Alex Eala arrived at the Strasbourg Open looking sharp, fearless, and very much at home on clay. For one set, she looked like she might also be leaving with a quick victory and somebody else’s confidence packed in her tennis bag.
Under the stone-cold gaze of the marble statues surrounding Pietrangeli Court, Alex Eala authored another chapter in her increasingly fearless European clay campaign—this time with a side of revenge.
Notarized deeds of donation and testimony in a plunder case show that a total P75 million given to Senator Rodante Marcoleta by former congressman Mike Defensor, and businessmen Joseph Espiritu and Aristotle Viray was intended to support the lawmaker’s 2025 senatorial campaign, rather than for personal use.
Persistent power alerts in the Visayas have prompted the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association Inc. (PHILRECA) to call for major government-led structural reforms in the energy sector.
Nestlé Philippines has committed nearly P500 million to expand its manufacturing facility for Chuckie chocolate drink in Tanauan City, Batangas, marking a major move to scale up output and respond to rising consumer demand.
Filinvest Group has rolled out two key energy efficiency initiatives: an EV charging station at Festival Mall in Muntinlupa City, and broader availability of its high-efficiency district cooling systems for companies outside its portfolio.