PLDT, Inc. (PLDT) is backing the Better Internet Act, which calls for providers to cover unserved and underserved areas in the country within three years. The telco made the statement Tueday, July 19, after The Better Internet Act was re-filed in the 19th Congress. “We remain committed to...
Cebu Landmasters Inc., a property developer in the Visayas and Mindanao, is planning to raise up to P8 billion from the initial tranche of its new three-year Shelf Registration program amounting to P15.0 billion. Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings) said it has assigned a very...
Michael Ngan of Lenovo and Mylene Abiva of FELTA With the objective to provide Smarter Technology for All, and empower communities with technology and opportunity, Lenovo Philippines is proud to announce its partnership with one of the major distributors of e-learning materials in the country,...
Great news, hangout lovers: NYMA Talent Mayora Frances Lim Cabatuando of Home Buddies is expanding her online city for you! Home Buddies Hangouts is an expansion of the massively successful Home Buddies Facebook Community. Home Buddies founder Frances Lim Cabatuando Home Buddies, a Facebook...
Globe is providing free calls, texts, and data to at least half a thousand Filipinos in Sri Lanka amidst escalating tensions and economic crisis in the South Asian country. Earlier, the telco provided prepaid load and postpaid bill adjustments to its customers in Myanmar and Afghanistan after...
Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic and a more competitive spirits market, Tanduay managed to outsell other rum brands and win its fifth consecutive World’s Number Rum 1 award. Billionaire Lucio Tan’s grandson, Lucio Tan III, who took the reins at Tanduay Distillers, Inc. as...
Globe Telecom Inc. has logged over two million devices on its 5G network as of the first quarter of this year and is already ahead of its target, Head of Consumer Mobile Business Darius Delgado announced on Friday, July 15. At least 96 percent of the National Capital Region (NCR) and 85 percent of...
Emperador Inc., a leading global spirits firm controlled by tycoon Dr. Andrew Tan, saw it share prices rise in both Singapore and the Philippines after the listing of its shares in the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST). The firm’s listing at the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the corporate registration of Wellcons Unlimited Systems, Inc. for illegally solicit investments from the public through a “double-your-money” scheme that resembles a Ponzi scam. In its order, the SEC Enforcement and Investor Protection...
BDO Unibank Inc. is giving its shareholders cash dividends amounting to P4.39 billion as well as a 20 percent stock dividend after delivering a 51 percent increase in net income to P42.8 billion last year. During the Bank’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting, BDO President Nestor V. Tan reported that...
Angat Buhay program on Friday pushed back against Lorraine Badoy, the former spokesperson of the government's anti-communist task force, by seeking legal charges against her for her "shameless" and "baseless" red-tagging of the non-governmental organization. In a statement, Raffy Magno said the NGO...
