Business

For Filipinos, education is considered as a symbol of wealth that parents can bequeath to their children.

President Rodrigo Duterte underscored the importance of the government’s “Build, Build, Build” program during his speech at the opening ceremonies of the Boao Forum for Asia held in Hainan, China on April 10, 2018.

SM Foundation Inc. was on its programmed medical and dental mission in Barangay Calayo, Nasugbu on Friday (April 23) when three emergency cases involving young boys were brought before them and were immediately attended to by the mission sparing the patients of prolonged pain, miseries and even expenses.

Laguna Water officially launched its Tamang Sanitasyon Equals Kalusugan, Kalinisan, at Kaunlaran ng Bayan (TSEK ng Bayan) services in an event held last April 5, 2018 at the LTI Sewage and Septage Treatment Plant at Laguna Technopark, Binan, Laguna.

Noho-Magae, an organization representing the Baruni and Tatana communities in Papua New Guinea, has thrown its full support behind International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) subsidiary ICTSI South Pacific, joining as shareholders of Motukea International Terminal in Port Moresby.

Following the successful Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan Farmers’ Training Program conducted in Balo-i, Lanao del Norte, SM Foundation kicked off its second training program in Lanao, this time in Marawi City.

The Department of Trade and Industry’s Design Center of the Philippines sees Philippine design steadily rising into the international design scene as locally-made eco-friendly motorcycle Green Falcon lands in Worth Global Style Network’s Design Futures Report.

State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) has offered to buy Singapore Exchange Ltd.’s (SGX) 20 percent stake, or 1.25 million shares, in the Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp. (PDSHC) at P350 apiece.

Political concerns in the US continue to worry investors resulting in the risk-off sentiment even in the Philippine equities market Thursday but the Philippine peso remained strong against the greenback.

The American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham) has welcomed the record-high foreign direct investment (FDI) that the country posted in 2017.