By DENNIS GUEVARRA In the tumultuous year of 2020, I, a dedicated financial executive in the heart of Singapore’s bustling financial landscape, found myself at a crossroads. The global pandemic had upended life as we knew it and I, like many, faced the daunting challenge of maintaining both...
Okada Manila is expecting 2024 to be a better year for the integrated resort and casino on expectation that tourism will be normalized after the Covid crisis is almost over. In an interview, Okada Manila Chief Managing Officer Kenji Sugiyama said, “we still see more opportunity after Covid and...
Davao tycoon Dennis A. Uy has found a new partner in Japanese gaming firm Universal Entertainment Corporation (UEC), which has agreed to complete the partially-developed Emerald Bay Resort in Cebu. UEC will be developing the casino resort complex through Philippine subsidiary Tiger Resort Leisure...
The country had fewer unemployed persons in October this year at 4.2 percent or 2.9 million individuals, according to a report by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). This was significantly lower than the 4.5 percent recorded in the same month last year, and 4.8 percent in July this year. It...
PH Resorts Group Holdings Inc., the gaming and tourism holding company of Dennis A. Uy’s Udenna Group, reported that it has failed to seal a deal for the sale of its Mactan resort and casino project to AppleOne Properties Inc. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), PH Resorts...
The cost of rice in the country went up despite the inflation rate easing to 4.1 percent, the lowest reading in 20 months since March a year ago. The inflation record during the month was significantly lower than the 8 percent in the same period last year, and 4.9 percent in October 2023....
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has committed to support the Philippine Judiciary's digitalization and modernization program, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. File photos The PCO said this after Special Envoy to South Korea for Digital Transformation Dennis Anthony Uy led a...
Certificates of live-birth, marriage, and death will now be recognized and accepted in all government or private transactions regardless of the issuance date. This as the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) signed the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 11909, or the...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has gone on boats to reach far-flung communities in its final leg of national identification card registration this year. PSA has launched an initiative called "PhilSys On Boat,” where officers of Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) will reach...
DITO Telecommunity Corporation Chairman Dennis Uy’s stake in the corporation continues to shrink with the latest sale of 16.89 percent or 3.3 billion shares of DITO CME Holdings Corporation to raise P3.3 billion. In its disclosures to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), DITO CME Board of...
Dennis Uy’s Phoenix Petroleum Philippine Inc. approved the selling of its ownership stake in PNX Petroleum Singapore Pte. Ltd. via share buy back. “The divestment is consistent with and pursuant to the Liability Management Exercise [LME] in order to generate additional working capital to...
By DENNIS GUEVARRA Eggs, those humble oval wonders, have been an integral part of our breakfast tables for generations in the form of tapsilog and whatever-silog there is. In the Philippines, eggs are not just a food item. They are a big part of the Filipino culture and the Filipino culinary...
