Business

Teachers and residents will no longer need to wait in long queues and travel to other towns for their cash requirements, with the installation of a new Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) ATM at the Amai Pakpak Central Elementary School (APCES) Compound in Barangay Buadi Sacayo. In partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) – City Schools Division of …

Contecon Manzanillo (CMSA), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s business unit operating at the Port of Manzanillo, is adding four new state-of-the-art rubber tired gantries (RTG) to its landside equipment fleet to further consolidate cargo movement in Mexico’s most important port. Representing an investment of USD8 million, the new RTGs will help speed up container loading and unloading times at the …

How a pioneer mindset helped this network-marketing entrepreneur win in life and business “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” –Steve Jobs (1955-2011) As a business leader, Manny Pascual has the knack for defying conventions and being the first in taking paths that are less traveled. The 46-year-old network marketing expert has pioneered in offering a one-stop-shop super app …

Malayan Colleges Laguna, A Mapúa School (MCL) continues to make waves in the field of higher education in producing globally competitive individuals with its partnership with the Business College of Athens (BCA), launching the country’s first master’s degree program that aims to ‘advance and professionalize the shipping business practice’.  The Master of Science in Shipping Business makes its way into …

International and local experts from the digital and cryptocurrency industries have come together to host the first Philippine Blockchain Week. The week-long event will be held from November 28 to December 4 at the Marriott Grand Ballroom of the Newport World Resorts in Pasay. Called “Chaintrix” and inspired by the meta universe of the movie the“Matrix”, it seeks to promote …

Pioneering township developer Megaworld is set to open its second homegrown hotel development inside its 30-hectare The Mactan Newtown in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu by fourth quarter this year. This will be the 12th hotel property of Megaworld Hotels & Resorts, the country’s largest operator of homegrown hotel brands.  The 20-storey Belmont Hotel Mactan will have 550 guestrooms and suites, composed …

Subic Bay International Terminals (SBITC) is deploying four additional rubber tired gantries (RTG) to boost its landside operations and improve overall productivity in support of the growth prospects of North and Central Luzon in the Philippines. Scheduled for delivery in the last week of September, the RTGs will augment the terminal’s existing fleet of six to enable quicker truck and …

The first Fine Arts NFT collection in the country, showcasing the work of Juvenal Sansó, was sold out at a special dinner by Artifract, an arts NFT platform developed by UBx and operated by Unit 256. Fundacion Sanso, a non-profit organization that exhibits the works of globally famous painter Juvenal Sanso, expressed its excitement about this collaboration to safeguard the …

As Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) celebrates its 60th year, it looks to further boost the reviving economy by leveraging on its full suite of financial products and services that bridge its retail, corporate, treasury and investment banking as well as leasing and bancassurance activities. “For the past six decades, our customers have always been at the front and …

SM Prime Holdings, Inc., one of Southeast Asia’s leading integrated property developers and leading conservation organization World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines have entered a collaboration in adopting a more robust reporting framework to address the climate crisis. This is a major partnership of WWF with a Philippine company towards the development of a bespoke program towards decarbonization. Sustainability …