The Philippine government is eyeing seven more transportation projects aimed at improving public infrastructures in the country, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista said on Monday, Oct. 28. Taguig International Terminal Exchange (DOTr photo) In a Palace press...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) assured on Monday, Oct. 28, that all of the country’s airports and seaports are now fully operational in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Typhoon Kristine in Luzon last week. (Manila Bulletin file photo) During a Palace press...
Aboitiz-led Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) registered a six percent hike in net income to P8.6 billion for the first nine months of 2024 from P8.1 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the bank said that for the third quarter...
The Ty family’s conglomerate GT Capital Holdings, Inc. reported a 17 percent drop in consolidated net income to P13.8 billion in the first half of the year due to one-time gains in 2023. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said profits improved five percent if excluding the...
Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson Andres Bautista has been charged by the United States (US) Department of Justice (DOJ) for their role in an alleged bribery and money laundering scheme to retain and obtain business related to the 2016 Philippine elections. (MB file photo) This...
Aboitiz-led Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) announced that its Senior Executive Vice President Ana Maria Aboitiz Delgado will take the helm of the bank next year from current President and CEO Edwin R. Bautista who had been asked to extend his term in 2022. In a disclosure to the...
LRT-1 Dr. Santos Station in Parañaque City (Photo courtesy of Parañaque Cong. Edwin Olivarez / Facebook) The partial operation of the Light Rail Transit (LRT)-1 Cavite extension is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of this year as the rail project’s first phase is now 98.2 percent...
The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Quezon City mayor Herbert “Bistek” Constantine M. Bautista to present an additional witness in his graft case involving the alleged irregular procurement of the P32.1 million online occupational permitting and tracking system project in 2019....
The Aboitiz Group’s lender Union Bank of the Philippines has successfully raised P10 billion from its stock rights offering which it reported as having robust participation from shareholders. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said it offered 327.12 million common shares...
The Ty family’s GT Capital Holdings, Inc. posted a seven percent growth in core net income to P7.06 billion for the first quarter of 2024 from P6.56 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said consolidated net income likewise grew by seven...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Juris Bautista Sucro of Kalibo, the provincial capital of Aklan, joined the Atin Ito (This is Ours) civilian coalition that installed floating markers on the West Philippine Sea on Wednesday, May 15. "Bilang Akeanon ag Kalibonhon isaeang ka pribilihiyo ro rayang pinasahi...
Even Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri was not spared from some of the troubles being experienced at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). A photo of the busted escalator at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 taken by Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz"...
