BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government has signed an agreement with WeGen Energy Philippines Inc. for the installation of a 1,270 kilowatt-hour (kwh) rooftop solar project across key facilities in Negros Occidental. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (seated center) and WeGen vice...
AEV Chief Financial Officer Jose Emmanuel Hilado Aboitiz Equity Ventures, the investment holding company of the Aboitiz Group, is increasing its capital expenditure budget by 37 percent in 2025 to ₱105 billion while aiming to raise ₱119 billion to fund these investments and pay maturing...
PEACE-MAKER As our modest way of honoring the memory of Pope Francis, we are reprinting part of our column dated March 17, 2021, ‘Pope Francis’ journey in Iraq; the 1990 earthquake in Pangasinan and pioneering in the Middle East’: “We join Roman Catholics around the world in praying...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson backs the national government’s P20 per kilo rice program. LACSON (Glazyl Masculino) “Negros Occidental will do its best to be part of this program,” the governor said in a media interview Friday. Although Lacson missed...
Philippine Seven Corporation and Philippine Stock Exchange Chairman Jose T. Pardo Philippine Seven Corporation (PSC), the local licensee of 7-Eleven Convenience Stores, announced that the Chairman of its Board of Directors Jose T. Pardo is retiring and stepping down on July 17, 2025. In a...
With nearly 90 percent units sold, One Manresa Place signals high investor confidence in Cebu Landmaster’s Manresa Town in CDO. In its latest Investors and Analysts briefing, leading developer Cebu Landmasters, Inc. (CLI) reported a 2024 consolidated revenue of P19.5 billion, a 4 percent growth...
The Philippines is poised to make history as three Filipino cardinals—Luis Antonio Tagle, Jose Advincula, and Pablo Virgilio David—are expected to participate in the papal conclave to elect the next pope. From left: Cardinal Jose Advincula, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, and Cardinal Pablo...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged the Catholic faithful to stand united and pray for the peaceful repose of Pope Francis. Palma also urged the faithful to remember Pope Francis in their prayers and Eucharistic celebrations and the Lord may welcome him into the joy of His kingdom....
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez on Monday, April 21, denied reports that Filipinos are being sent back to the Philippines amid United States President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Philippine Ambassador to Washington Babe Romualdez raises...
PEACE-MAKER Today, as Christendom celebrates the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, we are once again reminded that hope triumphs over despair, light over darkness, and peace over conflict. Yet even as churches across our country echo with joyful proclamations of “He is risen!”,we...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is on heightened alert starting Wednesday, April 16, to ensure public safety during Holy Week and the May 12 midterm elections. POLICE Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay (center), newly-installed officer-in-charge of Police...
Cebu Landmasters' One Manresa Place in Manresa Town, Cagayan de Oro City. VisMin developer Cebu Landmasters, Inc. (CLI) is launching ₱36.4 billion worth of projects this year, 1.7 times more than last year’s ₱13.67 billion, as it aims to surpass its record revenues generated in 2024....
