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MANILA, Philippines – Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan are determined to bounce back from their recent LPGA Tour performances as they mix it up with the world’s best in the Ford Championship unfolding Thursday in Gilbert, Arizona (Friday Manila time).
MANILA, Philippines – Rianne Malixi is channeling her excitement into thorough preparation ahead of her highly anticipated debut in the prestigious Augusta National Women’s Amateur unfolding April 3 in Augusta, Georgia.
This is a holiday-shortened three-day trading week; on the PSE, the scheduled events start (and end) today with the Alternergy [ALTER 0.76 unch] ownership group’s shares coming out of mandatory lockup. Approximately 50% of ALTER’s 3.9 billion common shares will become active and available for trading this morning. In international markets, there aren’t really any big events scheduled either. The parade of central banks announcing interest rate decisions will continue, but this is more of the B-tier and C-tier markets that don’t have a big impact on global sentiment, like Ghana (today), Hungary (tomorrow), and Nigeria (tomorrow). That said, we’ll hear from Sweden and South Africa on Wednesday. It’s not like last week when we had Japan, Australia, Indonesia, USA, Brazil, Taiwan, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, and Mexico announce.
MANILA, Philippines – Yuka Saso faltered at the finish, missing out on a share of the clubhouse lead and slipping to joint third with an eagle-boosted 66, trailing Canadian Maude-Aimee Leblanc by two at the start of the FIR Hills Seri Pak Championship at Palos Verdes Estates in California Thursday (Friday Manila time).
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is the second happiest country in Southeast Asia, according to the annual World Happiness Report released by the University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Center in the United Kingdom.?
With a solid offshore hold, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two is closing in on $500M globally. The overseas weekend brought in $51.2M across 73 markets, a 40% drop versus last session (-37% excluding China). The international box office cume through Sunday is $289.4M, and worldwide the running total is $494.7M. The latter figure means the film has already surpassed Villeneuve’s 2021 Dune worldwide.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is banning the importation of domestic and wild birds from Sweden and the Czech Republic amid the outbreak of avian influenza in the two countries.
Swedish investors have expressed their strong interest in investing in the Philippines in light of its robust macroeconomic fundamentals, improved business climate, and highly skilled workforce during a meeting with Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto on March 8, 2024.