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Shopping mall operator SM Prime Holdings Inc. said its income in January to September rose 37 percent to P30.1 billion from the previous year’s P22 billion. Consolidated revenues reached P92.6 billion for the period, some 26 percent growth from last year’s P73.7 billion. “Our strategic operations over the past months…

The average wholesale price of regular milled rice jumped by almost a quarter in September, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). PSA data showed that the average wholesale price of rice in September reached P43.05 per kilo, or 23.2 percent higher than the P34.93 per…

SOME senators, past and present, seem disturbed by some of Sen. Robinhood Padillas routine interventions in foreign policy and national security matters. They tend to suggest that these are matters beyond his competence as a movie actor, even though he topped the last Senate elections and now chairs the all-important Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

Prime Minister Kishida to Address Joint Session, Highlighting Strong Japan-Philippines Partnership and JICA-Funded Projects in Bicol Region

(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to Malacañang, with the two leaders expected to reaffirm the two countries bilateral ties.

APPROVED foreign investments hit P1.07 trillion at the end of October, the Board of Investments (BoI) said, putting the agency a step closer to this years P1.5-billion target.

THE Department of Agricultures Regional Field Office 5 (DA-RFO 5) announced the approval of P412.7 million worth of infrastructure projects under the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) funded by the World Bank.

SOCIAL Welfare and Development Secretary Rexlon Rex Gatchalian announced earlier this week that the department is currently developing the Food Stamp Program (FSP) for rollout beginning in mid-2024. This is a welcome development and can be a substantial tool to help alleviate poverty and hunger in the Philippines, progress on which has been largely stalled since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic three years ago.

Philippine Canadian Inquirer Comelec to probe withdrawal of election boards News

The Board of Investments (BOI) on Friday said its total approved investments reached the P1-trillion mark in the first 10 months of 2023.