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IN a significant step toward enhancing convenience and efficiency for its members, Social Security System (SSS) officially announces the launch of its Online Payment for Contributions and Loans s...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/public-square/sss-launches-online-payment-for-contributions-and-loans-service/1943540

MARINE Conservation Institute announced that Siete Pecados Marine Park won a prestigious silver-level Blue Park Award for exceptional marine biodiversity conservation at the 9th Our Ocean Confere...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/public-square/siete-pecados-marine-park-earns-blue-park-award-for-marine-conservation/1943539

COFFEE enthusiasts and skilled baristas gathered at Figaro Coffee Monaco Strip in Taytay for the much-anticipated fourth Figaro Art of Coffee Competition. This annual event highlighted the crea...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/public-square/fourth-annual-figaro-art-of-coffee-competition-celebrates-excellence/1943538

THE British Chamber of Commerce Philippines (BCCP) hosted and convened its members in its annual general meeting at the British Ambassador's Residence last April 22, 2024. The meeting brought t...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/public-square/british-chamber-hosts-annual-general-meeting/1943537

MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Philippine forces killed an Abu Sayyaf militant, who had been implicated in past beheadings, including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese, in a clash in the ...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/news/abu-sayyaf-militant-linked-to-15-beheadings-killed-in-basilan-clash/1943535

BRINGING its operational expertise and decades of excellent performance, Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) is an investor in the Philippines' largest integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) facil...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/public-square/integrated-lng-facility-to-help-keep-lights-on-aboitizpower/1943532

GOVERNMENT Service Insurance System (GSIS) reported a net income of P37 billion for the first quarter of 2024, a 21-percent increase from its net income of P30.75 billion in the first quarter of ...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/public-square/gsis-posts-p37-b-net-income-in-q1/1943531

NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL), an innovator in global cruise travel with a 57-year history of breaking boundaries, launched its 2024 Europe travel season on April 19, 2024, with the arrival of Norw...

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TODAY'S FRONT PAGE

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OLD SUNKEN TOWN RESURFACES A general view shows the ruins of a church at the old sunken town of Pantabangan in Nueva Ecija province on April 24, 2024. Remnants of the centuries-old town of Panta...

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BOLTS BEAT FUEL MASTERS The Meralco Bolts win against the Phoenix Fuel Masters, 82-76, in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Friday, April 26, 2024. PHOTOS BY RIO DELUVIO ...

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COLD MIX A staff from one of the food stalls in Manila prepares halo-halo, a Filipino favorite during the hot months, on Friday, April 26, 2024. The combination of crushed ice, Filipino delicaci...

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'DRY RUN' Traffic enforcers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in Quezon City have their hands full issuing tickets, having vehicles parked on the sidewalk towed or clearing...

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In an industry that rewards youth, TV host and comedian Vice Ganda proudly proves that age — and the wisdom that comes with it — is something to be proud of. Fresh from his much-talked-abou...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/entertainment-lifestyle/show-times/vice-ganda-on-achieving-beauty-inside-out/1943520

Beauty Elements Ventures, Inc. (Bevi) — the beauty and skincare company first to introduce the commercial use of kojic acid in the Philippines — couldn't have chosen a better theme to celebra...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/entertainment-lifestyle/show-times/beauty-elements-ventures-inc-in-full-bloom/1943519

BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping told United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the world's two biggest economies should be "partners, not rivals," but that there were a "number o...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/world/asia-oceania/us-china-should-be-partners-not-rivals/1943518

DHAKA: Classes are canceled across Bangladesh due to searing heat, but high school student Mohua Akter Nur found the soaring temperatures at home left her in no state for homework. STUCK INDOORS ...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/world/asia-oceania/bangladeshi-kids-suffer-as-heat-wave-shuts-schools/1943517

TOKYO: A huge black barrier to block Mount Fuji from view will be installed in a popular photo spot by Japanese authorities exasperated by crowds of badly behaved foreign tourists. STRIKING SIGHT...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/world/asia-oceania/mount-fuji-view-to-be-blocked-from-tourists/1943516

LOS ANGELES: The Denver Nuggets rallied to push LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of elimination from the NBA playoffs on Thursday (Friday in Manila) as the Philadelphia 76ers,...

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A WELL-RESTED Barangay Ginebra takes on Converge as the Gin Kings resume their bid for a top 2 finish today, April 27, in the PBA Season 48 Philippine Cup at the Aquilino Pimentel Jr. Internation...

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SEMIS-BOUND Petro Gazz guns for its fifth straight victory when it battles hapless Nxled in the 2024 PVL All-Filipino Conference at the PhilSports Arena today, April 27. While their 4 p.m. clas...

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DEFENDING champion De La Salle University and University of Santo Tomas (UST) collide in the final playing date of the UAAP Season 86 women's volleyball elimination round at the Smart Araneta Col...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/sports/la-salle-ust-dispute-semis-twice-to-beat-incentive/1943501

BATANGAS CITY: Citing the large volume of trade and passengers that it handles, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday underscored the importance of the continuous expansion of the Port of Bata...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/regions/batangas-port-expansion-lifts-economy-marcos/1943500

THREE initiatives aimed at speeding up human capital development and facilitating critical projects have been approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board chaired by P...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/top-business/updates-to-ppp-rules-okd-by-neda-board/1943471

SEN. Bong Go, who chairs the Committee on Health and Demography, underscored the pivotal role of Super Health Centers (SHCs) in revolutionizing health care services for communities in need, parti...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/regions/bong-go-underscores-pivotal-role-of-shcs/1943498

BEIJING: Chinese tech giant ByteDance has said it has no plans to sell TikTok after a new law put it on a deadline to divest from the hugely popular video platform or have it banned in the United...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/top-business/tiktok-owner-no-plans-to-sell-despite-deadline/1943470

ILOILO CITY: The P1.3-billion new Capitol building of the provincial government of Capiz, which is currently under construction in the 3-hectare lot in the Pueblo de Panay Township in Roxas City,...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/regions/new-capiz-capitol-to-rise-in-strategic-site/1943497

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The US economy cooled markedly in the first three months this year, expanding less than anticipated as consumer spending and exports decelerated, according to government data re...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/top-business/us-economic-growth-markedly-slower-in-q1/1943469

THE peso regained some ground to cap a volatile week while the stock market rose for a fifth straight day to its best close in 10 days. The currency, which fell to a new 17-month low on Thursda...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/top-business/peso-recovers-a-bit-psei-returns-to-6600-territory/1943468

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is ready to address foreign exchange volatility amid pressures from a strong dollar, its top official said. "The story has been one of dollar strength rath...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/top-business/bsp-ready-to-handle-currency-volatility/1943466

BANKS effectively upheld stable credit standards during the first quarter of this year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Friday. The Senior Bank Loan Officers' Survey results i...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/top-business/bank-credit-standards-steady-in-q1/1943465

(UPDATE) VICE PRESIDENT Sara Duterte is the overwhelming choice for president in the 2028 elections, according to a survey by Oculum Research and Analytics. Duterte gained the nod of 42 percent...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/news/sara-leads-2028-presidential-poll/1943414

TALINO Venture Studios and Chemonics teamed up to create Higala, a new payment system in the Philippines that links small banks and microfinance groups, helping them join the financial network an...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/top-business/higala-payment-system-launched/1943464

THE volume of fish delivered in March totaled 55,277.46 metric tons (MT), representing an increase from the previous month's unloading, the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) repor...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/top-business/fish-deliveries-surpass-50k-mt-in-march/1943462

THE Philippines made two "arrangements" with China last year toward a peaceful resolution to the dispute over the Ayungin Shoal, a ranking Chinese official told The Manila Times. The official, ...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/news/national/ph-china-reached-understanding-in-ayungin-row-embassy-claims/1943488

ROBINSONS Retail Holdings Inc. (RRHI) on Friday reported an unaudited net income of P5.2 billion for the three months ended March 2024, more than seven times the P683 million booked in the same p...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/corporate-news/robinsons-retail-nets-p52b-in-q1/1943461

ABOITIZ Equity Ventures Inc.'s (AEV) net income for the first quarter grew 22 percent to P4.9 billion from P4 billion in the same period last year, driven by growth in its power and real estate b...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/corporate-news/aboitez-equity-grows-q1-earnings-to-p49b/1943460

FIRST lady Marie Louise Araneta-Marcos on Friday led the launch of 2GO Travel's newest Roll-On, Roll-Off passenger (ropax) vessel, the MV 2GO Masigla, at Manila's North Harbor. Frederic Dybunci...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/news/national/first-lady-leads-launch-of-2gos-newest-ship/1943487

FOLLOWING a record 2023 performance, the Ayala Group is further increasing its capital expenditure (capex) budget for this year to P284 billion to sustain its growth momentum. "The budget for t...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/corporate-news/ayala-capital-spending-raised-to-p284b-for-2024/1943458

MANUEL V. Pangilinan-led Philex Mining Corp. said Friday that net income in the first three months of 2024 plunged by about 70.5 percent to P114.7 million from P389.6 million a year earlier as re...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/corporate-news/philex-net-income-plunges-70-in-q1/1943457

IT is a fantasy for the MMDA to claim that removing the bike lanes on EDSA will improve traffic. From decades of experience, we know that removing the bike lanes do very little as more road space...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/top-business/removing-edsa-bike-lanes-is-the-wrong-thing-to-do/1943456

PANTABANGAN, Nueva Ejica: A centuries-old settlement submerged by the construction of a dam in the 1970s has reappeared as water levels drop due to a drought affecting swathes of the country. T...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/news/national/settlement-reappears-as-pantabangan-dam-dries-up/1943486

BUDGET authorities are prepared to help address the impact of the El Niño phenomenon, with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF) currently holding P15.507 billion. ...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/news/national/p15-b-allocated-for-el-nio-relief/1943485

IN today's fast-paced digital era, where small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are charting their growth journeys, recognizing the incredible power of storytelling in marketing is essential. It's n...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/top-business/empowering-smes-with-the-art-of-storytelling-in-marketing/1943455

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) was widely expected to keep its ultra-low interest rates unchanged on Friday, but analysts say the tumbling yen is putting pressure on officials to act. With the ...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/foreign-business/tumbling-yen-pressures-bank-of-japan-to-act/1943435

MORE Filipinos want the Philippines to align with the United States than with the People's Republic of China, a recent survey said. The results of a nationwide poll by Oculum Research and Analy...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/news/national/filipinos-favor-alliance-with-us-survey/1943484

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Micron is set to receive up to $6.1 billion in grants from the US government to help build its semiconductor plants in New York and Idaho, President Joe Biden said on Thursday. ...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/foreign-business/us-to-give-micron-61-billion/1943434

SEN. Raffy Tulfo has filed a resolution seeking an investigation into the power supply shortage threatening the nation, following the declaration of red and yellow alerts over the Luzon, Visayas ...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/news/national/probe-on-energy-shortage-requested/1943483

PARIS: European aviation giant Airbus posted a 28-percent increase in first-quarter profit on Thursday through rising deliveries and production, a day after archrival Boeing reported a loss. Ai...

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/27/business/foreign-business/airbus-net-profit-soars-28-in-january-march/1943433