Photo from Jollibee US/Manila Bulletin It seems like New Yorkers will see more of the famous Chickenjoy in their future dining as beloved fast food giant Jollibee eyes to open a branch in Times Square. According to a story by New York Business Journal , the food chain inked a lease for 7,000 square...
Amid new fears of demand slump for oil commodities, prices of gasoline products at Philippine pumps will be on P1.20 per liter rollback this week; while diesel prices will be reduced by P1.30 per liter. The country’s oil companies also announced price cuts of P1.40 per liter for kerosene...
The Philippine stock market is seen to weaken further this short trading week as COVD-19 cases continue to surge, sparking talks of the imposition of even more stringent lockdown measures—the government’s main tool in trying to keep infections down. “The local market may decline next week as...
Last January, SM Investments Corporation was one of 380 companies across 11 sectors included in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI). This was the second time SM was cited in the said index, which measures gender equality across five pillars: female leadership and talent pipeline, equal...
BPI Family Savings Bank (BFSB), the consumer and retail banking arm of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), was assigned the highest issuer rating of PRS Aaa (corp.) with a stable outlook. Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings) said a company rated “PRS Aaa” has a very strong...
Share prices continued to rise ahead of the Bangko Sentral policy meeting and on the arrival of more vaccines. Photo credit: PSE Information Desk The PSEi jumped 83.99 points or 1.29 percent to close at 6,581.00 although the Financials sector retreated slightly. Volume was low though at...
DDMP REIT Inc., the real estate investment trust subsidiary of DoubleDragon Properties Corporation, successfully listed its shares at the Philippine Stock Exchange but its performance was not as hot as many anticipated. The firm’s shares closed flat at its initial...
The local stock market rose despite a weak start as investors continued bargain hunting. The PSEi gained 50.66 points or 0.79 percent to close at 6,497.01 with only the Mining and Oil counter in the red. Photo credit: (https://www.pse.com.ph/) Volume surged to 9.27 billion shares worth...
San Miguel Corporation reported that over 100 former residents of its Bulacan airport site are eyeing to become micro entrepreneurs under a program it announced recently. SMC said it will provide the former Taliptip coastal residence with training and capital to become the company’s business...
The local stock market gained further as gains overseas prompted some investors to pick up bargains. The main index rose 51.18 points or 0.80 percent to close at 6,446.35 although the Industrial and Mining and Oil counters retreated. Volume dropped to 2.3 billion shares worth P5.04 billion as...
DoubleDragon Properties Corporation has moved at the last minute the listing of the initial public offering shares of its subsidiary DDMP REIT Inc. to March 24, 2021 from the original schedule of March 23. In a disclosure posted by the Philippine Stock Exchange in its website at past 7...
Metro Pacific Hospitals Holdings Inc. reported that it has vaccinated more than 13,000 healthcare workers in its 18 hospitals since the arrival of the first batches of the Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines in the Philippines in early March. The network’s three largest hospitals in terms of...
