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‘Fearless’ Maria Ressa receives Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

BY JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ OSLO, NORWAY -- Journalist Maria Ressa received the Nobel Peace Prize from Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen, who called the first Filipino Peace laureate “a fearless defender of freedom of expression.” Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa delivers her lecture in Oslo/ Screengrab from Nobelprize.org…

toktok: One year, 1.5 million downloads and innumerable opportunities later

As it zooms past its first anniversary on Dec.8, toktok continues to break new ground — riding strong on the wheels of thousands of riders, franchisees and operators, as well as hundreds of retailers who have since signed on to be part of the country’s first all-Filipino delivery and logistics…

NexGen Asia’s CEO is a ‘serial entrepreneur’

Apart from being CEO and founder of security and technologies firm NexGen Asia, businessman Fred Eric Hui is also part-owner of a bar, a few restaurants and several food kiosks. He also owns an advertising firm, a basketball team and a ‘bed and brewery’ business. Together, these ventures have earned…

Classics for the Modern Age: The Tissot PRX 40 205 and PR 100 Sport Chic

In a world where everything’s gone digital, why own a traditional watch? The answer is simple: because aside from telling the time, they also tell a story. And it’s a story about who you are. Christi McGarry wears the PR 100 Sport Chic Traditional watches let you show character, style,…

PLDT’s Anabelle Lim Chua is ING-Finex “CFO of the Year”

For the second straight year, a woman proved herself as the country's most “game-changing” CFO and outstanding finance steward in the most prestigious awards program for finance chief officers . PLDT’s Anabelle Lim Chua was named as the 2021 ING-Finex "CFO of the Year" in the 15th edition of the…

Megaworld offers sophisticated urban living with The Albany

Inspired by the ultra-luxury apartments around Hyde Park in London, The Albany rises in one of the most sought-after addresses in Metro Manila — Megaworld’s 34.5-hectare township known as McKinley West. The Albany, located in McKinley West Located just beside Forbes Park and the Manila Polo Club, McKinley West has…

‘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…

TPC & Lueur Lauren’s Lorenzo Rellosa: From zero to hero

For nine years now, this entrepreneur has been leading not one, but two of the country’s fastest-growing networking communities. In doing so, he has brought opportunities to the seven-million-strong army of networkers under his wing — many of whom mirror his journey from being a tricycle driver to the head of his…

Manny Pacquiao: Bowed but not broken

With the entire T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas chanting his name, this Filipino modern-day gladiator gallantly conceded defeat and declared, “Let’s face another tomorrow.” Losing to Cuban Yordenis Ugas for the (super) welterweight crown, Sen. Manny Pacquiao said with his head high in an interview with sports reporter Heidi Androl…

Manny Pacquiao: Bowed but not broken

With the entire T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas chanting his name, this Filipino modern-day gladiator gallantly conceded defeat and declared, “Let’s face another tomorrow.” Losing to Cuban Yordenis Ugas for the (super) welterweight crown, Sen. Manny Pacquiao said with his head high in an interview with sports reporter Heidi Androl…