Titan Dining, a private equity fund which owns the Tim Ho Wan brand and company-owned Tim Ho Wan restaurants, will be increasing its current fund size to SGD450 million from SGD350 million to support the expansion of Tim How Wan, other brands, and other future food and beverages concepts that may be included in the portfolio in the future.
El Niño may have brought the threat of dry spells and water scarcity, but the farmers’ resilience has risen to the occasion. Rather than succumbing to adversity, they have embraced the challenge as an opportunity to learn new techniques and innovative practices to combat the phenomenon’s effects while getting additional income.
Notably lower prices of farm products as vegetables, fruits and fish helped slow inflation in December to as low as 3.6 percent, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Friday.
The International Energy Agency will work to ensure the World Bank, regional development banks and others prioritize the cost of investing in clean energy in developing countries following the COP28 summit last week, its executive director said.
China and the Philippines have ramped up rhetoric on defending territorial claims in the South China Sea, despite both calling for dialogue to settle tensions over that strategic waterway.
Digital payments accounted for nearly two-thirds of retail transactions in the Philippines last year, putting the country within its national target range and underscoring how quickly electronic payments are replacing cash in everyday commerce.
Logistics is moving beyond simply getting products from warehouses to customers as businesses increasingly turn to real-time operational intelligence to manage costs, inventory, and increasingly complex retail networks.
When water flows reliably from a household tap, few people think about the system behind it. Yet keeping water services running requires financing, technical expertise, sound governance, and strong institutions, with the Local Water Utilities Administration playing a central role.
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) is among the first banks to join Direct Debit PH, a new automated recurring payment facility championed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to modernize the country’s payments system and accelerate the shift toward a cash-lite economy.