SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (2nd from left) interpellates a Department of Agriculture (DA) official during House panel hearing Wednesday, May 10. (Screenshot from Facebook live) SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta says he will ask for the resignation of Bureau of Plants Industry...
Listed firm Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation (SHLPH) has secured P9.0 billion loan from the Bank of the Philippines Islands (BPI) and Metrobank. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Shell said the P9 billion loan will be equally split between the two banks. The loan will...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Banking and shopping just got easier, thanks to a pioneering tie-up between Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and Lazada, one of the largest e-commerce operators in Southeast Asia. Last month, BPI president and CEO Jose Teodoro “TG” Limcaoco and Lazada...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Right after the Chinese New Year, Ayala-led Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) listed the very first bond issue in 2023 at the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corporation (PDEX). Dubbed as the BPI RISE bonds (Reinforcing Inclusive Support for MSMEs), the issue has a...
Around 3,000 metric tons (MT) of imported onions have so far arrived in the country, the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) disclosed on Saturday, Jan. 28. Onions at a Quezon City supermarket (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with the Manila Bulletin, BPI Information Section...
Surendra Menon turning over the role of Chief Executive Officer to Karen Custodia during BPI AIA’s recent Sales Kick Off event. Top bancassurance firm, BPI AIA, today announced the appointment of Karen Custodia as the new Chief Executive Officer of BPI AIA, which took effect on January 9, 2023....
A visibly irate Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo asked a Department of Agriculture (DA) official during a House of Representatives panel briefing Wednesday Jan. 25 whether or not he believes there's a cartel in the local onion industry. Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo,...
The first batch of the more than 21,000 metric tons of onions that the national government gave go-signal to be imported has arrived in the country, the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) announced on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Red onions (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) In a “Laging Handa” briefing, BPI...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The proposed merger between Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and Robinsons Bank Corporation (RBC) continued on track with its recent approval in a special BPI stockholders meeting held last week. BPI Chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Vice Chairman Cezar P....
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who also heads the Agriculture department, gave the go signal for his administration’s “calibrated importation” of onions to address its surging prices in the market but protect farmers at the same time. Red onions (Photo courtesy of Pixabay)...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The key to the success and longevity of a bank is trust. Once more, Bank of the Philippine Islands established its trustworthiness with the expert and quick resolution of an incident which occurred on Jan. 4. BPI’s systems double-posted transactions that were made on...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, January 4 expressed concern the system glitch that hit the Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) would erode the confidence of its customers in the country’s banking system. Gatchalian said the Ayala Group-owned bank should immediately deal with their...
