San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) Luzon Clean Water Development Corporation (LCWDC) will make available potable and affordable water from the Angat reservoir to more than 350,000 households in Bulacan by early 2025. In a statement, SMC said this comes as it starts implementation of Stage 3A of the...
Lipa Archbishop Emeritus Ramon Arguelles has called on the faithful to be active missionaries following the example of St. Therese of the Child Jesus. St. Therese of the Child Jesus (Facebook) Archbishop Arguelles said St. Therese wanted to spread the faith as a missionary in Asia. “St. Therese...
EDITORS DESK Ramon Bonilla It will be a busy year for Filipino athletes. Highlighted by two World Cups of different settings but of the same value, and continental and regional sporting events that should attract the fiercest of competitors, the athletes are all armed and ready to represent the...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC), together with Rural Rising Ph (RuRi), has so far rescued over 1.7 million kilograms of fruits and vegetables from farmers struggling to sell their harvests since the pandemic started in 2020. In a statement, SMC said its partnership with RuRi has helped boost incomes...
But first New Year greetings from eight of the icons of the Philippine private sector (Cover design by Jovanni Bernasol) In the OCTA Research-organized, Tugon ng Masa (TNM) National Survey conducted between Oct. 23 and 27, 2022 through face-to-face interviews with 1,200 male and female Filipinos 18...
Despite the reopening of the Philippine economy and the resulting recovery of businesses, the year 2022 has not been kind to the local stock market. Earlier gains made on the back of the country’s improving Covid-19 situation as well as the traditional post-election rally eventually dissipated...
SMC Infrastructure expects the holiday traffic "exodus" to peak this week and declared a toll holiday for Christmas and New Year. The infrastructure arm of San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is once again waiving all toll fees at the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR), South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), the...
While various big business groups have aired their opposition to the government’s plan to establish a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) called the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), the Philippine Stock Exchange came out to voice its support for the proposal. In a short statement, PSE President Ramon S....
Eagle Cement Corporation is getting ready for its voluntary delisting from the Philippine Stock Exchange as its public float dropped to less than one percent after San Miguel Corporation acquired P12.61 billion Eagle shares through a tender offer. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange,...
D&L Industries Inc., the country’s largest green chemicals and food ingredients producer, is expected to exceed this year’s record performance in 2023 as the economy continues to reopen while domestic and export sales will get a boost from the opening of its Batangas plant. In an informal...
BAGUIO CITY – Two employees of the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera were killed in a road collision in Ramon, Isabela on Thursday, Dec. 8. Police identified the victims as Karen Briones and Addison Kyle La-ao, residents of Itogon, Benguet. Investigation showed the victims were on board a...
Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) was named Forbes Magazine’s annual list of the World’s Best Employers which includes 800 firms from some 57 countries. In a statement, SMC said it is number 174 overall, and is one of just two firms based in the Philippines--along with...
