SM Investments Corporation (SMIC) reported a 183 percent jump in consolidated net income to P20.1 billion in the first half of 2021 from the P7.1 billion earned in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said consolidated revenues rose 4 percent to...
Tolkien fans, start the countdown! Just last Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, Amazon Studios finally announced that the multi-million dollar “Lord of the Rings” TV series is set to launch this September 2022. Image courtesy of Amazon Poised to have five seasons, the high-anticipated epic fantasy series...
SM Prime Holdings Inc., one of the leading integrated property developers in Southeast Asia, reported a 12 percent growth in consolidated net income to P11.6 billion in the first half of 2021 from P10.4 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm...
Broadcasting firm Philippine Collective Media Corporation (PCMC) has formalized its plans for a back door listing at the Philippine Stock Exchange through Prime Media Holdings Inc. (PMHI). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Prime Media said it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement...
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide paid tribute to the "strong bond" between Japan and the Philippines on the occasion of the two country's 65 th anniversary of friendship and the 10 th anniversary of strategic partnership. In a video message released on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, the Japanese...
Clarkson and girlfriend, Lisa, survey the land from the back of a Range Rover. Clarkson’s Farm (Amazon Prime, eight-episode limited series) Motoring aficionados will be familiar with Jeremy Clarkson, as he was the host/co-host of Top Gear and The Grand Tour for 13 years. Now 60 years of age, his...
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on Thursday said the delivery of around one million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines is a “clear testament to the deep-rooted bonds of friendship” between the two nations. Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide Describing the...
Lopez-led First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH) started the rollout this week of its Covid-19 vaccines for employees and dependents as part of the conglomerate’s program to help assure the health of its workforce and support government’s overall aim to achieve herd immunity against the...
In a meeting with the country's major mall and building owners, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo Founder Joey Concepcion garnered support for his proposal to champion and to finally establish “safe spaces” as a means to create herd immunity in areas where the private...
Real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. is spending close to P90 billion for its share of a new estate at the South Road Properties in Cebu City which it will be jointly developing with SM Prime Holdings Inc. ALI Senior Vice President and Ayala Land Estates Group Head Anna Ma. Margarita "Meean" B. Dy In...
The Philippine government on Tuesday received the JPY 20-billion (approximately P8.8 billion) budgetary support pledged by the Government of Japan (GOJ), through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). (Embassy of Japan) In a statement issued by the Japanese Embassy in Manila, it said...
Australia and the Philippines are aiming to continue the vision of maintaining an “open, inclusive, stable, prosperous and free” Indo-Pacific in the next 75 years of the bilateral relationship between the two countries, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said over the weekend. Australian...
