President Marcos will leave for Japan on Friday, Dec. 15, to participate in the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Japan Relations in Tokyo. He will depart in the afternoon and will stay in Japan until Dec. 18. It is the President's second trip to Japan this...
TACLOBAN CITY – The city government of Borongan stepped up its commitment to protect the environment during the first-ever Forest Summit recently. The Borongan Forest Summit called for the conservation of the Samar Island Natural Park where majority of the city’s forestlands belong and sought...
President Marcos will discuss the recent developments in the contested West Philippine Sea with the Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, Dec. 11. DFA Assistant Secretary Daniel Espiritu speaks to the...
BORONGAN CITY – Surfers and surfing enthusiasts from across the country joined the 2nd National Surfing Summit and Surf City Festival in this city. The National Surf Summit was held from December 2 to 3 alongside the annual Surf City Borongan competition to create a synergistic platform that...
Robinsons Land Corporation announced that Angelo Ascue, Hotel Manager for Summit Hotel Greenhills and Magnolia under Robinsons Hotels and Resorts, has been bestowed with the highly esteemed "Manager of the Year" award at the recently concluded 26th Mabuhay Awards. In a statement, RLC said Ascue is...
ASEAN Business Advisory Council (BAC) Philippines chairperson Joey Concepcion warned about the threats and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) in the country’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, and pushed for upscaling Filipino workers’ skills to keep their jobs. Joey...
Merbau Corporation, the renewable energy (RE) business unit of the Gokongwei-led JG Summit Holdings, Inc., has viably advanced to commercial operation its 13.811-megawatt peak (MWp) solar installation in Batangas City, a project touted as the biggest in the solar rooftop genre that has been...
JG Summit Holdings Inc., the flagship of the Gokongwei Group, is infusing additional capital of up to P11 billion into its wholly-owned subsidiary JG Summit Olefins Corporation (JGSOC). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the firm said its board of directors has approved the...
While the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) continues to drive global economic growth, President Marcos underscored the need for the regional bloc to accelerate efforts to produce jobs and thereby address poverty and inequality in the region. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the "123...
President Marcos and Vice President Kamala Harris of the United States met for the fifth time on Wednesday, Nov. 15 (US time), to reaffirm the alliance between the two countries and discuss concerns on clean energy, technology, and the West Philippine Sea issue. (From right) President Ferdinand...
Now that the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) implementing rules and regulations (IRR) have been revised, President Marcos disclosed on Wednesday, Nov. 15 (US time) that the investment fund will finance “about 80 potential infrastructure projects” in the Philippines. President Ferdinand Marcos...
JG Summit Holdings Inc. (JGS), the flagship of the Gokongwei Group and one of the country’s leading conglomerates, reported that its core profits flew 129 percent to P14.9 billion for the first nine months of 2023 from P6.5 billion in the same period last year due to the record performance of...
