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Metrobank Card Corp. and AXA Philippines launch new AXA Rewards Visa Card

Finance company and general insurance agency Metrobank Card Corporation (MCC), in partnership with AXA Philippines, recently launched the new AXA Rewards Visa Card. For MCC, it adds another powerful card to its range of dynamic financial services. The AXA Rewards Visa Card, a prepaid card for its financial advisors, offers AXA’s top performing agents…

UnionBank launches private banking arm

The Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) has launched a new private banking service to help ultra-high net worth families (UHNWFs) and individuals (UHNWIs) in the Philippines navigate their wealth and build financial legacy. The dedicated service was launched recently at Manila Private House Members Club in Bonifacio Global City,…

Bridging the future

The former Las Piñas City representative underscores the need to invest in a modern infrastructure system to help boost economic development. By Alex Y. Vergara It’s public knowledge that even before Mark Villar became Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the former legislator already possessed a…

Golden Age of Philippine Infrastructure

Where do our taxes go? It’s a question often asked and almost never convincingly answered, perhaps, until now. These days, if one wonders how the government spends his or her hard-earned taxes, one simply has to look at bridges, land ports, seaports and airports—and in every brick and structure, see the…

Rafé kicks off BFW ’19 with Siargao-meets-Hawaii collection

By Alex Y. Vergara “I didn’t even know that you could surf in the Philippines,” exclaimed Rafé Totengco. The New York-based RTW and accessories designer was referring to his eye-opening experience after his first ever visit to Siargao a few seasons ago. After being based in the Big Apple for…

Mutya ng Pilipinas sets its sights on country’s “hometown girls”

Now on its 51st year, one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious homegrown beauty pageants has a new thrust and president in the person of Cory Quirino. It has also partnered with ABS-CBN, the Department of Interior and Local Governments and the Liga ng mga Barangay, as it widens…

The Peninsula Manila celebrates Forbes’ five-star rating

When Forbes Travel Guide – the gold standard in the international hospitality industry since 1958 – put out its full list of winners for 2019, the opening paragraph read, “The Peninsula Manila earned its first Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star award. Most years, that would be a headline-making achievement on its…

Philippe Charriol’s long history with Filipinos

In 1984, the Rustan Group brought Charriol to the country — the first country in Asia to carry the brand. Since then, Charriol’s cable motif watches and bracelets have become a statement piece among Filipinos, attesting to the brand’s universal appeal and Philippe Charriol’s deep appreciation of culture. Charriol, the…

This cliff diving competition puts the spotlight on El Nido as its new location

For its 11th season, the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series will make its debut on the Philippines on April 12 on the beautiful island of El Nido Palawan. This year, the competition adds three new regional locations namely El Nido, Dublin and Beirut on its seven-stop global tour. A…

Catriona Gray’s tried-and-tested tips for the 21st century beauty queen

Her homecoming press con reaffirms why the country’s fourth Miss Universe deserves the crown. And if others are dead serious in following in her footsteps, they need to satisfy, she says, four requirements: know themselves, be physically and mentally strong, be oblivious to online bashing, and wear the best waterproof…