Consumers filling up their vehicles with gasoline products will feel very slight pinch on their pockets this week as the price of this commodity will rise by P0.10per liter; while diesel users will be luckier with P0.10 per liter rollback for the product. Meanwhile, for kerosene products which is a...
Health and beauty retailer Watsons Philippines has launched “Sustainable Choices," a program empowering consumers to partake in helping the environment through conscious consumption. The selection features reduced plastic components, refill packs, and ethically sourced ingredients,...
Plastic typically falls in the non-recyclable category, especially if recycling facilities do not accept it due to material standards. But differ Rezbin, an Iloilo-based waste management company that recycles almost all types of plastic into furniture and fashion items. The company provides...
SMIC expansion to focus more outside NCR By James A. Loyola The Sy family’s flagship SM Investments Corporation (SMIC) is increasing its focus on the countryside as it continues to see potential for regional development and targeted high growth sectors. In a statement, the firm said...
Countryside Investments Holdings Corporation (Countryside), a company wholly owned by Leandro Leviste, is investing over P5 billion to help propel the development of rural Batangas. In a statement, Leviste said this will be done in partnership with his renewable energy firm Solar Philippines Power...
Megaworld Lifestyle Malls and Repertory Philippines have entered into a strategic partnership that will set the stage for the emergence of a new home for the country's foremost theater company in Eastwood City, the entertainment capital of the Philippines. This partnership was solidified through an...
Coca-Cola Philippines, in partnership with Basic Environmental Systems and Technologies, Inc. (BEST) and the Philippine Association of Stores and Carinderia Owners (PASCO), has launched the Tindahan Extra Mile (TEM): Balik PET Bottle Program in Bacolod City. By engaging 500 sari-sari stores...
Geologists from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) have discovered evidence of gas hydrates in the Manila Trench. Bathymetric map of Luzon, including the Manila Trench, the North Luzon Trough (NLT), West Luzon Trough (WLT), Stewart Bank (SB), and Philippine Mobile Belt (PMB). (Photo...
A fire incident prompted the University of the Philippines-Manila to suspend work for employees at the Central Block of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13. Firefighters assessing the situation (UP Manila FB page) UP Manila said the fire, which occurred...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) denied ignoring the complaints lodged by a military officer's wife against him, saying that the organization takes such cases seriously. However, Col. Francel Margareth Padilla, AFP spokesperson, said the case of Brig. Gen. Ranulfo Sevilla, the deputy...
Admiral John Aquilino (left), commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, gestures while General Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, listens during their meeting at Camp Aguinalo in Quezon City on March 12, 2024. (Photo by AFP) The Armed Forces of the Philippines...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the bill seeking to revive the creation of the Negros Island Region. Passage of Senate Bill No. 2507 into law will pave the way for the merger of the provinces of Negros Occidental, including the City of Bacolod, Negros Oriental and...
