UST opens UAAP Season 88 with Olympic-inspired spectacle

MANILA, Philippines — University of Santo Tomas opened UAAP Season 88 with a large-scale celebration across its España campus on Friday, welcoming 36,629 attendees in an Olympic-style ceremony. The Thomasian community staged the kickoff at the Main Building and Open Field, marking its first hosting since Season 79 in 2016. This year’s theme is “Strength

BSP caps bank cash withdrawals at P500,000 to curb laundering

MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ordered banks to limit over-the-counter cash withdrawals to P500,000 a day. This is part of efforts to reduce money laundering risks tied to large-value transactions. This developed as the BSP investigated bank accounts linked to individuals accused of anomalies in government flood control projects. The central