TOKYO, Japan - Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) intends to close the deal to acquire a strategic interest in coconut products exporter Axelum Resources Corporation before the end of this year despite the need to do further due diligence on the company. In a press briefing, MPIC Chief...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – The third district of Negros Oriental is up for a possible “battle” between two controversial political names during the special poll on December 9. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday said the widow of slain Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, Pamplona...
A LOOK BACK Henry Sy Sr. at Shoemart Carriedo If you told Johans Juruena that he’d be working at SM 12 years after he met its founder Henry Sy, Sr., he probably wouldn’t have believed you. It was 1978, and the nine-year-old Johans was just looking forward to his yearly summer visit to Manila....
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – The Police Regional Office in Northern Mindanao Region (PRO-10) has mobilized all its police units in Misamis Occidental province following an explosion on the governor's convoy on Sunday night, October 15. OAMINAL (FB) PRO-10 acting director Police Brig. Gen. Ricardo...
When the Mall of Asia opened in 2006, Henry Sy, Sr. was walking around the SM Store alongside Ma. Cecilia Abreu, who was then AVP for Store Operations. As is usually the case with Mr. Sy, he dropped by the shoe section, checked the shoes and sandals, and then asked a few questions to the...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has approved the request of Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) for additional equity investment of up to P900 million in wholly owned subsidiary UnionDigital Bank Inc. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), UnionBank said the BSP...
Henann Group of Resorts President Alfonso Chusuey, Vice Chairman Anna Lissa Chusuey, Founder Dr. Henry Chusuey, Comptroller Christina Chusuey and Vice President Karl Chusuey Henann Group of Resorts celebrated its 25th anniversary with a grand reception last Sept. 25, 2023, at Henann Regency’s...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) welcomed the first holders of the Philippines' electronic visa (e-visa) -- a mother and her daughter who arrived on board a China Eastern flight from Shanghai, China on Saturday, Sept 2. BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office...
OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental – Gov. Henry S. Oaminal clarified that the mayor and vice mayor of Bonifacio town were both slapped with 60-day preventive suspension allegedly for “betrayal of public trust.” Oaminal said the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Misamis Occidental placed Mayor Samson...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros said there is a need to ensure a wider recognition of the Philippines from the international community regarding the country’s victory at The Hague International Tribunal on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) arbitration. Sen. Risa Hontiveros during...
ILIGAN CITY – Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Roy Galido donned the rank of lieutenant colonel to newly commissioned reserve officer Henry Oaminal, governor of the province of Misamis Occidental. NEWLY commissioned lieutenant governor Henry Oaminal (center) receives his...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has appointed new Philippine ambassadors to Turkiye and Oman, the Palace announced. (From left) Career diplomats Henry Bensurto Jr. and Raul Hernandez (RTVM screenshots) In a social media post on Tuesday night, May 16, the Presidential Communications...
