AVANT GARDENER Last week, I wrote about Raffy Tesoro of Bio-Genetics Agriventures, Inc. and Jason Drilon’s popup at James & Daughters in Pasig which featured traditional Tagalog food that Tesoro grew up with, most, if not all of it sourced locally. The popup was a hit, with both days...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) are simplifying the process of raising capital through the capital market by power generation and distribution companies to support their growth and expansion. The SEC and ERC formally launched the Securing and...
AVANT GARDENER What does a traditional Tagalog dinner taste like? I don’t mean the lutong bahay of today; I mean what did it taste like decades before? Raffy Tesoro, a partner at Bio-Genetics Agriventures, Inc. and guest cook at James & Daughters, together with guest chef Jason Drilon,...
Monde Nissin Corporation COO Michale Stanley D. Tan Food and beverage firm Monde Nissin Corporation is sending its Chief Operations Officer, Michael Stanley D. Tan, to its UK-based meat alternative business, which has been facing financial challenges, to make it more efficient. In a...
Estelito "Titong" Patdu Mendoza From defending powerful tycoons in high-profile corporate battles to serving as the government's chief legal strategist, Estelito Mendoza's career was a tapestry of legal victories and controversies. Mendoza, “Titong” to those who knew him, was a prominent...
CREIT President and CEO Oliver Y. Tan Citicore Energy REIT Corporation (CREIT) declared dividends amounting to ₱360 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, bringing its total dividends last year to ₱1.32 billion. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its latest...
Andrew Tan-led township developer Megaworld Corp. is investing ₱30 billion over the next five years to further ramp up its office portfolio by building new office buildings. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said part of the five-year budget will also be used to...
AVANT GARDENER “If you plant, you can eat.” So goes the often repeated line from the multi-award-winning Tigkiwili, one of the eight full-length films in the Puregold CinePanalo Festival, which runs until March 25 at Gateway Cineplex 18. The film garnered seven awards, including...
AVANT GARDENER If there are two things many Filipino children lack these days, it’s a love for reading and an appreciation for farming. Joel Donato Ching Jacob, HIV counselor and author of the Scholastic Asian Book Award winning novel Wing of the Locust and its sequels Orphan Price and...
SM Supermalls, the mall operations unit of SM Prime Holdings Inc., reported a six percent growth in average daily foot traffic to an all-time high of 5.2 million last year from 4.9 million in 2023. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said this record performance was due to...
AVANT GARDENER Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel Jr., through the efforts of the Agribusiness and Countryside Development Foundation (ABCDF), recently met with some members of the youth to discuss the state of Philippine agriculture. ABCDF is a non-profit...
LT Group Inc., the holding company of taipan Lucio Tan, reported a 14 percent improvement in attributable net income to a record high of ₱28.92 billion last year from the ₱25.42 billion reported in 2023 on the back of strong growth in its tobacco, banking, liquor, and beer businesses. In its...
