House Deputy Speaker and Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco has emerged as the top congressman in Cental Visayas in terms of job performance rating. Rep. Frasco, husband of Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco, garnered a 95.6 percent rating based on...
Summer time means it's the perfect opportunity for some frolicking in the swimming pool. That was on top Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco's agenda this sweltering Sunday, March 26. But before the congressman cannonballed into the water, he had this picture of him taken poolside...
It's already March, but it still feels like love month when you're around Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco and his wife, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco. Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco gets 'interviewed' by Cebu 5th district Rep....
Real estate giant Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) is increasing its capital expenditures by 17.4 percent to P85 billion this year, from the P72.4 billion actually spent in 2022, to take advantage of growth prospects in 2023. In a media and analsyts’ briefing, ALI President and CEO Bernard Vincent O. Dy...
The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed on third and final reading the proposed Magna Carta on Religious Freedom Act, which is contained in House Bill (HB) No. 6492. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The measure prohibits the government or any person to burden, curtail, impinge or...
Real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) is investing an initial P5.2 billion for the development of Crossroads in Plaridel, Bulacan—its 49th estate in the country and its second project in the province of Bulacan. “With the vision of enhancing land and enriching lives for more Filipinos, Ayala...
If there's a "best son-in-law award" out there, Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco ought to win it, hands down. Cebu 5th district Rep. Duke Frasco (left) and Governor Gwen Garcia (Facebook) In a recent Facebook post, Rep. Frasco is seen in lending a hand in the "Caravan of...
Real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. is planning to raise P45 billion from in debt capital to partially finance general corporate requirements and refinance maturing debt. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said the amount will be raised through the issuance of retail bonds or...
Lipa City--Real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. is investing P9.8 billion over the next 15 years to develop its latest estate—the 92-hectare Areza in Lipa City Batangas. Areza is ALI’s first master planned, mixed-use estate in Batangas and is envisioned to be the new downtown of Lipa City. This is...
Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco had the very rare special opportunity of speaking with the His Holiness, Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome. (Duke Frasco's Facebook) Frasco knew the conversation was going to be short, sweet, and transcendent, so he told the Pope what felt was...
Housing developer 8990 Holdings, Inc. posted a 15.93 percent improvement in net income to P6.29 billion in the first nine months of 2022 from P5.43 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said total revenues grew 10.93 percent to P17.03...
Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) reported a 55 percent growth in net income to P13.3 billion in the first nine months of the year as consolidated revenues increased 19 percent to P86.3 billion. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said growth came as business and consumer activity...