Corporate

Southstar Drug has reached a major milestone, opening its 700th branch at UP Diliman as it marks its 88th year of service—underscoring a quiet but impactful journey from a single pharmacy in Bicol to a national network championing accessible healthcare.

Long-time critics of the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) from Indigenous Peoples (IP) communities now express support for the agency’s renewed direction under president and CEO Gil G. Taway IV, a lawyer, who assumed leadership in October 2023.

Manulife Philippines, the local arm of global financial services leader Manulife, earned major accolades at the Insurance Asia Awards 2025 held in Singapore, spotlighting the company’s ongoing digital transformation and deepening brand relevance in the Philippine insurance market.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Filinvest Development Corp. 's planned ₱8 billion preferred share offering, a move that underscores the firm’s continued drive to strengthen its capital structure and fund key operations.

Benguet Corp. announced that its principal stockholders—Palm Avenue Holding Co. Inc. and Palm Avenue Realty and Development Corp.—have secured a final decision from the Supreme Court lifting the sequestration of their shares in the listed mining firm.