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MANILA, Philippines — Socialite-artist Heart Evangelista is making a comeback to the big screen after nearly a decade with the international film "Infamous 6."
It’s a holiday-shortened week, and the out-of-office replies tell me that it’s probably going to be very quiet.> PH: There are a lot of stockholders’ meetings planned, but we don’t have any big technical events on the schedule.> International: We will get a whole slew of speeches from US Fed and Fed-adjacent speakers on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then the US markets will be closed on June 19 in recognition of Juneteenth Day. On Friday we’ll get the jobless claims report.
Cebu Landmasters [CLI 2.62, up 1.9%; 67% avgVol] [link] announced the opening of Citadines Bacolod City, which is a 200-room international hotel in Bacolod. This is CLI’s fourth hotel and the start of its commercial operation grows CLI’s total hotel rooms under management to over 1700. This particular hotel was developed under a joint venture with Capitaine Inc, called CCLI Premier Hotels. CLI noted a 37% y/y increase in hotel-based revenue in Q1/24, and is looking to lean into that growth sector by opening this hotel and six more over the next two years.
Ships from China and the Philippines collided Monday morning near a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea, according to statements from the two nations, the latest in a series of maritime confrontations that have increased tensions in the vital waterway.
TINGOG Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre, chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs, led other government officials on Monday in welcoming the 21 seafarers who were rescued from the MV Tutor, which was attacked by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea.
GENEVA, Switzerland — Nuclear-armed countries hiked spending on atomic weapons arsenals by a third in the past five years as they modernized their stockpiles amid growing geopolitical tensions, two reports showed on Monday.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines accused China of disrupting a routine rotation and resupply (RoRe) mission to BRP Sierra Madre at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal on Monday through the aggressive actions employed by Chinese maritime forces which damaged Philippine ships.
The Philippine government on Monday accused Chinese ships of ramming and damaging its boats in the South China Sea during a confrontation in waters off the Second Thomas Shoal, home to a garrison of Filipino troops.