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Emilio Yap, who was of Chinese descent, was born on September 24, 1925 [1] in Fujian Province, China. He moved to the Philippines where he studied and worked in a business owned by his grandfather in Manila, then went to Dumaguete to work as a shopkeeper. [2] He began his business career in 1942. [1]
The Manila Bulletin (PSE: MB) (also known as the Bulletin and previously known as the Manila Daily Bulletin from 1906 to September 23, 1972, and the Bulletin Today from November 22, 1972, to March 10, 1986) [4] is the Philippines ' largest English language broadsheet newspaper by circulation. Founded in 1900, [5] it is the second oldest extant ...
The Manila Standard is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines. As of 2017, it is owned by the Romualdez family. The Romualdezes, through incumbent speaker of the House Martin Romualdez, also own Journal Publications, Inc., the owner of tabloid papers People's Journal and People's Tonight. Initially established as the Manila Standard in 1987 ...
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration was established in 1982 through Executive Order No. 797. The goal of the agency's establishment was to promote and monitor the overseas employment of Filipino workers. [3] The POEA was reorganized in 1987 through Executive Order No. 247 in order to respond to changing markets and economic ...
This is a list of newspapers published in Metro Manila. Metro Manila has four major English-language daily papers: the Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and The Philippine Star. [1] [2]
The Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), or simply the Inquirer, is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines. Founded in 1985, it is often regarded as the Philippines' newspaper of record. [1][2] The newspaper is the most awarded broadsheet in the Philippines and the multimedia group, called The Inquirer Group, reaches 54 million people ...
Manila (/ məˈnɪlə / mə-NIL-ə; Filipino: Maynila, pronounced [maɪˈnilɐʔ]), officially the City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila [lʊŋˈsod nɐŋ maɪˈnilɐʔ]), is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines, after Quezon City. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified ...
Bernardo Malvar Villegas (born March 12, 1939) is a Filipino economist and writer best known for being one of the framers of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, [1] [2] for authoring a number of widely used Philippine economics textbooks, [3] and for his role in the founding of two influential Philippine business organizations, the Center for Research and Communication [4] and the Makati ...