Air Force Reserve Brig. Gen. Mikee Romero, Tactical Operations Wing Reserve-Northern Luzon commander, and Col. Floreto Solano, TOWR-Southern Luzon Wing commander, were recently honored with the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Joint Special Operations Command tan beret. Romero, now JSOC Reservist...
Andrew Tan-led township developer Megaworld Corp. has raised an additional ₱3.38 billion from the sale of shares in MREIT Inc. as it prepares for the next wave of asset infusions into its real estate investment trust (REIT). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Wednesday,...
Citicore Energy REIT Corp. (CREIT), the real estate investment trust (REIT) of Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC), is targeting to expand its portfolio and expects its next asset infusion to be completed within this year. During the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting (ASM) on Monday, June...
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has received an invitation to join the Oneworld Alliance, a move that will integrate the country’s flag carrier into the global network spanning nearly 1,000 destinations. The announcement was made Saturday, June 6, at the International Air Transport Association Annual...
DoubleDragon Corp., the property developer backed by tycoons Tony Tan Caktiong and Edgar Sia II, reported a record ₱27.91 billion in revenue last year, propelled by an aggressive overseas expansion of its condotel brand. The firm told the Philippine Stock Exchange that revenue surged 56.3 percent...
MREIT Inc., the real estate investment trust backed by billionaire Andrew Tan’s Megaworld Corp., plans to acquire ₱25 billion worth of commercial assets in a deal that will transform the firm from a pure-office landlord into a diversified property trust. The company signed a memorandum of...
AVANT GARDENER Earlier this year, Dr. Julian Gonsalves, Senior Asia Program Advisor at the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), invited me to visit Guinayangan, Quezon, one of their partner municipalities. I was given a tour of the different programs IIRR conducts in cooperation...
RL Commercial REIT Corp. (RCR), the real estate investment trust backed by developer Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC), is planning up to two tranches of property injections this year as it shifts its portfolio growth toward steady-yielding retail assets. Kerwin Max S. Tan, chief financial officer of both...
AVANT GARDENER It started with a Facebook post. Waya Araos-Wijangco, executive chef of Gypsy Baguio by Chef Waya and founding board member of Farm Forward Initiatives (FFI), an organization that has been working with farmers in cooperation with World Food Expo (WOFEX) Foundation since 2022, had,...
Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI), the holding company of tycoon Andrew L. Tan, delivered a six-percent growth in net income to ₱7.8 billion in the first quarter of 2026 from the normalized profit of ₱7.4 billion in the same period last year due to higher earnings from its property and spirits...
AVANT GARDENER Here is part two of my conversation with freelance registered agriculturist Earwin Belen on his thoughts on RA12215, also known as the Philippine Agriculturists Act, as someone from the private sector. Last week, he laid out the pros and possible cons the law might have when it comes...
DoubleDragon Corp., the real estate venture led by tycoons Tony Tan Caktiong and Edgar Sia II, has scheduled its ₱758-million mandatory tender offer for the minority shares of MerryMart Consumer Corp. to begin on May 18, 2026. The tender offer period will run until June 16, 2026, and covers 1.58...
