The Sy siblings' SM Investments Corporation (SMIC), one of the Philippines' leading conglomerates, bagged the top spot in two categories in the recently concluded 13th Institutional Investor Corporate Awards by Alpha Southeast Asia magazine. During the event, SMIC was recognized as still the...
Universal Robina Corp. (URC), the food and beverage unit of the Gokongwei Group, has been named as one of the Philippines’ best-managed companies in a survey of hundreds of investors, brokers and analysts across Southeast Asia. The company was cited for its “strongest adherence to corporate...
Three K-pop stars will be the emcees for the 2023 Asia Artist Awards (AAA) that will be held in the Philippines for the first time in December. Host and Korean media outlet Star News revealed that Sung Han-bin of boy band Zerobaseone, IVE’s Jang Wonyoung and Kang Daniel will be the emcees...
K-pop boy band BoyNextDoor debuted at No. 1 in South Korea with their comeback album “Why..” BoyNextDoor, composed of Sungho, Riwoo, Jaehyun, Taesan, Leehan and Woonhak, released their first min-album “Why..” on Sept. 4. They debuted under Koz Entertainment of HYBE in May. ...
A Pulse Asia survey commissioned by Sen. Sherwin "Win" Gatchalian showed that only four out of 10 Filipinos are satisfied with senior high school. Based on the poll results conducted from June 19 to 23, 2023, only 41 percent of 1,200 respondents nationwide said they are satisfied with...
The first group of artists who will be attending the 2023 Asia Artist Awards (AAA) in the Philippines has been revealed. The 2023 Asia Artist Awards will be held on Dec. 14 at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan. Korea’s StarNews, the host of the AAA, revealed the first lineup of artists...
Three entertainment companies signed an agreement to hold the 2023 Asia Artist Awards (AAA) in the Philippines for the first time since its inception in 2016. It was announced on Aug. 30 that the 2023 Asia Artist Awards will be held on Dec. 14 at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan, certified by...
Get ready for South Korea’s Asia Artist Awards (AAA) , which will be held for the first time in the Philippines in December. Happee Sy-Go, chief operating officer of Pulp Live World, revealed details about the 2023 AAA, a star-studded awards ceremony, which is set on Dec. 14 at the...
Nick Deocampo and Guillermo Gómez Rivera, both natives of Iloilo, bagged the 2023 Premio Casa Asia at a recent ceremony held at the Barcelona City Council. Nick Deocampo receives his 2023 Premio Casa for Culture and Society Deocampo, academician and multi-awarded filmmaker and...
The Po family’s restaurant group Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc. (PIZZA) almost doubled its profits to P489 million during the first half of the year from P250 million in the same period of 2022 as Filipinos dined out more often to celebrate special occasions. In a disclosure to the...
Most of the Philippines’ 50 Richest on the Forbes Magazine list continue to increase their wealth with three newcomers on the list as the fortunes of the Gotianun, Yuchengco, and Lopez families have been passed on to the next generation. The combined wealth of tycoons on the 2023 Forbes list of...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. cited the need to further strengthen the Philippines' long-standing ties with the United States of America, following what he called the "volatility" in geopolitics, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. BILATERAL MEETING — President Marcos...
