Cash dividends paid out by companies listed at the Philippine Stock Exchange to common shareholders improved by 17.3 percent to P402.18 billion in 2021 from 2020’s P342.88 billion, boosted by real estate trust issues of listed firms. Data collated by the bourse show that this translates to...
The master sculptor’s legacy in Philippine art is crystal clear as he turns 77 ArtSpeak Ramon E.S. Lerma When walking through the main hallway of the Tower Club, once located at the top of the Philamlife Tower, one couldn’t possibly miss the sculptures proudly displayed side-by-side, set...
Blaming market conditions, DITO CME Holdings Corporation has formally informed the Philippine Stock Exchange that it is deferring its P8 billion stock rights offering but the bourse said it has yet to approve the deferment. “The Exchange was notified by DITO CME Holdings Corp. that its...
EDITORS DESK Ramon Bonilla The 2019 Southeast Asian Games was a major success for the athletes and officials that persevered to make the hosting of the biennial meet an unforgettable moment in history. But as the country grapples from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the woes extending...
San Miguel Corp. (SMC) reported that its group-wide reforestation initiative nationwide has resulted in the planting of 3.8 million trees since 2019 to date. The conglomerate said in a statement that it has recently completed planting over 26,000 trees in Angat, Bulacan together with the town’s...
Secretary Ramon M. Lopez Department of Trade and Industry (Photo from Mark Ches Ang) As another year unfolds, we make a list of things we want to achieve and resolutions we promise to keep — from living a healthier life to spending more time with our loved ones. Why not include a commitment to...
Figaro Coffee Group, Inc. (FCG) successfully listed its shares at the Philippine Stock Exchange with its share price closing a notch higher at P0.77 apiece from its initial public offering price of P0.75 per share. FCG’s share price hit a high of P0.89 intraday, up 18.7 percent from its IPO price...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is ramping up its clean-up of the Tullahan-Tinajeros river system and the Pasig River which will cost it about P3 billion. In a statement, the diversified conglomerate said it is eyeing to remove a total of 1 million tons of silt and solid waste from the...
The inter-agency Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) has approved the grant of tax incentives to a P10-billion cement manufacturing project of San Miguel Equity Investments, Inc., the Department of Finance (DOF) announced. In a statement, the DOF said on Monday, Jan. 17, that the FIRB, upon the...
Residential developer Haus Talk, Inc. (HTI) marked its successful debut at the Philippine Stock Exchange’s Small, Medium and Emerging (SME) Board with its share price closing 10 centavos or 6.67 percent higher at P1.60 apiece. 59732 During its initial trading day, HTI shares ranged from a low of...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) announced that it has so far donated food and water amounting to over P35 million as its response efforts for provinces hit by typhoon Odette continues. This comes as fuel subsidiary Petron Corporation has managed to restore full operations to most of its damaged...
The Philippine Stock Exchange announced that it will be reverting to shortened trading hours starting Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, “in view of the surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant.” In a circular, PSE President Ramon S. Monzon said the bourse will have shortened trading hours...
