San Miguel Corporation (SMC) wants its staff to become food self-sufficient and is even willing to convert certain spaces in its head office to small urban farms. In a statement, SMC said it is building its first urban farm within its head office complex in Ortigas to help build self-sufficiency...
Indonesian financial technology firm Xendit, which aspires to be the Philippines' digital financial highway, raised a total of US $88 million funds after its latest US$64.6 million Series B round to expand its regional business. Overall, Xendit has processed over 65 million transactions with US$6.5...
AirAsia’s logistics arm, Teleport, partnered with fast-food chain Golden Arches Development Corporation (McDonald’s Philippines) to hasten the delivery of orders within the National Capital Region (NCR) - and soon, throughout the archipelago and Southeast Asia. Teleport is an end-to-end...
To help address the rise of online counterfeiting and piracy, e-commerce platforms Lazada and Shopee today, March 1, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with various global and local brand owners to fight the alarming increase in counterfeit and pirated products sold online. On the part of...
Cement manufacturer Holcim Philippines reported a 42 percent drop in net income to P2.06 billion last year from the P3.59 billion earned in 2019 as lockdowns and bad weather weighed down its performance. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Holcim saidnet sales declined by 22 percent...
The relentless rise in fuel prices will continue this week for all fuel products, including that of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which is the preferred commodity by most Filipino households for cooking. As advised by the oil companies, gasoline prices will increase by P1.00 per liter in this...
Offices by Eton, Eton Properties Philippines’ office leasing business unit, reported that it has signed a lease contract for two floors of Centris Cyberpod Five with a local traditional office. “This is a good indication of recovery for the company and the local economy at large. While we...
Filipinos be heard The podcast industry is growing rapidly. We’ve seen drastic developments in the consumption of audio programs throughout the years, especially today as most countries are still on quarantine. There has been a major shift in the way people take in information, and audio programs...
Food and agriculture multinational firm Cargill said everyone’s priority should be strict biosecurity and feed hygiene in fighting the much dreaded African Swine Fever (ASF), which already resulted in billions of losses in the Philippines’ hog industry. Cargill’s recommendation came amid the...
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) needs to change its charter and triple its authorized capital from P35 billion to P100 billion to broaden its credit assistance to priority sectors. “The proposed amendments to the DBP Charter would be a boon to our efforts to undertake...
Grandmaster Rogelio "Banjo" Barcenilla Jr. and Woman National Master Jean Karen Enriquez trounced their respective foes with the Black pieces as the Laguna Heroes thrashed the Toledo City Trojans, 18-3, in the online Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Conference...
Before National Arts Month ends, we spotlight a homegrown, all-original, made-in-or-despite-of-Covid animation for kids called Miming and Friends By Meryll Yan THE CAT IN PRODUCTION A screenshot of the first episode of Mingming and Friends It became, in a poetic sort of way, a lifeboat for us out...
