LOLA AMOUR at the press launch of their album concert film (In the photo: trumpet player Tim Cruz, drummer Raffy Perez, keyboardist David Yuhico, guitarist Zoe Gonzales, vocalist Pio Dumayas, bassist Manu Dumayas, trumpet player Angelo Mesina, saxophonist Jeff Abueg). A DOCUMENTARY film on Filipino band Lola Amour’s latest album concert is now available online, […]
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Lourdes T. Gutierrez-Alfonso, president, Megaworld Corp.; Kevin L. Tan, president and chief executive officer, Alliance Global, Inc.; and Monica T. Salomon, president, Global-Estate Resorts, Inc. MEGAWORLD CORP. is expanding its portfolio to 35 townships as it starts the development of The Upper Central integrated lifestyle community in Cagayan de Oro City. […]
THE AUTHOR’S SON, Cid (right), with Studio Ghibli’s Yoda Kenichi stands in front of a poster of Studio Ghibli’s head and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Hayao Miyaki. By Beth Sanchez Lacson, THE STUDIO GHIBLI bling they wore in honor of the occasion (clockwise from top): a hand-painted bag of a sleeping Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle, […]
FIRSTGEN.COM.PH By Sheldeen Joy Talavera, Reporter LOPEZ-LED First Gen Corp. is allocating a lower capital expenditure (capex) budget for next year as it will be focusing on geothermal activities, its president said. “Next year, we will have a relatively smaller capex program. Maybe roughly around…P35 billion,” First Gen President and Chief Operating Officer Francis Giles […]
I am deeply humbled and greatly honored by this recognition for my work, both in the public and private sectors, by the most prestigious business and management organization in the country. Thank you very much, MAP. Allow me to briefly share my life in public service, both in the public and private sectors, and its […]
SAN MIGUEL CORP. (SMC) confirmed its acquisition of 7,000 hectares on Bugsuk Island in Balabac, Palawan, noting that the titles predate the 1997 Indigenous Peoples Rights Act and no certificate of ancestral domain title exists for the properties. SMC acquired the properties “through the purchase of companies that have held the titles since their original […]
Henry Sy, Sr. inside Shoemart Carriedo in the 1950s In a span of 30 years, SM Prime Holdings (PSE: SMPH) has become a dominant force in the Philippine property sector, driven by its iconic SM malls and the market-leading developments of SM Development Corp. (SMDC). Tracing its origins back to a small shoe store founded […]
Inflation may have slightly accelerated in November. — PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN By Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Reporter HEADLINE INFLATION may have picked up in November as prices of key food items rose due to the impact of several typhoons, analysts said. A BusinessWorld poll of 15 analysts conducted last week yielded a median estimate […]
Sheets five-dollar bills are seen through a magnifying glass at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington March 26, 2015. —REUTERS MORE SHORT-TERM foreign investments flowed out of the Philippines than what entered in October, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. Transactions on foreign investments registered with the central bank through […]
PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO By Aubrey Rose A. Inosante, Reporter THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’S (NG) gross borrowings fell in October as it borrowed significantly less from the domestic market, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said. Data from the BTr showed that total gross borrowings dropped by 42.6% to P129.26 billion in October from P225.2 billion in […]