Category: SPECIAL FEATURE

PHOTO CAPTION: Department of Tourism’s Bisita Be My Guest (BBMG) program was recently launched at the SM Mall of Asia that offers incentives to overseas Filipino workers who are able to invite relatives, friends, and other tourists to visit the Philippines. The campaign, which will run from January 2023 to April 2024, will give Filipinos who invite foreign tourists with travel discounts and a chance to win a condominium and free vacation trips. In photo: Department of Tourism Secretary Maria Esperanza Christina Garcia Frasco (center) with (From left to right)…

The first rooftop football pitch in the country, Cherry Turf Philippines is now officially unveiled last December 13, 2022, this marks the start of the first rooftop sports experience in the country. In partnership with SM Supermalls and One Mega’s THE GAME MAGAZINE. This project is founded by the CEO and President, Kevin James Olayvar, and Chairman, Raf Gastador of Optimal Athletics Inc.  Optimal Athletics Inc. is a sports recreational start-up company that aims to promote sports and social activities. The company aims to create opportunities and help mold the…

With just two lucky digits, you have the chance to win big on your way to a #HappyEnding with the newest, and only PAGCOR-licensed basketball ending game in the Philippines. GameX Sports, a web-based gaming service that strives to provide its consumers with the greatest possible environment in which to wager on sporting events, is the flagship online gaming product of Las Casas Gaming, Inc. The game features ending results from the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), Australia’s NBL all other professional basketball leagues, local and…

Mayor Henry “Indy” Oaminal, Jr. (2nd from left), Misamis Occidental 2nd District Rep. Sancho Fernando “Ando” Oaminal (center), and Misamis Occidental Governor Henry Oaminal Sr. distribute the first batch of Pamaskong Handog 2022 packs at the kick off event in Ozamiz City. In Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, there’s more for every family to pass around the dinner table this Christmas. Ozamiznons are enjoying triple the gifts in the distribution of the Oaminal family’s “Pamaskong Handog,” where Misamis Occidental Governor Henry Sr., Misamis Occidental 2nd District Representative Ando, and Ozamiz City…

Manila Water was among the 230 companies from ASEAN member countries to be included in the ASEAN Corporate Governance Asset Class for the year 2021. The said recognition is awarded to publicly listed companies for their outstanding corporate governance practices, following the criteria specified in the ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard. Manila Water has achieved another milestone as the Company was awarded for its outstanding corporate governance practices in the ASEAN Corporate Governance Regional Assessment for the year 2021. Manila Water was among the 32 companies in the Philippines to be…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Republic of Korea through Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on Wednesday, December 7, announced the closure of the successful partnership programme “Integrated Nutrition and Health Actions for the First 1,000 Days” (‘F1KD’ programme). The four-year program aimed to address malnutrition in the three provinces of Samar, Northern Samar, and Zamboanga del Norte (ZdN)—areas with the highest indicators of child malnutrition and those prone to natural disasters. Across the three project provinces, there was a remarkable improvement in child health and nutrition, and…

Namigay ng Php200,000 na cash prize si Pangulong Bongbong Marcos sa bawat isa sa siyam na outstanding OFW sa nakaraang KABAYAN 2022 ng Go Negosyo. Ibinahagi ito ni First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos sa kaganapan sa SM Mall of Asia sa Pasay City noong Dec. 3. Kasama ni First Lady sina (L-R) Raj Uttamchandani ng Esquire Financing, Alice Eduardo ng Sta. Elena Construction, Dept. of Migrant Workers Sec. Susan Ople, Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion, ang First Lady, DTI Sec. Alfredo Pascual, Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano, at si Tessie…

Local company acquires exclusive distributorship of the 95% effective vaccine The recent partnership between local company KPP Powers Commodities (KPP Powers) and AVAC Vietnam Joint Stock Company (AVAC) marked an important milestone in the country’s ongoing struggle against the African Swine Fever (ASF) epidemic. With their agreement now formalized, KPP Powers is now the exclusive distributor of AVAC’s ASF Live Vaccine, which is the only product of its kind with a government authorization for export and a duly approved Certificate of Product Registration from Vietnam. ASF has decimated swine farming…