PEACE-MAKER Triumphant uprisings demonstrate how ordinary citizens in the new countries are courageously claiming their civil liberties and demanding the right to decide their own destinies. “People power” liberations have in recent times taken place in the Arab world and in both South...
BACOLOD CITY – Seventeen former New People’s Army rebels from Negros Occidental recently received financial assistance totaling P228,000 from the provincial government. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson recently turned over financial assistance to 17 former New People’s Army...
Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) posted an 18 percent growth in net income to P2.56 billion in the first half of 2024 from the P2.17 billion earned in the same period last year, resulting in an annualized return on equity of 12.5 percent. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange...
Food and beverage firm RFM Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has approved a cash dividend of P300 million or P0.089033 per share payable on September 13, 2024 with record date as of August 16, 2024. The firm noted that, for the current year 2024, it has declared a total of...
Zobel-led Bank of the Philippine Islands is considering undertaking a public offering of ASEAN green bonds every quarter following the success of its P5 billion 1.5-year Peso-denominated fixed-rate Sustainable, Environmental, and Equitable Development Bonds due 2026. In a media briefing, BPI Senior...
PEACE-MAKER The massive flooding in Metro Manila and various areas in Central Luzon caused by super typhoon Carina prompted many of our countrymen to recall the catastrophic Ondoy that struck on September 2009, which submerged the metropolis, destroyed properties, rendered thousands of families...
PEACE-MAKER All roads lead to the House of Representatives tomorrow, July 22, for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA). Mandated by the 1987 Constitution, the speech is delivered every fourth Monday of July before the joint session of Congress at the...
Malacañang announced the appointment of Jose V. Mejia, a law practitioner and law professor, as member representing the private sector of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Newly-appointed Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) member takes his oath before...
By JAMES A. LOYOLA The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is steering corporations and members of both the public and private sectors towards a more sustainable capital market and business sector as it envisions a greener, low-carbon, and sustainable economy. The Commission launched on...
PEACE-MAKER Our New York-based daughter Leslie recently took a break from her fast-paced life as writer-editor and journeyed to Manila and our home province, Pangasinan, which offered her a serene and nostalgic retreat into her roots. Known for its scenic beauty and rich cultural heritage,...
Jose T. Pardo and Ramon S. Monzon were re-elected as chairman and president, respectively, of the Philippine Stock Exchange, while Employers Confederation of the Philippines Chairman Edgardo G. Lacson returned to the bourse’s board of directors after a three-year hiatus. Photo (from left,...
VisMin developer Cebu Landmasters, Inc. (CLI) reported that its Velmiro Heights Davao, its second horizontal project in Davao City, sold out in just two days, generating P2.7 billion in sales. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said the 362-unit Velmiro Heights Davao...
