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Top property developer SM Prime Holdings Inc. will shift its focus on projects in the provinces to cater to the “unserved” housing sector, SM Prime President Hans Sy said. 

The notorious vehicle traffic congestion in two of the Philippines’s largest cities is the target of a tie-up between app-based transport service Grab, government agencies and the World Bank (WB).

Proper preparation goes a long way. A new solar-power system has armed an elementary school with the right tools to endure the worst floods, especially when power lines are down.

The construction industry and the general public can help in the drive toward conservation by using materials produced following the highest standards of sustainability, the top official of construction-solutions company Holcim Philippines Inc. said in a recent architecture forum.

The Aetas of Pastolan in Subic Bay Freeport recently ratified the expansion of the wind- and solar-energy projects in their ancestral land as part of their commitment to sustainable development.

Mass-housing developer 8990 Holdings’s first high-rise condominium, the 42-story Urban Deca Tower along Edsa in Mandaluyong City, is now on its 30th floor and is 70 days ahead of schedule and with 48 percent of the project sold out, the company reported to the bourse.

Listed conglomerate Roxas Holdings Inc. (RHI) said it will fix at a 10-percent discount of the average price of its common shares in the past 90 days the indicative price in its stock rights offer. RHI held last April 4 its executive committee (ExCom) regular meeting to decide on the indicative offer price of stock rights offering of 265,968,916 common …

Five years after its successful network modernization program that saw mobile data exploding in the Philippines, Globe Telecom embarks on another nationwide infrastructure program that would enhance the country’s Internet experience within homes and across businesses.

Core profit of listed property developer Megaworld reached P10.39 billion in 2015, excluding a P18-million one-time gain, up 10.58 percent from the previous year’s P9.4 billion, excluding a P12.16-billion nonrecurring gain, the company reported to the bourse. Megaworld is growing its rental portfolio as it strives to maintain stronghold on being a top township developer. “We already have a strong …

SM Foundation Inc. (SMFI) sees something unique in the current schoolyear as the Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-to-12) education scheme kicks off in that it will have the fewest number of college scholars under the program as a result of the transition in the education curriculum. While the SM scholarship program supports 1,500 scholars every year, school year 2016-2017 though …