San Miguel Shipping subsidiary chartered sunken oil tanker | The wRap

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• It was a San Miguel Shipping subsidiary that chartered MT Princess Empress

A subsidiary of San Miguel Shipping and Lighterage Corporation, SL Harbor Bulk Terminal Corporation, chartered the oil tanker that caused a Tier 2 oil spill off the coast of Oriental Mindoro.

• Court convicts ex-cop for teenager killings linked to Duterte drug war

A Navotas court convicts dismissed policeman Jefrey Perez for the murders of Rizal teenagers Carl Angelo Arnaiz and Reynaldo ‘Kulot’ de Guzman in 2017.

• ‘The Glory’ director Ahn Gil-ho apologizes for school bullying incident during stay in PH

Ahn Gil-ho, director of the South Korean drama series The Glory, apologizes for a bullying incident when he was a student in the Philippines in 1996.

• Signature Bank becomes next casualty of banking turmoil after SVB

U.S. State regulators close the New York-based Signature Bank, two days after authorities shuttered Silicon Valley Bank in a collapse that stranded billions in deposits.

• K-pop giant HYBE drops bid for SM Entertainment, ending takeover battle

Korean entertainment powerhouse HYBE withdraws its plan to take control of SM Entertainment. The move is seen as the end to a weeks-long takeover battle between HYBE and social media giant Kakao Corp.

• WOW! BTS breaks own Guinness World Record for most streamed group on Spotify

Guinness World Records announces k-pop powerhouse BTS have broken its own records on Spotify and the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.

• Unconventional ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ wins best picture at the Oscars 2023

Everything Everywhere All At Once sweeps the 2023 Academy Awards and takes home the prestigious best picture trophy as Hollywood embraced the story of a Chinese-American family working out their problems across multiple dimensions. — Rappler.com