D&L Industries Inc., the country’s largest specialty foods ingredients, plastics and oleochemicals firm, is expecting its earnings in to exceed P1 billion in the second half of the year to over P1 billion from the earlier targeted P900 million to P1 billion. D&L President and...
Ayala Corporation’s Healthway Medical will expand its network to over 100 Family, Multi-Specialty, and Corporate Clinics, to become the largest network of clinics in the country. As the integrated clinic arm of Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc (AC Health), Healthway said it aims to offer...
The ASEAN Ladies Foundation, Inc. explores the plated treasures of Asia via the online series Flavorful Journeys . Food is the best way to know one’s culture. While visiting places, seeing beautiful horizons, and trying on traditional costumes can make you fall in love with a country, nothing can...
After receiving backlash for citing high local corn prices as the main reason for its decision to import 81,000 metric tons (MT) of feed wheat from the Black Sea and Australia, the Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI) has agreed to buy more corn from farmers. PAFMI President Nicole...
Quintel USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cirtek Holdings Philippines Corporation, has signed a Master Purchase Agreement with a telecommunications operator ranking among the top five full-fledged wireless carriers in North America. Cirtek said the product approval is for Quintel to...
The continuous appreciation of Philippine peso versus other currencies may continue to pull down water rates in Metro Manila until the first quarter of 2021. MB File photo. (ALVIN KASIBAN) This is because of the Foreign Currency Differential Adjustment (FCDA) tariff mechanism that Maynilad Water...
Customers of Maynilad Water Services Inc. and Manila Water Company Inc. will experience a rollback in their monthly billing starting October until December, a top official of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System's (MWSS) Regulatory Office (RO) said. MB file photo In a virtual briefing, MWSS...
Fruitas Holdings, Inc. (FHI) re-allocating P165 million of its initial public offering proceeds to cover the acquisition of the site of its buko (young cononut) water commissary and its new headquarters. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said the P165 million is part of the...
The domestic automotive industry has urged the Department of Trade and Industry to reconsider its safeguard investigation on imported cars as sales took a dive in August. A joint report by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI) and Truck Manufacturers Association...
Union Bell in file photo After a six-month absence, Philippine horse racing finally makes its much-awaited return on Sunday at the Metro Manila Turf Club Inc. in Malvar, Batangas. The approval to resume horse racing was relayed to the Philippine Racing Commission by Kenneth Ronquillo, head of...
Anjo Yllana (green shirt, background) with 'Eat Bulaga' hosts (Facebook) After more than two decades of being part of the television variety show "Eat Bulaga," TV host Anjo Yllana has bid farewell to the noontime show. The 52-year-old shared through social media last Aug. 11 that he submitted...
Coach Ron Dulay (Marinerang Pilipina) Former Ateneo volleyball players Gretchen Ho and Jem Ferrer paid respects to veteran coach Ron Dulay, who passed away Monday after a battle with bone marrow disease. He was 48. “Sad news today,” said Ho in a Twitter post. “Coach Ron was the one who asked...
