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Premium tea chain CHAGEE is ramping up its Philippine expansion, growing its store network to 16 locations within eight months of entering the market and exploring opportunities to source more ingredients locally as it deepens its presence in the country.

Some executives build companies through spreadsheets and strategy meetings. Eugene Erik Lapasaran Lim has done that too, but many of his best business conversations happen around the family dinner table.

ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) is launching a new limited talk series titled ANC Presents Succession, which features in-depth conversations with heirs of the Philippines’ most prominent business empires. Premiering June 1, the 30-minute episodes are hosted by entrepreneur Ian Paradies, founder of Engkanto Brewery and a former ICTSI executive.

For years, residents of Barangay 128 in Tondo lived with the heavy burden of Metro Manila’s waste problem. Located near the old Smokey Mountain dumpsite and along Manila Bay, the community endured foul odors from rotting garbage, plastic-choked waterways, and fast-rising floods even during light rains, as local official Wendy Cañeda recalled. Today, however, conditions have greatly improved, thanks to the Eco-Ikot Center launched in October 2024.

The Gokongwei Brothers Foundation (GBF), in partnership with food and beverage industry leader Universal Robina Corp. (URC), operates the Iskolar ni Juan scholarship program to provide young Filipinos—especially those unable to afford college education—with a clear alternative pathway toward stable employment.