Phoenix banked on a huge fourth-quarter rally to walk away with a 103-100 win over Terrafirma in the PBA Governors’ Cup on Thursday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig. Despite squandering a hot start, the Fuel Masters finished strong and stole the win from the Dyip, who thought a solid second quarter would be enough. Phoenix sizzled early on and scored 30 points in the first quarter, but Terrafirma went on a 27-12 second quarter to enter halftime up by 10, 52-42. The Dyip swelled their lead to as high as 17, 67-50, with less than seven minutes left

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will be selling through a public auction five used luxury cars with a total floor price of some PHP30 million. In a Facebook post, the bureau said the vehicles that will be available for sale are Porsche Boxster 2001, three Mercedes Benz (SLK55 and SLK350 both 2001 model, and E220, 2011) and Ferrari Scuderia 430, 2008. The auction will be held at the 2nd Floor Auction Room, Bureau of Treasury (BTr), Ayuntamiento Building, Cabildo St., Cor. A. Soriano Avenue, Intramuros, Manila at 10 a.m. on December 13 The total floor price of each car is

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) office in Zambales-Olongapo City gave Bagwis awards to five product retailers that extended outstanding customer service for the year 2021. DTI officer-in-charge provincial director Enrique Tacbad said in a statement on Thursday that the DTI-Bagwis Program recognizes establishments that protect the rights of consumers while promoting quality customer relations through the Consumer Welfare Desks (CWDs). He said the recipients of the Gold Seal Award on Wednesday were Abenson and Ace Hardware, both in Waltermart, Subic, Zambales; Toyota Subic in Subic Bay Freeport; Ace Hardware in SM Central-Olongapo City; and Expressions in Iba, Zambales.

The new PHP23-million broodstock and hatchery facilities at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo are expected to boost the supply of aquaculture in Western Visayas and the country as a whole. The facilities composed of a multi-species marine hatchery, multi-species freshwater hatchery and milkfish broodstock tanks were inaugurated by Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar on Thursday. In his message, SEAFDEC/AQD chief Dan D. Baliao said the structures would serve as model facilities for the multi-species hatcheries that will be built in the future under the “Fry Sufficiency Program” which they will undertake together with

Despite the World Bank announcement on the discontinuation of its Doing Business Report, the Philippines will pursue reforms in ease of doing business. The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said the country will now have a “localized version of the Doing Business Report” of the World Bank by launching the Philippine Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Reporting System. “We believe that what the World Bank has been doing is good for the country’s competitiveness ranking,” ARTA deputy director general Ernesto Perez said during the EODB Summit in Quezon City Thursday. Perez said the Philippine EODB Reporting System will adopt World Bank’s