Kusug Tausug Party-list Rep. Shernee Tan-Tambut (Rep. Tan-Tambut's office) While other solons chased the "best-dressed" title during President Marcos' State of the Nation Address (SONA), Kusug Tausug Party-list Rep. Shernee Tan-Tambut was busy perfecting...
AVANT GARDENER I’ve always said that farm life is the lost Filipino dream, and there is no bigger example of this than out national hero Jose Rizal. Aside from his numerous mentions of food and agricultural products in his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, his personal letters are...
Kusug Tausug Party-list Rep. Shernee Tan-Tambut (Rep. Tan-Tambut's office) One of the best-dressed solons in the 19th Congress has no issue at all with House Secretary-General Reginald Velasco's confirmation of a "dress code" for...
AVANT GARDENER What’s mundane to one person can be special to another. And once one realizes that, it can become the basis of a profitable business. That’s exactly what happened with Basilio’s Kiniing Food Processing, a Benguet-based small business that processes at least one ton of meat a...
Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), one of the largest Asian food service companies, continues to perk up its coffee business with the planned acquisition of a majority stake in “most loved South Korean value coffee brand” Compose Coffee Co. Ltd. for $340 million. In a disclosure to the...
BancNet Inc., an electronic banking consortium, has strengthened its cybersecurity protocols in response to the growing reliance of the banking industry on technology to elevate operational efficiency, combat fraud, and enhance customer satisfaction. In a statement, Fabian S. Dee, President of...
The Philippines has welcomed its latest—and biggest to date—gem as property giant Megaworld finally opened Grand Westside Hotel, ushering in a new era of tourism in Metro Manila. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his speech during the launch of Grand Westside Hotel President Ferdinand...
AVANT GARDENER News of farmers dumping tons of unsellable tomatoes by the roadside due to oversupply has been an unfortunate reality for many years. Now, a canning company is doing something about it. Tosen Foods Inc. (TFI) is a canned goods manufacturer whose products are household...
MREIT Inc., the real estate investment trust of Megaworld Corporation is seeking to diversify its portfolio to include retail spaces as part of its aim to expand its assets to one million square meters of gross leasable area by 2030. MREIT President and CEO Kevin L. Tan “We will begin to...
Tycoon Dr. Andrew Tan has handed over the reins of Megaworld Corporation, which he founded more than 30 years ago, to Lourdes T. Gutierrez-Alfonso who will serve as the company’s new president effective immediately. Megaworld's new President Lourdes T. Gutierrez-Alfonso In a disclosure to...
AVANT GARDENER I’ve always maintained that farming is the Filipino dream, and that growing your own food is a path to freedom. Malaya Farms is proof of this. Malaya Farms is a permaculture farm in Calauan, Laguna. It was founded by Rishi Mandhyan, a tech worker currently based in the US. “This...
DoubleDragon Corp.’s planned and outstanding bond issuances worth P25 billion have been assigned the highest issue credit rating of PRS Aaa by Philippine Rating Services Corp. (PhilRatings). The ratings agency said this is for DoubleDragon’s proposed bond issue of up to P10 billion and its...
