AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan A farmer friend posted a meme of a sign on a farm that said in Tagalog: “Visitors are coming! Lock up your plants!” Something a lot of farmers deal with that isn’t talked about a lot is petty theft. We’re not talking about sacks of produce or fertilizer or a bunch...
Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGI) registered a 20 percent drop in net profit to P3.2 billion in the first quarter of 2021 from the P4 billion earned in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its profits declined as the global pandemic continues to...
Safer and more convenient walkways await commuters and pedestrians alike with the upcoming construction of the EDSA Busway Concourse Project next month, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. Conceptual image of the EDSA Busway Concourse. (Photo from DOTr) The DOTr led on Tuesday, May 18,...
Megaworld Corporation, the country’s largest developer of integrated urban townships, reported a 33 percent drop in attributable net income to P2.4 billion in the first quarter of 2021 from P3.5 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said...
More than 1,300 farmers from Iloilo are expected to finally receive their own land titles from the government on Saturday, May 15, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) announced. (Keith Bacongco / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Agrarian Secretary Brother John Castriciones said Friday, May 14,...
International Container Terminal Services Inc. and Alliance Global Group Inc. denied that there is any dispute between the two groups over the planned construction of a mega vaccination center on land owned by Nayong Pilipino at the Entertainment City. Allegations against the project...
Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGI), the holding company of tycoon Andrew Tan, reported a 62 percent drop in net income to P10.3 billion last year compared to the P27.1 billion earned in 2019 as the pandemic hit most of its businesses. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, AGI said...
That’s a happy, loving, responsible, fulfilled child, so we ask mothers and mentors what values they teach their children Robina Gokongwei-Pe, Retail president of Robinson To let her/him learn to be a follower first. *** Alice T. Liu, chief retail officer, Golden ABC As a mother, I hope to...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Natalie Tan Just what exactly is needed to produce a grain of rice? Quite a lot of labor and capital. Despite rice being a staple of the Pinoy dining table, not many Filipinos understand how the country’s favorite grain goes from binhi (seed) to bigas (milled rice). When...
Township developer Megaworld Corporation is allocating P36 billion for capital expenditures (capex) this year, 29 percent higher than the P27.9 billion it actually spent in 2021. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it is realigning project developments with the...
A hospital in Singapore has stopped admitting patients on Tuesday (May 5) after several of its staff, including a Filipina nurse, tested positive for COVID-19. (Tan Tock Seng Hospital / MANILA BULLETIN) In a social media post, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) said it will temporarily “cease...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of private employees will start in June as about 17 million AstraZeneca doses will start to arrive next month, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Secretary Joey Concepcion said on Tuesday, May 4. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship...
