THE SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday warned illegal lending companies of the new penalties under Republic Act No. 11765 or the Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act (FCPA), as it took down another illegal lending operation.In a media release, the regulator said

MJC INVESTMENTS Corp. (MJCI) intends to convert into equity about P2.43 billion in deposits from shareholders to move its owners’ equity into positive territory.In a regulatory filing, the company said the conversion of the deposits from noncurrent liabilities into equity “would be more than sufficient

1 of 2“IT’S all just a natural consequence of aging,” Michael Chan was told by his doctor in 2017, after being prescribed an array of maintenance medicines after he discovered he was pre-diabetic.As an aesthetician running laser clinics under the Lumiere Skin and Spa, and

CENTURY PACIFIC FOOD, INC. said its majority shareholder had approved the sale of shares equivalent to a 3% stake in the listed food products maker via a private placement.In a regulatory filing on Monday, the company said the shares were sold at a price of

ALIWAN FIESTA, an annual event that gathers festive traditions from the different regions in the Philippines, returns to the streets of Manila and Pasay on July 13 to 15.But this year the parade route will limited to the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex due

CIRTEK HOLDINGS Philippines Corp. posted an 11.3% decline in its attributable net income to $1.57 million in the first quarter from $1.77 million last year.The decline came about after it recorded a 13.4% decrease in its top line to $17.11 million in the first three

1 of 6Jessica Sanchez live in Salon De NingJESSICA Sanchez, the Filipina-American singer-songwriter who rose to prominence following her finish as first runner-up on the 11th season of American Idol is set to debut in Salon de Ning of The Peninsula Manila on May 25

By Adam Minter NOBODY should have been surprised when California’s Pajaro River burst through a levee this spring, flooding homes and dislocating thousands of people. Warnings that the levee system was inadequate date back decades. California’s recent drought, the worst in 1,200 years, dried out and

LISTED real estate developer Sta. Lucia Land, Inc. recorded a net income of P1.26 billion during the first quarter, up 11.5% from P1.13 billion a year ago, due to higher revenues.In the company’s financial statement, it booked a 16.7% jump in revenues to P3.57 billion

Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon.CANNES — Lily Gladstone, who grew up on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and stars in Martin Scorsese’s study of white society’s treachery, said the director was a powerful ally in telling the world what communities