Ayala Corporation, one of the largest conglomerates in the country, is committing to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This was announced by Ayala President & CEO Fernando Zobel de Ayala during the group's Integrated Corporate Governance, Risk Management, and Sustainability...
An 8.72-kilometer section of the Bauang-San Fernando-San Juan Bypass Road in La Union is now open to motorists. NEW ROAD OPENS -- A ceremonial drive-thru led by DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, La Union 1st District Congressman Pablo C. Ortega, and DPWH Region 1 Director Ronnel M. Tan was conducted...
Ayala Corporation, one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines, has successfully raised US$400 million after setting the terms for a US dollar-denominated fixed-for-life (non-deferrable) senior perpetual issuance on Sept. 16, 2021. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm...
Fernando Poe Jr. After much hemming and humming, a bill that proposed to rename Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City after Fernando Poe, Jr. has been approved by the Philippine Senate on its third and final reading Sept. 13. The street, on which FPJ grew up (in a mansion built by his father on the hilly...
The Senate approved on third and final reading Monday, September 13, a bill that proposes to rename Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City after Fernando Poe Jr. Fernando Poe Jr. Voting 22-0-1, senators approved House Bill (HB) No. 7499 which pays tribute to the late Filipino actor, who was hailed as the...
It was named in memory of US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But that may change soon. Talking about Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City. The Senate on Monday approved on second reading a bill that aims to have it renamed to Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue. Fitting? Well, Quezon City is known to some as...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, August 20, remembered her late father, actor Fernando Poe Jr., on the latter's 82nd birth anniversary. Senator Grace Poe poses with a supporter of her late father Fernando Poe, Jr. during the celebration of the latter's birthday on August 20, 2017. (Senate PRIB) "Happy...
Governor Daniel R. Fernando has ordered the strict implementation of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) protocols in the province from August 16 to 31, 2021. Fernando issued Executive Order No.30, Series of 2021, detailing the guidelines for the strict implementation of MECG which is...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) rolled out on Thursday, Aug. 12 a two-day vaccination program in San Fernando City, Pampanga which aims to inoculate at least a thousand active tourism workers there. (Photo from Department of Tourism) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat led the vaccination...
Ayala Corporation, the country’s oldest conglomerate, reported a 31 percent hike in net income to P10.4 billion in the first semester of 2021 from the low base of the previous year when the metropolis was under stricter quarantine status. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm...
Since it’s maiden public offering 30 years ago, the market capitalization of real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. has ballooned to over P500 billion from P42 billion, making ALI among the largest companies in the Philippine Stock Exchange Index. The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) and ALI have...
Just two hours away from Manila via NLEX, you'll reach the City of San Fernando, the capital of Pampanga, and the home of the big Christmas lanterns we all adore. But more than the big lanterns, this city boasts of many tourist spots that are waiting to be re-explored now that travel restrictions...
