WATCH | Ayala Group looks back at almost two centuries of nation-building and serving Filipinos
Last July, the country’s oldest conglomerate launched #BrigadangAyala to address the needs of the diversified communities they serve.…
Cebu Air net loss widens to ₧13.79 billion
Cebu Air Inc., the operator of budget carrier Cebu Pacific, saw its net loss widening in the first…
August 11, 2021
Lazada partners with Kwik.insure to provide free COVID-19 insurance to customers
Lazada, the leading e-commerce platform in the Philippines, has partnered with Kwik.insure, the Philippines’ largest online insurance marketplace,…
August 11, 2021
Globe hikes capex to fund additional network projects
Globe Telecom Inc. raised its capital expenditures (capex) for 2021 by almost a tenth to P76 billion after…
August 9, 2021
Jollibee opens Smashburger store in Chicago
Jollibee Foods Corp.’s (JFC) Smashburger on Monday said it opened its first store in downtown Chicago and Washington…
August 9, 2021
Puregold income up by 17% in H1
Puregold Price Club Inc., the grocery chain led by businessman Lucio Co, said its income reached P3.99 billion…
August 9, 2021
3 power facilities to go offline
Three power facilities with 1,047 megawatts (MW) in combined capacity may not be able to run when the…
August 9, 2021
Ayala Land REIT H1 income up 31% after asset infusion
Areit Inc., the real estate investment trust (REIT) of Ayala Land Inc. (ALI), said its income in the…
August 9, 2021
SMC posts strong results in H1 despite Covid curbs
Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) said its income for the first semester reached P29.57 billion, a turnaround from…
August 5, 2021
D&L’s Batangas plant to start commercial operation in May 2022
Chemical manufacturer D&L Industries Inc. has decided to push back the commercial operation date of its Batangas plant…
August 5, 2021
AC Energy to invest $10 million in overseas solar projects
AC Energy Corp. (ACEN), through its subsidiary AC Renewables International (ACRI), will pour $10 million in fresh funds…
August 5, 2021
ICTSI net income up 73% in H1
Port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) saw its net income attributable to equity holders surging by…
August 5, 2021
Emperador, DMCI exit PSE index
Liquor maker Emperador Inc. and construction conglomerate DMCI Holdings Inc. have been booted out of the benchmark 30-company…
August 5, 2021
Petron records net income of ₧3.87 billion in January-June
Petron Corp. ended the first semester with a net income of P3.87 billion, a turnaround from the P14.24-billion…
August 4, 2021
SMIC income nearly triples to ₧20.1 billion in H1
SM Investments Corp. (SMIC), the holding firm of the Sy family, said its income nearly tripled to P20.1…
August 4, 2021
AirAsia expands cargo business
As commercial flights have been limited due to the potential spread of Covid-19’s Delta variant, budget carrier AirAsia…
August 4, 2021
MPIC core income climbs 13% to ₧5.3 billion in January-June
Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) said it posted a core income of P6 billion in the first semester,…
August 4, 2021
EDC wins highest award from ASEAN Occupational Safety and Health Network
First Gen-owned renewable energy leader Energy Development Corporation’s (EDC) Mount Apo Geothermal Project (MAGP) received the ASEAN OSHNET…
August 4, 2021
Bloomberry losses narrow to ₧1.9 billion in January-June
Bloomberry Resorts Corp., the operator of Solaire Resort and Casino, on Tuesday said its losses narrowed to P1.9…
August 3, 2021
Aboitiz allots ₧190 billion for energy projects
Aboitiz Power Corp., the largest owner and operator of renewable energy (RE) projects in the Philippines, has allocated P190 billion for projects that will enable the company to hit a 50:50 balance between its renewable and thermal capacities by 2030.
House OKs bills on water franchises
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on third and final reading two bills granting franchises to Manila…
August 3, 2021
BiotechJP taps solar power
EEI Power Corp., a subsidiary of Yuchengco-led EEI Corp., has completed the installation of an 83.2-kWp solar rooftop…
August 3, 2021
SM Prime profit up 12% in January-June
Shopping mall operator SM Prime Holdings Inc. on Monday said its net income rose 12 percent to P11.6…
August 2, 2021
SMC to inoculate 35K workers in 5 weeks
Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) on Monday said it is targeting to inoculate over 35,000 of its employees…
August 2, 2021
Phoenix net income grows by 9% in Q2
Phoenix Petroleum said it recorded a 9-percent increase in net income in April to June on account of…
August 2, 2021
Cebu Pacific starts vaccination drive
Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines’s leading carrier, rolled out last July 28 its vaccination program which will inoculate…
August 2, 2021
SEC creates office for fintech regulation
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has created a new division which aims to regulate the country’s emerging…
August 2, 2021
NGCP targeting to complete VisMin power grid in Q1 2022
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is aiming to complete the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) within…
August 2, 2021
Cebu Pacific brings home Filipinos from UAE
Special commercial flight manned by fully-vaccinated crew members
July 30, 2021
Cebu Pacific Official Advisory on GCQ with heightened restrictions and ECQ on August 6, 2021
The Philippine government, through the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) Resolution No 130-A, has placed the NCR Plus Area under a more stringent General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with…
July 30, 2021
Fujifilm finds new niches, record profits amid pandemic
Fujifilm outlived the decline of traditional photography and has logged record profits after diversifying into a wide range of businesses, from drugs and cosmetics to advanced materials, cameras and other types of imaging machines.
Google delays return to office, mandates vaccines
The delays by Apple and Google could influence other major employers to take similar precautions, given that the technology industry has been at the forefront of the shift to remote work triggered by the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Jollibee forms joint venture with Malaysian franchisee
Local fast-food giant Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) on Thursday said it is forming a joint venture (JV) with…
July 29, 2021
‘Easing of Covid curbs buoys Emperador’s H1 performance’
Emperador Inc., the liquor firm of businessman Andrew Tan, said its attributable income grew by 53 percent to…
July 29, 2021
AboitizPower income hits ₧4 billion in Q2
Aboitiz Power Corp. posted P4 billion in net income in the second quarter, bringing its first-half net income…
July 29, 2021
Government urged to speed up energy transition
Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP), the largest automotive company in the country, has called for the implementation of competition…
July 29, 2021
Spectrum energizes solar farm
The Manila Electric Co.’s renewable energy subsidiary, Spectrum, has energized a one-megawatt (MW) solar farm within Maynilad’s La…
July 29, 2021
Foodpanda: Glitch caused riders’ suspension
Foodpanda said it had a technical glitch in its rider software, which caused the 10-year suspension of some…
July 29, 2021
Gender equity at the bottom of firms’ priority list–IBM
Despite the advantages of promoting gender equity in a corporate setting, IBM Philippines Country Manager Aileen Judan-Jiao said…
July 29, 2021
Malampaya shutdown to hike generation charge–Meralco
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s largest electricity distribution utility, is anticipating an increase in power generation…
July 28, 2021
ECs told to pay overdue power bills
The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) has issued final warnings to two electric cooperatives (ECs)…
July 28, 2021
Hidilyn Diaz is PAL’s first ‘forever flyer’
Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz is Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) first “forever flyer” after the flag carrier rewarded her…
July 28, 2021
Tiu acquires stake of foreign investor in Greenergy
Businessman Antonio Tiu, who owns listed firm Greenenergy Holdings, is consolidating his ownership of Greenergy and his agribusiness…
July 28, 2021