CITYSTATE Savings Bank inaugurated its newest branch in Dagupan City, Pangasinan, providing high hopes of economic development for the people in the area.
Citystate Dagupan holds the distinction of being the first and only bank in the city to offer jewelry loans to the public.
AN ecotourist’s delight.
That’s probably the best way to describe Northern Samar.
It’s a coastal region blessed with so many beaches, caves and rock formations, waterfalls and hot springs, as well as popular historical and religious sites fashioned by the creative minds and hands of men.
THE national government has taken a bold step toward relevant and responsive education with the recent signing by President Aquino of the K to 12 law institutionalizing 12 years of basic education.
NOT all medicines—even those with the same generic names—are created equal. And in numerous cases, the difference—particularly in quality, divides the line between life and death for patients.
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) begins its celebration of Farmers and Fisherfolks’ Month at the agency’s main office in Quezon City on Monday by lauding the farm sector for making modest inroads into the global food market.

SOLVING the problem of unemployment in the country requires the help of the private sector as government alone cannot do it given its limited resources, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said.
DELINQUENT debtors in government’s pension fund can heave a brief sigh of relief: accounts won’t get suspended anymore.
M ALACAÑANG expects the quick passage into law of a package of reform measures and remedial legislation on its priority list, given the majority control secured by Palace allies who won additional Senate and House seats in the recently concluded congressional elections.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—True to its thrust of making quality affordable and accessible to everyone, the biggest and the best Rustan’s Supermarket is now open to “add value to life” in this “City of Golden Friendship.”
THE national government has taken a bold step toward relevant and responsive education with the recent signing by President Aquino of the K to 12 law institutionalizing 12 years of basic education.
BERLIN—Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region manages its crisis—and who should be involved.
THE Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) plans to focus on expanding the portfolio of products available in the stock market after its incumbent 15-member board on Saturday received a fresh one-year mandate.
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) begins its celebration of Farmers and Fisherfolks’ Month at the agency’s main office in Quezon City on Monday by lauding the farm sector for making modest inroads into the global food market.
CREDIT-RATING agency Fitch Ratings recently affirmed the ratings of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. (BDO), the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank).
ALYSSA LOYZAGA GIBBS and her best friend Aira Medina established their clothing business called Neon Island primarily to express their love for fashion. For Gibbs and Medina, arts and fashion are the two things that made their bond strong through the years. But establishing Neon Island was never in their career road map as they took courses in college that were not quite related to fashion.
EUROPE’S top specialist Blaupunkt is back in the Philippines, this time with a selection of stylish headphones, products designed for contemporary home entertainment, as well as modern car audio systems. Blaupunkt Philippines President Edbert Tiu said: “We are back with guns blazing armed with the latest in car and personal audio.”
THE Malaysian economy, which grew from its agricultural roots, is rediscovering possibilities in business solutions that promote green technology.
INDIANAPOLIS—The Knicks’ most successful season in nearly 20 years ended here Saturday night, 10 wins short of their first championship since 1973. Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks suffered a disheartening final defeat. They erased a 12-point third-quarter deficit, taking a three-point lead early in the fourth, but fell apart in the last five minutes and were eliminated with a 106-99 loss to the Pacers in Game Six of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
You only need to drive through the stretch of Edsa to get a full appreciation of how celebrity endorsement has come to pretty much define the landscape of advertising and marketing this side of Madison Avenue—and it’s a pretty unimaginative landscape at that, despite the celebrity firepower.
LIFE is a series of coming ins and goings. If a door closes, another one will open eventually. Especially interesting are the personalities in the fields of lifestyle, sports, politics and entertainment, where the attention span of followers, in particular, is getting shorter and shorter each passing day.
AN ecotourist’s delight.
That’s probably the best way to describe Northern Samar.
It’s a coastal region blessed with so many beaches, caves and rock formations, waterfalls and hot springs, as well as popular historical and religious sites fashioned by the creative minds and hands of men.
SOME say Manila is not the best destination in the Philippines. But for several foreign tourists and business executives who already visited the country, Manila is the place to be as it is where marble meets dust, where passion finds success.
NOT all medicines—even those with the same generic names—are created equal. And in numerous cases, the difference—particularly in quality, divides the line between life and death for patients.
WASHINGTON—For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells—a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues, but also ignites fears of human cloning.
CIRCUIT Makati, Ayala Land’s masterplanned entertainment and leisure district rising in the country’s premier financial center, will offer its first landmark residential condominium development under the Alveo Land brand.
IN the course of researching my new book, Reinventing You, I gained a newfound respect for the merits of cold calling. Ringing up total strangers on the phone doesn’t have to be a sleazy sales tactic. Instead, it can simply be a way to connect with someone you might not otherwise have access to.
THE Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) has recently entered into a partnership with Epictech Inc., a business solutions provider, to integrate the Syspro Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suite into its curriculum.
SYDNEY—Mining and port development coupled with decreasing water quality along Australia’s northeastern coast are threatening the continent’s World Heritage-listed tourist drawcard, the Great Barrier Reef.
DHAKA—As Aleya Begum sewed pants for 11 hours each day, vibrations from a power generator shuddered across the roof of her Dhaka garment factory.
IN the news last week were stories about how the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has hit a record high, exceeding the long-feared 400-parts-per-million milestone, US scientists announced.
So, what’s the big deal about CO2 and why should we be alarmed?
NEW YORK—Seven in 10 US citizens believe climate change is real and happening now. Yet most have never even contacted a government official about the issue, let alone volunteered with an environmental organization or taken other action.
VATICAN CITY—The number of Catholic priests in Africa and Asia has shot up over the past decade while decreasing in Europe, mirroring trends in the numbers of Catholic faithful that helped lead to the election of Pope Francis as the first non-European pope in over a millennium.
CHOLESTEROL is widely thought as bad for the health. But this notorious fat, which is associated to heart problems, is essential to the body, said Mary Jean Netario Cruz, an integrative-health consultant.

