Okada Manila is expecting 2024 to be a better year for the integrated resort and casino on expectation that tourism will be normalized after the Covid crisis is almost over. In an interview, Okada Manila Chief Managing Officer Kenji Sugiyama said, “we still see more opportunity after Covid and...
The Tantoco family’s SSI Group Inc. has upgraded its partnership with luxury goods firm Prada S.p.A from a franchise to a P380 million joint venture which is seen to ramp up the brand’s expansion in the Philippines. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), SSI said its...
SM Investment Corporation’s (SMIC) subsidiary 2GO Group Inc., the Philippines' largest transportation and logistics solutions provider, was selected to be the primary logistics solutions and delivery partner for WalterMart Supermarket’s e-commerce business. In a statement, SMIC said this...
Members of K-pop boy band TAN (To All Nations) will be making history by sending their own song into deep space. Celestis Inc., the pioneer in memorial spaceflights, revealed that TAN, composed of Changsun, Jooan, Jaejun, Sunghyuk, Hyunyeop, Taehoon, and Jiseong, will launch their song...
In keeping with their tradition of gift-giving during the Christmas season, the family of former Senate President Manny Villar, Senators Cynthia and Mark Villar held their first Christmas party at the Villar Children’s Farm in Bacoor City, Cavite together with children from Baseco. ...
Davao tycoon Dennis A. Uy has found a new partner in Japanese gaming firm Universal Entertainment Corporation (UEC), which has agreed to complete the partially-developed Emerald Bay Resort in Cebu. UEC will be developing the casino resort complex through Philippine subsidiary Tiger Resort Leisure...
PH Resorts Group Holdings Inc., the gaming and tourism holding company of Dennis A. Uy’s Udenna Group, reported that it has failed to seal a deal for the sale of its Mactan resort and casino project to AppleOne Properties Inc. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), PH Resorts...
MARAWI CITY – A sub-leader of the Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group was killed in a gun battle with the military in Barangay Tambo, Piagapo, Lanao del Sur on Sunday, December 3. The fatality was Alandoni Macadaya Lucsadatu, alias “Lando” and “Abu Shams.” Recovered in the encounter were...
ILIGAN CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group leader tagged in the Jolo Cathedral bombing in Sulu in 2019 where 23 persons died was killed in an encounter in Basilan on Saturday, December 2, the military said Sunday, December 3. Lt. Gen. William Gonzales, Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command chief,...
Ayala-led ACEN Corporation has inked P20 billion worth of term loan facility that will be used mainly to bankroll ongoing renewable energy (RE) projects as well as for general corporate purposes. According to the company, the debt facility has 10-year repayment term, but the lender-banks have not...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has established a technical working group (TWG) to ensure the proper handling, storage, and disposal of seized counterfeit and unregistered health products. In a statement on Nov. 24, the FDA said the creation of the TWG, called “Oplan Katharos” and...
While Century Properties Group Inc. is already performing well in 2023, next year is seen to be even better for the company its affordable housing business continues to exhibit rapid growth. In a media briefing for the launch of the firm’s first hotel project, Novotel Suites Manila, CPGI...
