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BSP eyes PH shift to coin-lite society

January 17, 2025
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will double down on its efforts to promote digital payments in the country by eventually weaning the country from its dependence on coins for payments. The transition to a coin-lite society will start once the BSP ...

BIZ BUZZ: IMF called out, again

January 17, 2025
First, it was Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona Jr. who called them out. Now, it’s Finance Secretary Ralph Recto. We’re talking about the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which recently urged the government to immediately restor...

Flag carrier boosts Clark-Busuanga flights

January 17, 2025
By March 1, Philippine Airlines (PAL) will increase the frequency of its flights between Clark and Busuanga, the gateway to popular tourist destination Coron, Palawan. The flag carrier, in a statement on Thursday, said that it would boost its Clark-Bus...

Focus on the future

January 17, 2025
If the Department of Agriculture (DA) focuses on the future, it must fully support the 2025 Department of Education (DepEd) school feeding program. This is a key solution to an impending disaster. If our severe malnutrition is not immediately addressed...

Helping ourselves face the storm

January 17, 2025
There is no urgent need any more for me to alert people about the erratic and turbulent tendencies for life in 2025. I have been consistently pointing to it these last few years because the pattern had started earlier. In fact, the 2020 Covid 19 pandem...

Ha Seung-jin calls four-point shot ‘strange but fun,’ suggests it for KBL

January 16, 2025
Maybe the Korean Basketball League (KBL) should adopt the four-pointer. Ha Seung-jin offered as much after the former NBA player saw with his own eyes the controversial shot when he graced the PBA on Thursday night. He actually never had any idea about its existence until he paid the Filipino league a visit, admitting that […]
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Magnolia hangs on, edges Phoenix to keep PBA Comm’s Cup dreams alive

January 16, 2025
Magnolia kept its playoff hopes up after surviving Phoenix, 110-104, in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup on Thursday night at the Philsports Arena in Pasig. The Hotshots looked poised to cruise to the win after establishing a 14-point lead with less than six minutes to spare, but had to repel a hijack attempt that saw the […]
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KBL: Cagulangan’s breakout for Suwon KT falls short as Belangel, Daegu KOGAS soar to win

January 16, 2025
Andrew Nicholson spoiled the breakout performance of JD Cagulangan, scoring 34 points and sinking a game-winning fadeaway jumper to lift Daegu KOGAS Pegasus to a thrilling 76-74 victory over Suwon KT Sonicboom in the 2024-25 KBL season at the Daegu Gymnasium. With the game tied at 74-all after a layup by Sonicboom’s Shin Heo Hoon […]
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PBA: Rain or Shine dominates NorthPort, snaps two-game skid

January 16, 2025
Rain or Shine snapped out of its two-game funk by sending the erstwhile top-seeded NorthPort slumping all of a sudden, 127-107, in the PBA Season 49 Commissioner’s Cup on Thursday evening at the Philsports Arena in Pasig. The Elasto Painters finished the first quarter with nine unanswered points to establish a 33-18 lead and that […]
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