Fourteen Filipino students won five gold, two silver and seven bronze medals in the individual final round of the 5th International Tournament Mathematics Without Borders held in Bulgaria from June 30 to July 2. This is the Philippines’ first participation in the tilt, organized by the Education without Borders Pedagogical Association (Bulgaria) and Innovation Science […]
No event of the Buddha’s Light International Association (國際佛光會) Philippine community is complete without extravagant musical performances. The 2018 BLIA Fellowship Meeting was no exception. The event opened with “FLIP 2018: A Concert for Love and Peace” where delegates and venerables – ordained Buddhist monks and nuns – from 10 Asian countries were entertained by […]
Japanese rescued, 3 face kidnap raps Japanese national Yuji Nakajima, of Tokyo, was rescued from his kidnappers in Plaridel, Bulacan on April 5. Suspects Miyashita Takashi, of Tokyo, and Filipino cohorts –siblings Roberto and Reggie Reyes, both of Pasig City – were nabbed. The victim, traveling with business partner Yusuke Obara, was kidnapped on arrival from Japan […]
After more than 10 years, kidnap victim Tariq Mian can breathe more easily after his kidnappers were meted life imprisonment by the Makati court. Judge Elmo Alameda, of Makati RTC Branch 150, found former Senior Inspector Eleazar Seiton, former Sergeant Luminog Guiapal, former Corporal Jumel Cañazares, Jonathan Melgo, Ahmad Guiamad and Beltran Tompeta guilty of […]
The Philippine Association for Chinese Studies celebrated its 30th founding anniversary with the year-long theme, “Cultivating Community, Knowledge, and Nation: 1987-2017.” The event culminated in the one-day PACS conference in Pasig City on Dec. 2. The conference underscored bilateral economic relations, while not discounting other aspects of Philippines-China relations and Chinese studies in the Philippines. […]
The political, economic and socio-cultural history of the Tsinoys is closely intertwined with that of the Filipino nation. In fact, in events that shaped the Philippines as a nation and in all aspects of Philippine life, there throbs an active ethnic Chinese presence. Thus, the study of Philippine history and society inevitably leads to further […]
The Sys and the Zobels are among this year’s Top 50 Asia’s Richest Families, according to American business magazine Forbes. Placing ninth on the list is the family of Henry Sy, with a net worth of US$20.1 billion (P1 trillion). In 43rd place is the Zobel family with a net worth of US$6.13 billion (P311.5 […]
Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits abducted six civilians, including two children, in Patikul, Sulu on Nov. 14. Meanwhile, a Vietnamese hostage died in captivity while three other Vietnamese nationals were rescued on Nov. 10 in Tawi-Tawi, according to the military’s Western Mindanao Command. Kidnapped were Jessy, 55; Nene, 56; Aloh, 22, all surnamed Trinidad, and Lucy, […]
The government of Japan conferred The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star on Dr. George S.K. Ty, group chairman and founder of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, in recognition of his contribution to strengthening the economic relations between Japan and the Philippines. As a major player in the Philippine banking sector, Ty […]
Tsinoy businesswoman Natividad Y. Cheng was named Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2017 in an awards banquet held recently at the Makati Shangri-La hotel. She will represent the country in the World Entrepreneur of the Year awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco in June 2018. Chairperson and chief executive officer of Multiflex RNC Philippines, Inc. (Uratex), […]