CONTRACTOR Sally N. Santos, owner of the blacklisted SYMS Construction Trading, has turned over a total of P20 million in cash as part of her commitment to the restitution process, the Department of ...

Singer and songwriter Simi has signed a five-year endorsement deal with Nigeria’s MOL Tech Accessories. According to a statement made available to The PUNCH over the weekend, it was revealed that the ...

MANILA – Senator Francis Pangilinan leaned into his microphone and fired off numbers in pesos: 50 million? 10 million? 100 million? “You withdrew this in cash?” Across the hearing room sat Ms Sally ...

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Officials of SYMS Construction and IM Construction are the latest to face tax evasion complaints over anomalous flood control projects MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on ...

The Bureau of Internal Revenue on Thursday filed tax evasion complaints with the Department of Justice against SYMS Construction Trading proprietor Sally Santos and IM Construction Corporation ...

The Bronzeville Center for the Arts opened its first art installation at the site of the future African American Art and Culture Museum on Tuesday, Nov. 18, kicking off a series of art-based projects ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Audit Fraud Audit Office (COA FAO) on Friday, October 11, submitted its fifth batch of reports on the flood control anomaly in Bulacan to the Independent ...

NEW YORK, NY — October 13, 2025. Today, Forward CEO & Publisher Rachel Fishman Feddersen announced the establishment of the Sy Syms Endowment for Journalistic Excellence. The $1 million endowment, to ...

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Floodwaters submerge homes in Calumpit, Bulacan, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, following days of heavy rain brought by typhoons and easterlies. (BM/Nonoy Lacza) THE Commission on Audit (COA) has ...

During the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on Thursday, senators grilled Landbank for allowing SYMS Construction owner Sally Santos to withdraw massive sums—including P180 million, P141 million, ...