Malaysian retail specialist Valiram Group is considering expanding its operations in the Philippines by developing airport outlets for duty-free retail tourism. RETAIL TOURISM — President Marcos meets with officials of Malaysian retail specialist Valiram Group in Singapore on Sept. 16, 2023....
An Indian multinational conglomerate has expressed interest in investing in airports, roads, and energy projects in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets executives of GMR Group in Singapore. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) In a meeting with President Marcos in Singapore, GMR...
Ford Philippines is bringing back its much-anticipated Truck Month where customers can enjoy the biggest deals and offers with a purchase of a Ford Ranger. From September 4 to 30, 2023, Ford is extending a wide array of cash discounts, all-in low downpayment deals, low monthly payment fees, and...
Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp. (PDS Group) has sealed a partnership with Asia’s leading Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data and technology solutions company, STACS. The partnership will allow the PDS Group to utilize STACS’s ESGpedia platform to support corporate...
Figaro Coffee Group Inc. (FCG) is now aiming to go global by exporting Philippine coffee products after a subsidiary received its certification from the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said Figaro Innovation and Development Inc....
ILIGAN CITY – Five Abu Sayyaf Group members surrendered to Brig. Gen. Alvin Luzon, commander of Joint Task Force Basilan, at the 101st Infantry Brigade headquarters in Barangay Tabiawan, Isabela City, Basilan on Wednesday afternoon, September 6. Two of the surrenderers, alias “Idol” and...
K-pop idol group TAN (To All Nations) kicked off their mall show in the Philippines on Sept. 8. The members of TAN–Changsun, Jiseong, Sunghyuk, Taehoon, Hyunyeop, Jooan, and Jaejun–are in the Philippines for the second time for a promo tour. They held their mall show at the Market!...
Vice President Sara Duterte (left) and DND Secretary Gibo Teodoro (Facebook) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. has personally affirmed the need for the Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group (VPSPG). He...
The entire province of Sulu has been declared as free from the presence and influence of the notorious Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Thursday, Sept. 7. In a statement, Maj. Gen. Ignatius N. Patrimonio, Commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu, attributed it...
Enforcing price ceilings on rice would eliminate unhealthy competition among rice traders who are taking advantage of the rice situation in the country, a farmers group said. (Mark Balmores/MB Photo) Expressing support for the government's move to set price ceilings on rice, a farmers group in...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo as Special Envoy of the President for Overseas Filipino Concerns, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) revealed on Saturday, Sept. 2. File photo of President Marcos with Iglesia...
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko gave his two cents about China’s newly released map with 10-dash line, encompassing Taiwan and all of the Spratly Islands, including the Philippines’ Kalayaan Island Group (KIG). West Philippine Sea (AFP photo) “China must act...
