Filipino craftsmanship is getting a modern platform through UNIQLO’s Re.UNIQLO Studio, which has introduced Special Artisan Patches inspired by indigenous communities across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
BellaVita, the socialized housing arm of Ayala Land Inc., has started turning over homes to Naga City government employees under a program covering 1,011 units at BellaVita Naga in Barangay Pacol.
Businessman Iñigo Zobel has transferred his 199.6 million shares in Top Frontier Investment Holdings Inc., the listed parent company of San Miguel Corp., to his wholly-owned IZ Investment Holdings Inc. as part of a strategic asset management initiative.
PLDT Inc. has taken another decisive step in reinforcing its network infrastructure and corporate resilience through its wireless unit, Smart Communications, Inc., which recently expanded its Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite service testing to Batangas in partnership with Lynk Global.
COREnergy, the energy retail subsidiary of listed firm Vivant Corp., has secured a contract to supply 0.6 megawatts of electricity to JEG Tower in Cebu City, marking a key expansion of its commercial client base and advancing its parent group’s broader energy investment and growth targets.
Only 21 out of 548 electricity pilferage cases recorded since 2022 have resulted in convictions, data presented at the Senate Committee on Energy hearing on August 18 showed, revealing severe enforcement gaps under Republic Act 7832 or the Anti-Electricity and Electric Transmission Lines/Materials Pilferage Act of 1994.
Agricultural losses from the enhanced monsoon and storms Luis, Maymay, and TD Neneng rose to P1.73B, the DA said in its Aug. 20, 7 a.m. advisory — up from P1.42B on Aug. 17 before Neneng’s effects were tallied.
Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. (RRHI), part of the Gokongwei Group, is set to end its tenure as a publicly listed company at the end of August, after the Philippine Stock Exchange approved its petition for voluntary delisting.