Pangilinan, Aquino, Diokno are 2025 senatorial bets says LP’s de Lima

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 02/22/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Former senators Kiko Pangilinan and Bam Aquino, along with human rights lawyer Chel Diokno, are the initial 2025 senatorial bets of Liberal Party (LP). LP spokesperson Leila de Lima announced on Thursday. De Lima,…

Business and gov’t execs, netizens lament New Year air traffic system glitch

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 01/01/2023

  MANILA, Philippines — A number of air travelers — including elected officials, businessmen and netizens have denounced the technical glitch that hounded the country’s air traffic system and grounded hundreds of domestic and international flights on New Year’s…

MVP: CCLEX is proof of successful PPPs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Business tycoon, Manny V. Pangilinan (MVP), who also chairs the Metro Pacific Tollway Corporation (MPTC) on Wednesday said that the Cebu Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) is proof that the public and private sectors…

MVP eyes more mega projects in Cebu

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Biz mogul, Manny Velez Pangilinan or MVP, the chairperson of the Metro Pacific Tollway Corporation (MPTC), is eyeing more projects in Cebu following the Cebu Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) milestone. Pangilinan said they…

mWell: Philippines’ first fully integrated health and wellness app

07/27/2021

Technology plays a big role in bringing in the latest advancements to help us with our day to day activities as we live in a new normal today and are to forced to make adjustments for it.…

Gov’t should not be pressured by China’s donation of COVID-19 vaccine, says Pangilinan

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 01/17/2021

MANILA, Philippines — China’s donation of 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines should not pressure the Philippine government to approve its use, Senator Francis Pangilinan said Sunday. Pangilinan made the remark after China State Councilor and Foreign Minister…

Senators back ABS-CBN franchise revival

Maila Ager - Reporter / @MAgerINQ 01/04/2021

MANILA, Philippines— Several senators rallied behind a bill reviving the franchise of ABS-CBN with the head of the committee on public services promising to give “utmost priority” once it is referred to the panel. No less than…

Angara, Pangilinan call for suspension of online transaction fees amid pandemic

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 10/01/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Senators Sonny Angara and Francis Pangilinan want the collection of online transaction fees suspended amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In separate statements, Angara and Pangilinan called for the extension of the waiver on…

Bullet Dumas, fellow musicians protest Marcos Day in Ilocos Norte: ‘We don’t honor dictators’

Ian Biong 09/03/2020

Several musicians have joined other individuals and groups in protesting the proposal to declare Sept. 11 a special non-working holiday in Ilocos Norte to commemorate the birth anniversary of former President Ferdinand Marcos. Singer-songwriter Bullet Dumas, a…

Pangilinan on Sona 2020: Why no mention of Duque, Philhealth officials?

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 07/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The removal from office of Health Secretary Franciso Duque and alleged corrupt officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) should have been announced during the President’s fifth State of the Nation Address amid…

Artist Pangilinan shares his journey to float-making success in Sinulog, other festivals

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Artists, like their arts, fade away with their eyes wide open — starving to death. So was Ernesto Pangilinan told when he began painting Christmas cards back in sixth grade in the 1960s.…

6K Cebuanos join Cebu leg of SEA Games Torch Run at South Coastal Road

Mars G. Alison 11/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — About 6,000 Cebuanos registered for the second leg of the 30th Southeast Asian Games Torch Run to show their support for the Filipino athletes who will be competing in the biennial meet.  Cebuanos…

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