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Metro Retail Stores posts P344-M H1 profit

/ from 3 days ago

ON THE back of a strong performance from its current network of stores, Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. (MRSGI) posted a 9.5 percent increase in retail sales for the first half of 2018.Highlighted by a 171 basis point improvement in margins, MRSGI also reported a P344-million profit for the first ...

MANILA. In this photo taken on July 25, 2018, an old lady earns a living by cleaning plastic bottles for recycling on a sidewalk in Ermita, Manila. (Alfonso Padilla/SunStar Philippines)

Economy slows down in 2nd quarter

/ from 7 days ago

THE Philippine economy slowed down in the second quarter of 2018, with gross domestic product (GDP) growing only 6.0 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Thursday, August 9.The figure, which is lower than the 6.6-percent growth rate logged in the first quarter of the year, is less than government ...

MANILA. Protesters from the National Federation of Peasant Women (Amihan), Anakpawis Partylist and Bantay Bigas display empty rice pots to dramatize their objection to House Bill 7735 or the Agricultural Tariffication Act on August 6, 2018. The government's economic team is pushing for rice tarrification to bring down the price of the staple. (Alfonso Padilla/SunStar Philippines)

Inflation hits new five-year high

/ from 9 days ago

AS PROJECTED, the inflation rate accelerated further in July, reaching a new five-year high of 5.7 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Tuesday, August 7.The PSA said the uptrend, from 5.2 percent in June 2018 and 2.4 percent in June 2017, was mainly due to the higher prices of ...

MANILA. Rico's Lechon roasting pit at The Fort, BGC. (Juan Miguel D. Bonjoc)

The smell of Cebu's best in The Fort

/ from 14 days ago

A POPULAR lechon joint from the province of Cebu has landed in The Fort, Bonifacio Global City (BGC), as the first establishment to have a roasting pit in the area, and is set to treat Metro Manila with Cebu-Style lechon.Rico's Lechon, located at The Fort Strip, a hangout spot packed ...

BDO Tower in Makati City (Contributed photo)

BDO earns P13.1 billion in 1st half of 2018

/ from 20 days ago

BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO) posted P13.1 billion in net income in the first six months of 2018 on the back of solid results across its core lending and deposit-taking businesses, down from the year-ago level of P13.3 billion.Excluding the impact of PFRS9, which was implemented early this year on the ...

Motorbike mode now on Google Maps

/ from 22 days ago

Google launched a brand new feature, “motorbike mode” to help Filipinos bikers navigate traffic across the Philippines.Google Maps already has a number of features to help Filipinos reach their destinations including a feature that helps transit riders never miss their stop with Google Maps sending an alert when it’s time ...

3rd telco must be 'reliable, inexpensive'

Ruth Abbey Gita / from 24 days ago

THE third player in the country's telecommunications industry should be "reliable, inexpensive, and secure," President Rodrigo Duterte said in his third State of the Nation Address delivered Monday, July 23.Duterte emphasized that the selection process should be "inclusive" to allow the government to select the most competent telecommunications carrier."My administration ...

AirAsia celebrates a decade of world's best

/ from 29 days ago

LONDON – AirAsia has been named the world’s best low-cost airline for the tenth year in a row. AirAsia won the accolade at the 2018 Skytrax World Airline Awards, held yesterday, July 17, at The Langham, London. Dubbed the ‘Oscars of the Aviation Industry’, the Skytrax Awards are the global benchmark ...

Roxas Sigma's Integrated Coconut Processing Plant: The first in the country

/ from 36 days ago

THE coconut tree has been called the "tree of life" or some other variation of this moniker across the world because no part of it goes to waste. From its leaves down to its roots, people have found some use for each and every part of the coconut tree. It ...

MANILA. Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation grows peanut grass, napier grass, and acacia in their nursery. These were chosen based on growth rate, nitrogen-fixing properties and potential to control soil erosion. (Contributed photo)

Nickel industry plants more than 4 million trees

/ from 43 days ago

GOING beyond compliance in implementing responsible and sustainable mining operations, key players in the Philippine nickel industry have planted an estimated 4.2 million trees to date in the Caraga region and in Palawan.The Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA), through its seven member-companies, has upped its greening efforts in recent years ...

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