The Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF), the social development arm of the Jollibee Group, recently convened local implementing partners of its Farmer Entrepreneurship Program (FEP) for a three-day capacity-building workshop aimed at strengthening support for farmer groups.
SM Prime Holdings Inc. targets to operate 115 malls by 2030, translating to an average rollout of four to five new malls annually, as it ramps up expansion beyond Luzon and Metro Manila into the Visayas and Mindanao.
The Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. (PSE) and Bloomberg have announced a new partnership aimed at enhancing global investor understanding of the Philippine capital markets. The collaboration will focus on outreach activities both domestically and internationally, including virtual roadshows and roundtable discussions designed to engage international investors.
Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), the country's top infrastructure investment firm, has named Gilbert Gabriel F. Santa Maria as the new president and chief executive officer of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp, (MPTC), effective 1 September 2025.
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon has dismissed a district engineer over a P96.5-million anomalous flood control project in Bulacan, following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to clean up the agency.
Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, who at 101 still served as chief legal adviser to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., passed away on Thursday, his daughter Katrina Ponce Enrile announced. “With profound love and gratitude, my father peacefully returned to his Creator on November 13, 2025, at 4:21 p.m., surrounded by our family at home,” she said, adding that it was her father’s wish to take his final breath in their residence. JPE, as he is known, was hospitalized earlier this week, battling pneumonia. The family requested privacy as they grieve, with details of public viewing to follow. Enrile served several presidents, including the late Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and Corazon Aquino—both as Defense Secretary. The Senate expressed sorrow and, following tradition, suspended deliberation on the government’s 2026 budget following the passing of its former leader, a figure both vilified for his role during the Martial Law years and revered for EDSA People’s Power Revolution.
The group of businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) confirmed it is in preliminary discussions with the Villar Group for a possible acquisition of Prime Water Infrastructure Corp., one of the country’s largest private water operators.
Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen), through its subsidiary Panay Energy Development Corp., has funded a P17.3-million lighting system for the La Paz Football Ground in Iloilo City.
The twin blows of tropical systems Tino and Uwan have caused an estimated ₱743.83 million in agricultural damage across several regions, according to the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center.