The Philippine Stock Exchange is hoping to help companies raise up to P200 billion in fresh capital this year as it expects a record number of initial public offerings this year. In a press briefing after the bourse’s annual stockholders’ meeting, PSE President Ramon S. Monzon said they have so...
Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation reported a 33 percent drop in consolidated net income to P19.8 billion in the first semester of 2022 from the P29.6 billion registered in the same period last year. In a statement, SMC noted the lingering effects of the pandemic, supply chain...
RAMON, Isabela – Acting National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Administrator Benny Antiporda visited the Magat Dam here Tuesday, August 2, and declared the structure safe following the magnitude-7 earthquake last month. NIA acting Administrator Benny Antiporda meets officials and technical...
Pangasinan 5th district Rep. Ramon Guico Jr. wants to clear sidewalks of street vendors in a bid to improve conditions for pedestrian foot traffic. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The lawmaker filed House Bill (HB) 1252, otherwise known as the “Unobstructed Sidewalks Act", last July 5....
The institution responsible for giving one of Asia’s highest honors reworks its logo and tagline gearing up for its 65th anniversary The new Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation logo Writer and media provocateur Tom Goodwin once mentioned, “Brands are essential patterns of familiarity, meaning,...
Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SCC) is returning to the 30-company PSE index (PSEi), replacing Security Bank Corporation (SECB), effective Monday, August 8, 2022. In a statement, the Philippine Stock Exchange said Semirara was qualified to be a member of the PSEi based on the results of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A senior citizen who bolted the San Ramon Penal Colony here earlier this week was rescued on a boat in the sea off Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte Thursday, July 28. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 public information officer, identified the escapee as...
The Presidential Security Group (PSG) is on top of making sure that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s maiden State of the Nation Address (SONA) will go off without any hitches. Presidential Security Group (PSG) commander Col. Ramon Zagala (MPC Pool) In an interview with reporters, PSG...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Our wife Gina and we are in south of France, on invitation from the celebrated couple, Christian Baverey, scion of an industrialist French family from Lyon, and his Filipino wife, Tetta Agustin, who is highly-regarded in Europe’s...
EDITORS DESK Ramon Bonilla The Philippines was once a boxing mecca, a mass producer of pugs whose rags to riches stories became the blueprint for the young and feisty. For decades, Filipino boxers seemed to have followed the path of the old greats, the same route that is from the slums to the steps...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the proposed Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport had carried substantial fiscal risks to the government. In an interview with ANC on Wednesday, July 6, Diokno affirmed former Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III’s call to the...
New Presidential Security Group (PSG) commander Colonel Ramon Zagala intends to focus on training, personnel welfare, and stakeholder engagement as he took over the force tasked to ensure the first family's security. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and new Presidential Security Group...
