How Changing Housing Needs Influence Singapore Property Choices
Housing needs rarely stay the same throughout a person’s life. A home that works well for a young professional may not provide the same advantages…
SMDC sets benchmark in modern convenience
Convenience has never become as vital and life-changing as it is today.With the rise of the so-called new normal amid the community quarantine and threat of COVID-19, people have begun…
PH business must reset: ‘No existing playbook for this’
As Luzon heads into an extended enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Philippine businesses are trying to navigate the “new normal” caused by the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, balancing the need…
Accelerated shift to renewable energy pushed
Investing in renewable energy can support a global economic recovery that would be resilient to extraordinary circumstances and inclusive, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena). The Abu Dhabi-based…
Phoenix set to invest in road transport, property
Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. is firming up its road transport operations with a new subsidiary, and also in property holdings in which it will invest close to P5 billion in…
Work-from-home will be new normal for many Ayala employees
The Ayala Group will continue to have up to 40 percent of its employees working from home, a top official said, as the new normal redefines the country’s oldest conglomerate.…
ADB lends $1.5B for PH fight vs COVID-19
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has green-lighted a $1.5-billion quick-disbursing loan for the Philippines, its host-country, to aid in the fight against the COVID-19 disease. “The ADB’s COVID-19 active response…
Extended isolation of high-risk areas in PH rattles stocks
The local stock barometer ended the week in the doldrums as investors gauged the economic impact of the extended lockdown of high-risk areas in the country, including the National Capital…
BDO suffers 10% drop in Q1 net income to P8.8B
BDO Unibank, the country’s leading lender, saw a 10-percent year-on-year drop in first quarter net profit amounting to P8.8 billion, weighed down by trading and foreign exchange losses arising from…
DA to bankroll plans to convert ancestral lands for ‘rice-corn’ hybrid
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has thrown its support to listed AgriNurture Inc. (ANI) to develop “idle” lands of indigenous peoples (IPs) in order to boost the production of corn…
Gov’t assures consumers of enough food supply
The country’s agriculture chief has assured consumers that the extension of the lockdown in the country would not affect food supply, noting that current inventories of basic food items were…