The secret to this special heirloom ‘relleno’ recipe
Rellenong bangus” is one of the Filipino classics. The milkfish is stuffed with minced meat, sometimes with ground beef or pork, and—depending on whose recipe you follow—may also have green…
MPTC pushes for ‘no contact entry, exit’ on major expressways
Photo from Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation MANILA, Philippines — As plans to implement an RFID-only policy before the year ends become all the more inevitable as the government also encouraged…
EU tells US: Stop threatening our companies with sanctions
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, July 17, 2020. (Pool Photo via AP) BRUSSELS — The…
Aboitiz Power unit keeps arrangement with Meralco
A subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corp. said it was no longer disconnecting from the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) system, after an Ancillary Services Procurement Agreement (Aspa) had been signed with…
Gov’t taps Megawide for Naia rehab
In this file photo, passengers check in for their international flights after Naia resumed operations at the height of the enhanced community quarantine period in March. A group of tycoons…
BSP sees spike in Pinoys’ owning financial accounts
Benjamin Diokno Almost a third of Filipinos now have financial accounts, up from slightly less than one-fourth of the population only two years ago—a level that is expected to rise…
Robinsons Land makes P13.2B from fresh bond offer
Gokongwei-led property developer Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) has raised P13.2 billion from a new offering of local bonds as it took advantage of the slowdown in local interest rates to…
Property stocks bomb in humdrum trade
The local stock barometer slipped in another thin trading session on Friday as investors dumped large-cap stocks, especially property firms. The main-share Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 58.91 points…
Globe returns to foreign bond market, raises $600M
Industry giant Globe Telecom Inc. successfully raised $600 million following its return to the international bond market after 16 years. The fund-raising measure, coming in the middle of the new…
GMA’s Affordabox ‘selling like hot pandesal’
Television giant GMA Network Inc.’s newly launched digital TV product is seeing a surge in sales while its main rival ABS-CBN remains shut from the airwaves by the Philippine government.…