HOLLYWOOD— He's fit, he's happy and he's on track to logging the targeted number of sparring rounds and, most of all, he isn’t planning to hide behind a wall of excuses no matter how the fight turns out.

WITH THE WAVE OF BRAZILIAN MODELS hitting the Philippines, I wonder how Filipinos are doing in the modeling industry. So I sat down with three emerging models.

The demand for more information technology (IT) skilled workers from the Philippines continues to grow as the global economy recovers from the credit crunch.

Every time President Macapagal-Arroyo makes a performance report on her presidency, she always puts on top of her list the economic reforms she has put in place, like the expanded value-added tax.

Protests over the “midnight sale” of the Philippine property in Fujimi are mounting as Filipinos and Japanese alike say the Philippine government should keep it and “preserve the shared cultural and historical rights of Filipino and Japanese people.”

Government agents seized rifles, grenades and ammunition in a raid of a house believed to be a temporary hideout of the Alvin Flores robbery gang.

The country has become more liquid to meet its foreign currency-denominated requirements such as imports and maturing debts as its gross international reserves hit a new historic high of $43.2 billion in October.

After Bong Revilla and Edu Manzano, it’s Ronnie Ricketts’ turn to head the Optical Media Board, which is charged with the important task of foiling screen pirates’ nefarious schemes and upholding producers’ rights and welfare. Some people may find Ricketts a surprising choice, but those familiar with the self-effacing star-producer’s principled work believe that he’s the right person for the job.