Manila Water posted a six percent improvement in earnings to P3.4 billion for the first nine months of 2021 from the same period last year. In a statement, the firm said growth was driven mainly by the significant increase in contribution from its international affiliates and key domestic...
Before fake news factories start churning out their produce for social media consumption, the public should be advised that the recent meeting in Malacañang between President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao zeroed in on just one topic - projects for Mindanao’s progress. President...
Philippine Ambassador to France Junever Mahilum-West has noted the potential for expanded cooperation between the two nations thanks to the Philippines' new role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). (Photo from DFA website) This, as the Filipino envoy presented her credentials to...
International Master (IM) Jan Emmanuel Garcia bested his strong counterparts to rule the 2021 Philippine National Chess Championships semifinal leg held online recently. Garcia, who played for the national team in the 2018 World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, split the point with IM Daniel...
ArtSpeak: ‘Eric’s strength of conviction—his critical opinion—formed a large part of who I am today’ ArtSpeak Ramon E.S. Lerma Eric Torres did not suffer fools gladly. It was a trait that we shared and, being his junior and somehow—undeservedly, seeing the roster of former students and...
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) approved P38.28-billion financing assistance to 110 Local Government Units (LGUs) for the first six months of 2021 to hasten the country's economic recovery. The bank granted the funding support via its Assistance for Economic and Social Development...
DBP-Bldg-news-1080x714 The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has approved P39.5-billion worth of loans under its flagship credit program to fund gaps in the country's infrastructure development, DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel G. Herbosa announced, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021....
It has been five years since the Department of Agriculture (DA) proposed to take back the jurisdiction over the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), and the agency is finally getting the support it needs from other government agencies, thanks to the fact that it no longer has the same Cabinet...
Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV) is selling a 25.01 percent stake in Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower) to JERA Co. Inc., Japan’s largest power producer, for $1.146 billion in cash. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, AEV said the Aboitiz family’s privately held parent company...
The ongoing investigation on the death of artist Breana “Bree” Jonson is leaning towards suicide based on the testimony and other pieces of evidence that were obtained at the course of the probe. But Police Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta, director of the Police Regional Office 1, said that it is...
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has released P8.5 billion to help rehabilitate public and private companies affected by the prolonged-pandemic. DBP-Bldg-news-1080x714 In the first six months of the year, DBP said the lender has assisted 90 firms under its Rehabilitation...
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) granted a P115-million term loan to install six solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS) in Taraka, one of the largest municipalities in Lanao del Sur. The SPIS will irrigate 1,200 hectares of agricultural lands and provide potable water to 26 barangays...
