Real estate firm Italpinas Development Corporation (IDC) announced that businessman Benjamin Tan Co had invested about P188 million to acquire a 15 percent stake in the company as its new investor-partner. In a statement, IDC said it has inked an agreement for the entry of Co as a strategic...
AVANT GARDENER The Philippines is in a precarious position health-wise. Not only are many Filipinos at risk for malnutrition, many are equally at risk for obesity, which itself is a form of malnutrition. “[According to the National Nutrition survey done by the Food and Nutrition Research...
Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI), the investment holding company of tycoon Andrew Tan, reported an almost flat net income of P20.05 billion during the first nine months of the year versus P20.14 billion in the same period of 2023. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the firm...
AVANT GARDENER The best way to stop food from being wasted is to eat it. We’ve all been told as children to finish our food because there are people who have nothing to eat. This is a simplified explanation of a complex problem. There are many reasons some people have no access to food....
Citicore Energy REIT Corporation (CREIT), the country’s only renewable energy real estate investment trust, posted a two percent improvement in net income, reaching P1.04 billion in the first nine months of 2024, up from P1.02 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the...
Megaworld Corporation, the country’s pioneer builder of townships, reported a 16 percent growth in net income for the first nine months of 2024 to P15.69 billion, from P13.5 billion in the same period last year, as all its key businesses improved. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange...
AVANT GARDENER Do we know why despite being an archipelago, our locally caught fish can be prohibitively expensive despite small fishers being one of the poorest sectors of Philippine society? It comes down to the amount of effort needed to get the fish from the fisher’s boat to the consumer’s...
Photos by RENJIE TOLENTINO Dubbed the "Mother of All Philippine Textiles,” piña threads into every weave the Filipino story, capturing the nation’s history down to the artisans who bring it to life. Creating it demands an arduous, time-consuming process, from cultivating Red Spanish pineapples...
AVANT GARDENER Plastic, with its virtually nonexistent biodegradability is one of the most concerning waste products polluting our planet today. According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Philippines is the third largest source of plastic waste in the ocean...
The two recent rate cuts by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) amounting to 50 basis points is not expected to affect the earnings of banks until the middle of 2025 although the sector has been outperforming in the local stock market. “The banking sector continued to outperform the market,...
AVANT GARDENER Did you know that the Philippines is home to different types of mushrooms, many of which are edible but not all of them included in local cuisine? This is what Marco Lobregat found out when he co-authored “The Mushroom Explorer’s Guide to the Cordilleras” with Sagada native...
The SM Group is expanding its footprint in Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone in Pampanga with the construction of a P2 billion multi-modal transport terminal, a convention center, and several hotels. In a statement, SM Investments Corporation said its integrated property in Clark is set to...
