THE PHILIPPINES is reviving a push for companies to help fund infrastructure from airports to bus lanes now worth $43 billion, aiming to keep its luster as one of Asia’s growth stars amid limited fiscal space. President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s administration wants to accelerate over

1 of 2ART will once again be accessible to many at the Jaime Velasquez Park in Makati City this March.More than 60 exhibitors representing galleries, art collectives, independent art spaces, and student groups will showcase diverse Filipino talent at the 18th edition of Art in

THE MANILA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA under the direction of Maestro Marlon Chen.FAST approaching its centennial, the 97-year-old Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has decided to gear up for a campaign that promotes orchestral music in the Philippines, in the form of gala concerts and tours across the

1 of 9Rep presents Pinter’s BetrayalTO start its 87th season, Repertory Philippines brings Betrayal by British theater icon and Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, to Manila. It is currently running until March 17 at the Carlos P. Romulo Theater in RCBC Plaza, Makati. Directed by

AYALA-BACKED ACEN Australia and Marubeni Asian Power Singapore announced on Tuesday a joint investment of A$250 million, or around P9 billion, in a 400-megawatt-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Australia.The two energy companies had signed a cooperation agreement in Melbourne, Australia, Ayala’s ACEN

CAIRO — A joint Egyptian-US archaeological mission has uncovered the upper part of a huge statue of King Ramses II during excavations south of the Egyptian city of Minya, Egypt’s tourism and antiquities ministry said on Monday.The limestone block is about 3.8 meters (12.5 feet)

CEBU-BASED Conglomerate Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. (AEV) saw its consolidated net income for 2023 fall by 2% to P23.5 billion from the previous year, reflecting mixed results across its business units.AEV’s core net income last year, excluding the nonrecurring net gains of P1.4 billion, rose

REGIONE.SICILIA.ITROME — A giant statue dating back about 2,500 years has been restored to Sicily’s Valley of the Temples, an archeological site which ancient Greek poet Pindar described as “man’s finest city.”The eight-meter-high representation of the mythological giant Telamon once supported the temple of Zeus,

BW FILE PHOTO(Part 5)In ordinary circumstances in which households are not suffering from extreme poverty (as in the case of 22% of Filipinos today), the individuals most responsible for the education of the youth are the parents first, the teachers next, and the students themselves,