in background, in front of the Post Office Building in Manila). But they turned their gathering into a rally to dramatize their protest against…

Volunteers, including nuns, help in the tallying of votes on Tuesday (May 10, 2022) in their central command inside the UST gym during the PPCRV-KBP Election 2022 parallel voting. The PPCRV houses the Comelec transparency server that receives election returns electronically from all parts of the country.  Photo by BERNARD…

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will resume the distribution of financial aid to rice farmers after the May 9 elections. In his message during a recent event in Nueva Ecija, Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said the DA’s rice farmers financial assistance (RFFA) program, which provides P5,000 cash…

FOR revenge travelers, money is no object. Tourism leaders and stakeholders representatives said on Wednesday during the BusinessMirror’s Coffee Club that many Filipinos who were locked down for two years during the pandemic are now spending on expensive hotels and airfare, even extra tours and purchases, just to enjoy their…

For the first time after two years of lockdown caused by the pandemic, an interfaith gathering was held for iftar, or the breaking of fast after sunset during the month of Ramadan.  The “Iftar Friendship Dinner” was co-hosted by the Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy, Religions for Peace Philippines…

HAVE boosters, will travel. For the Japanese, that’s the only way they will be able to vacation in the Philippines without being required to quarantine when they arrive home. In an interview with select reporters on Friday, Tomohiro Kaneko, vice commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) said, “For Japanese,…