In 2024, the office vacancy in Metro Manila was at a record high at 19.8 percent, according to Joey Bondoc, senior researcher at Collier’s Philippines. At the press briefing held at the Grand Westside Hotel on March 18, he further reported a projected 22 percent vacancy rate increase this year....
Luxury steakhouse chain Smith & Wollensky is expanding its international presence with a planned opening in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Taguig, this year. The renowned New York City-based restaurant, famed for its USDA Prime dry-aged steaks, will debut its first Philippine location at the...
A person was injured when a fire hit a popular Korean BBQ restaurant chain in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig on Feb. 15. The Taguig City Fire Station reported that the blaze hit the Samgyupsalamat restaurant on the first floor of One Park Drive at the corner of 9th Avenue and 11th...
It’s the end of an era when I heard about the closure of The Fort at Bonifacio Global City (BGC). In an Instagram post shared last Dec. 11, BGC showed photos of the establishments in the area with the caption, “This is goodbye for now but not forever. We’ll be back. Better than you remember,...
K-pop girl group ITZY will be welcoming the New Year in the Philippines. ITZY will be gracing the “NYE at the 5th” celebration to be held on Dec. 31 in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig. “Shine so bright like dynamite, GOLD! This is not a drill: BGC meets K-Pop as ITZY's...
Mastercard and AF Payments Inc. (beep™) have launched a pilot program enabling contactless payments on Bonifacio Global City (BGC) buses using Mastercard cards. In a statement, Mastercard said the initiative aims to enhance the commuting experience for Filipinos by offering a more convenient and...
Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig issued a statement regarding a car accident on Nov. 6 in which an SUV hit and injured a woman who was crossing a pedestrian lane. At 6:40 a.m., Nicole Cruz (aka Nicole Mercado on Facebook), 26, a bank employee, was walking along a pedestrian lane at the...
Nicole Cruz, the woman who was hit and injured by a car while she was crossing a street in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, received financial assistance from show host and Senator Raffy Tulfo. Cruz (aka Nicole Mercado on Facebook) was crossing a pedestrian lane at the intersection of...
The woman who was hit by a car while she was crossing a street in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig on Nov. 6 will be filing a criminal case against the driver. Nicole Cruz (Nicole Mercado on Facebook) and her father, Rorilito, appeared on the radio and YouTube show “Wanted sa Radyo” hosted...
A woman who was hit by a car while crossing a road in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig said she didn’t want to settle when she signed a document. On Nov. 6, Nicole Mercado was crossing the intersection of 5h Avenue and Rizal Drive in BGC when a black SUV that was turning left hit...
Members of an award-winning church choir lost over P600,000 in gadgets and cash to thieves during a performance at a luxury hotel in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig on Oct. 23. Kammerchor Manila, a non-profit choral group, performed at about 3 p.m. at an event at Shangri-La The Fort when the...
The management of the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig issued a statement regarding an influencer who drove in the opposite direction of a one-way street. A video was uploaded on Reddit with the title “Drunk driving in BGC,” showing a motorist with companions driving in BGC and...
