URC enhances support to sustainable farming Madelaine B. Miraflor Universal Robina Corp. (URC) has ramped up its community support specifically in the areas of livelihood, sustainable farming, food availability, and security. URC Senior Vice President for Corporate Development & External...
Senate Finance Committee chair Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday renewed his call for the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to settle all of its obligations, particularly to private hospitals. Angara noted PhilHealth’s financial obligations to private hospitals have accumulated to...
After selling its ventures in Australasia, food and beverage conglomerate Universal Robina Corporation (URC) is beefing up its presence in Southeast Asia with the acquisition of Malaysia’s Munchy Food Industries Sdn. Bhd. for about P22.86 billion. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange,...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the Philippines’ fresh loan that aims to support the government’s universal health care (UHC) program. In a statement, the Manila-based multilateral institution said it approved a $600 million policy-based loan to the Philippines to provide quality and...
Should she win in the 2022 presidential race, Vice President Leni Robredo is targeting to earmark P216 billion worth of assistance to families badly hit by the pandemic during her first 100 days in office. Presidential aspirant and Vice President Leni Robredo speaks at the 47th Philippine Business...
HYBE Corp., which manages K-pop groups BTS, TXT, Seventeen and ENHYPEN, and Universal Music Group (UMG) have launched a global audition to form the next pop girl group in the US. The two companies launched the first-ever HYBE x Geffen Global Girl Group Audition to launch a global, diverse and...
Universal Robina Corporation, the food and beverage unit of JG Summit Holdings Inc., reported a 40 percent jump in attributable net income to P10.52 billion for the first nine months of 2021 from the P7.5 billion earned in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Phiippine Stock Exchange,...
Universal Robina Corporation (URC) reported that its international operations have been able to adapt to the challenges posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, URC President and CEO Irwin Lee said the past year had been challenging because of the COVID-19 pandemic. URC LOGO...
The Department of Finance (DOF) assured that the implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) law will not be affected by the government’s increasing expenditures for coronavirus treatment. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the Duterte administration has proposed P80 billion for...
The rock legends will transfer their catalog and assign future releases to the Universal Music Group. Aerosmith and Universal Music Group recently announced a partnership that will see Aerosmith’s entire recorded music catalog transfer to a new home in UMG. Said agreement will also assign...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque told the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to immediately pay private hospitals, saying the government cannot afford to derail the implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) law amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Presidential...
The world must soon come up with a universal standard of proof of coronavirus vaccination of people to facilitate safe and smooth travel across borders. (Photo by Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine government issued the latest appeal for an internationally recognized...
