PNB Holdings Corporation (PHC), the real estate holding company of Philippine National Bank, intends to redevelop its prime properties in Makati and Pasay to boost rental demand and optimize their revenue potential. **media During the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting, newly-appointed PHC...
With him now having two angels, we asked hunk Mike Tan how he is as a father. Well, he was quick to admit that he is a spoiler, noting his daughters have him "bewitched." But, of course, not all the time. He knows there is a need for him to step up and show authority once in a while if only to make...
Megaworld Corporation, the country’s top township developer, is investing the proceeds from its P27 billion real estate investment trust offering to complete 21 new office and commercial projects across 11 townships in the country over the next five years. Ongoing developments inside the...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan There’s a story about Nick Joaquin that’s been going around the creative writing circle for as long as I can remember. It’s said that during a writer’s workshop, the National Artist got so annoyed at a participant's work that he allegedly told the poor workshop...
Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI), the holding company of tycoon Andrew Tan, banked on its overseas operations and diversification efforts to ride out the effects of the pandemic. Alliance Global Group Inc. During the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting, AGI Chairman Andrew Tan said the company...
State auditors have questioned officials of the Misamis Occidental province for failing to present necessary supporting documents for the purchase of land worth over P96.17 million. Auditors of the Commission on Audit (COA) also flagged the release of P510,000 in professional fees to a private...
Megaworld Corporation, the country’s largest developer and lessor of office spaces, is jumping on the REIT (real estate investment trust) bandwagon with the planned P27.3 billion initial public offering of subsidiary MREIT Inc. 12895 In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Megaworld...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan In history class, we learn that the Philippines has had a robust trade with China for centuries before the arrival of the Spanish. Before the ethnic Chinese who had settled in the Philippines were rounded up by the Spanish and forced to live in enclaves (among other...
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday, June 9, predicted that China may soon “become the world’s largest economy”, saying that this is one major reason why a strong Philippines-China relations should be maintained. In her message during the online celebration of 46th...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan A farmer friend posted a meme of a sign on a farm that said in Tagalog: “Visitors are coming! Lock up your plants!” Something a lot of farmers deal with that isn’t talked about a lot is petty theft. We’re not talking about sacks of produce or fertilizer or a bunch...
Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGI) registered a 20 percent drop in net profit to P3.2 billion in the first quarter of 2021 from the P4 billion earned in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its profits declined as the global pandemic continues to...
Safer and more convenient walkways await commuters and pedestrians alike with the upcoming construction of the EDSA Busway Concourse Project next month, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. Conceptual image of the EDSA Busway Concourse. (Photo from DOTr) The DOTr led on Tuesday, May 18,...
