Senate President Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has joined calls to include all Filipinos aged 60 and above in the coverage of the monthly social pension given to indigent senior citizens. This, after a group of citizens called on the Senate for the immediate passage of a universal social pension...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (PPAB) House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong has raised certain hospitals' alleged practice of jacking up bills of patients once they reveal that...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo speaks to her fellow rallyists outside the Senate in Pasay City (Rep. Quimbo’s office) Showing her commitment to senior citizens' welfare, Marikina 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo joined a...
A group of senior citizens on Monday, January 20 trooped to the Senate to rally for the passage of a bill that aims to grant social pension to all senior citizens in the country. The United Senior Citizens (USC) Party-list led by Rep. Milagros Aquino-Magsaysay urged the Senate to expedite...
Tiger Resort, Leisure and Entertainment Inc., (TRLEI) the integrated resort operating under the name Okada Manila, continued to report a drop in both revenues and earnings but showed that quarterly gaps are becoming narrower. TRLEI’s parent company Universal Entertainment Corporation disclosed in...
Japanese gaming firm Universal Entertainment Corporation (UEC) expects to end the year with a loss, partly due to the weak VIP market hounding its Philippine integrated resort, Okada Manila, and other casinos operating in the country. In a disclosure to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, UEC said that based...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said on Sunday, December 15 he will call for an oversight committee hearing on the status of the Universal Health Care (UHC) law and check if it has achieved its goal of providing all Filipinos access to affordable and quality health care. Ejercito,...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday, December 12 stood pat on the decision of the bicameral conference committee to provide zero subsidy budget for Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) saying it should be a “wake-up call” for the state health insurer that has...
Universal Robina Corp. (URC), the food and beverage unit of the Gokongwei Group, has opened a new P5.4 billion flour mill in Sariaya, Quezon Province, that will boost the company's production capacity by 60 percent. In a statement, URC said its biggest mill, called URC Flour Sariaya, will increase...
Tiger Resort, Leisure and Entertainment Inc. (TRLEI), the local unit of Japan’s Universal Entertainment Corporation and owner of the Okada Manila integrated resort, is looking to attract more tourists from Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asian countries to boost both gaming and hotel revenues....
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB) Former Department of Health (DOH) secretary, Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin believes it's time for the House of Representatives to exercise its oversight function on the implementation of the...
Brands from food and beverage firm Universal Robina Corp. (URC) continue to be among the top choices among millions of Filipino households, according to brand consulting firm Kantar Group’s Brand Footprint report Six brands made by food and beverage firm Universal Robina Corp. (URC) are still...
