Tycoon Lucio Co’s food retail arm Puregold Price Club Inc. is opening eight new branches across the country this year to help it achieve the group’s seven percent to nine percent revenue growth target. The supermarket chain said it is planning to open new stores in Northern and Southern Luzon,...
Rumored sweethearts Puregold Price Club President and Director Ferdinand Vincent Co and actress Bea Alonzo turned heads as they watched the Puregold OPM Con 2025 show at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan on July 5. This is the first major event where Vincent and Bea have been seen together, although...
After three weeks recovering from eye surgery, I finally received clearance from my ophthalmologist to travel beyond the borders of Quezon. My first destination: the highly anticipated media conference for the upcoming Puregold Channel series ‘Si Sol at si Luna.’ Beyond meeting and hearing...
Tycoon Lucio Co’s grocery retailer Puregold Price Club, Inc. (PGOLD) is the third listed major consumer company after Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. and Wilcon Depot to report an uptick in consumer traffic and their growing basket sizes. Puregold posted a 6.5 percent improvement in consolidated...
Lucio Co-led grocery retailer Puregold Price Club Inc. is reducing its capital expenditures to ₱6.35 billion this year from the ₱8.1 billion it alloted in 2024 although it expects to grow consolidated revenues by six percent to eight percent in 2025. For this year, Puregold is alloting ₱1.9...
After posting record earnings in 2024, Lucio Co-led grocery retail chain Puregold Price Club Inc. (PGOLD) is looking to further grow its businesses by ramping up expansion in the provinces this year. “As we look to 2025, we are implementing an aggressive store expansion strategy, prioritizing key...
If you visit Villa Escudero today, that 800-hectare eco-tourism estate thriving in the lush greenery of Tiaong town in Quezon, you wouldn’t have known it once stood as a sugarcane farm that had developed into a self-sustaining coconut plantation. This was achieved through its hydroelectric plant...
Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco (Rep. Frasco's office) House Deputy Speaker Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco has made the decades-long dream of land ownership for Camotes islands residents come true. This, after...
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) is adding flights from Manila to Cauayan, Isabela starting January 15, 2025 as it continues to grow its domestic network. In a statement, the airline said the new PAL service will offer daily flights for the convenience of traveling tourists, businessmen and...
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) is again expanding its Clark hub with the reopening of flights to and from Siargao starting Dec. 3, 2024. PAL said its thrice weekly Clark-Siargao-Clark direct service will provide ease and convenience for residents of Central and Northern Luzon, as there is...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Friday, Aug. 16, urged affected students of the St. Vincent De Ferrer College of Camarin (SVDFCC) in Caloocan City to reach out to its National Capital Region (NCR) office for guidance and assistance. (CHED) This comes after CHED, along with the...
Housing developer 8990 Holdings, Inc. reported that its housing loan takeouts or proceeds from the Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF or the Pag-ibig Fund) almost tripled last year from P5.96 billion in 2022. During the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting on July 29, 2024, 8990 President and...
