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‘Heneral Luna’ stays away from latest battle, but wins anyway.

Not expecting to win the coveted Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival, John Arcilla, who gained national fame in 2015 with his widely acclaimed portrayal of the Filipino revolutionary general Antonio Luna, decided to miss the red-carpeted battle ground in Venice. John Arcilla receives his…

Caritas Manila’s digital telethon to fund college scholarship program

Scholarship is open to poor but deserving students nationwide, but priority will be given to incoming college students and those taking up vocational-technical courses from the country’s poorest provinces and from among the urban poor in Metro Manila. The digital telethon is set on Monday, September 13. “Education is the…

Power couple: Dennis Anthony & Maria Grace Uy debut on Forbes’ 50 Richest in the Philippines list

With an impressive net worth of $2.8 billion, PeopleAsia’s “Men Who Matter” 2021 awardee Dennis Anthony Uy and wife Maria Grace, co-founders of Converge ICT Solutions, made their debut on the Forbes’ 50 Richest in the Philippines list, landing on the sixth spot. According to sources in Converge, the low-profile…

LRay, Migz pay tribute to late Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Villafuerte Sr.

Former Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Villafuerte Sr. breathed his last at 12:35 a.m., Sept.9, at St. Luke's Medical Center - BGC, Taguig City, according to his son, Rep. LRay Villafuerte. He was 86. Former CamSur Rep. Luis Villafuerte Sr./ Photo by Mau Aguasin Aside from confirming his father's passing through…

It’s raining deals as leading online seller unleashes 9.9 “Big Brands Sale”

Typhoon Jolina may have already dumped an unprecedented amount of rain in various parts of the country, but the wet season isn’t over yet, as Lazada plans to unleash its own brand of typhoon—definitely the good kind—as it rains down huge bargains starting tomorrow. This 9.9 (September 9), look forward…

Premier auction house launches biggest annual auction

With “worlds we create” as its theme, this year's much awaited “Well-Appointed Life” auction of 130 Philippine artworks, including a Hidalgo, Joya, BenCab and Alcuaz, and 200 connoisseur-level objects is not only a portal to the past, but also a doorway to a whimsical future. It also aims to spark…

SMDC ICE Tower: A new normal real estate ‘RESO-lution’

By JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ From the downsized physical operations of many businesses, to the rise of upstart businessmen and women engaging in their own ventures from home — there are many reasons to think that Residential-Office (RESO) developments could very well emerge as the real estate trend of…

Philippines receives first-ever award from the Venice Biennale

After a 51-year hiatus since the country first joined in 1964, it was able to join the Venice Art Biennale once again in 2015 and the Venice Architecture Biennale the following year through the efforts of then Sen. Loren Legarda. Six years after rejoining the global art platform, the Philippines…

Soft on marine life, tough on environmental pollutants

This direct selling company’s new packaging is expected to decompose in landfills within approximately five to 10 years, which is 100 times faster than the standard plastic bottle that could take up to 1,000 years to disintegrate. A single piece of plastic that finds its way into the sea is…

St. Luke’s chief: New treatments, vaccination, vitamins spell hope in fighting COVID-19

BY JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ Despite the recent spike in COVID-19 cases and the extension of several quarantine measures in various parts of the Philippines, St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) president and CEO Dr. Arturo S. De La Peña believes that the country has reason to hope when it…