Pasar Foundation Inc. recently concluded a series of trainings on public safety to equip the students of Isabel town, Leyte province, with basic knowledge on disaster-risk management and response to calamities, as well as taught them a quick course on saving lives. 

The two-story, four-classroom school building donated by SM Foundation Inc. and Deutsche Bank to the Llano Elementary School in Caloocan City was spruced up by volunteers from the SM Group, spearheaded by the foundation and SM Retail, students, and their parents in time for the June 5 school opening. Volunteers cleaned the classrooms; repaired broken doors, desks and windows; and …

Country Managing Director Lito Tayag (second from left) leads Accenture’s Corporate Citizenship Month celebration in the Philippines. Accenture brings to life its corporate-citizenship (CC) commitment by enabling its more than 45,000 employees to give back, make a difference, and improve the way the world works and lives. 

Asian conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) officially inaugurated its 7.7-km elevated NAIA Expressway Phase II project (NAIAx), which is currently providing ease of access to and from the country’s busiest gateway, during a late night ceremony onsite that saw the government’s economic managers touting its thrust to further build on the country’s gains via its “Build, Build, Build” program. 

Listed budget airline Cebu Pacific (CEB) saw passenger growth bounce back in April, as summer went into full swing and on the back of the traditional Lenten break and four-day long Labor-Day weekend. 

Listed phone giant Globe Telecom remains optimistic on the growing demand for home broadband Internet amid the latest Akamai Report that showed improvement of broadband speed and adoption in the country. 

Unilever Philippines has signed an agreement with Lopez group power arm First Gen Corp. through its licensed Retail Electricity Supplier, First Gen Energy Solution Inc., for the supply of renewable energy to Unilever’s Paco and Pasig facilities. 

By Riza Lozada Property developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) targets to double its land assets following the success of its initial public offering (IPO), which allowed the property developer to raise P2.9 billion. 

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will play a central role in realizing the Philippines “economic breakout” which requires an improvement in both tax administration and policy reforms in the agency to ensure a steady revenue stream for the Duterte administration’s ambitious program to modernize the country’s infrastructure backbone and accelerate poverty reduction, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said. 

By Riza Lozada An increase in domestic borrowings bumped up the national government’s (NG) outstanding debt in April by 8.3 percent to P6.37 trillion, Bureau of Treasury (BTr) data showed.