When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. accepted a gleaming stack of gloves, belts, and battle-worn treasures from Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday, February 24, Malacañang didn’t just receive memorabilia. It absorbed a left hook of history.
SM Prime Holdings is making a bold play to turn the Visayas into the country’s next marquee events corridor, banking on the SM Seaside Cebu Arena to draw global acts, foreign fans and fresh investment outside Metro Manila.
Publicly-listed PhilWeb Corp. has signed a strategic service agreement with FBM (Futebol Bem Melhor), a leading provider of electronic bingo, slot machines, and other gaming content. The partnership, formalized Monday with representatives from PhilWeb and FBM’s Philippine partner Memo Multinational Corp., aims to integrate online gaming capabilities directly into FBM’s existing physical venues and machines.