Two construction workers were injured on Tuesday afternoon after the gondola they were using to perform a finishing touch on SM Aura in Taguig City. SM Aura is SM group’s newest shopping complex.
The state-owned Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office has agreed to go into arbitration of its dispute with listed information technology solutions provider DFNN Inc. over a wireless lotto betting contract that was scrapped during the Arroyo administration.
Property giant Ayala Land Inc. said on Saturday it has cordoned off certain sections of Two Serendra and was continuing to inspect all areas in the complex following Friday night’s explosion that killed three people and wounded five others.
As investors and analysts ponder whether the Philippines would remain in a sweet spot beyond 2016 when the country elects its next President, New York-based think tank Global Source listed four “viable” presidential contenders from the administration party who could challenge incumbent Vice President Jejomar Binay.
The Movement for Good Governance (MGG) is attempting to help Filipino voters evaluate candidates for posts in the May 13 elections with a “simple but effective” scorecard based on three leadership criteria:
effectiveness, empowerment and ethics.
Music lovers can rest easy after residential property developer SM Development Corp. (SMDC) said it would “save and preserve” the “culturally historic” Philamlife Theater in Manila following pleas from heritage conservation advocates.
The state-controlled Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) is seeking lower lease rates from lotto equipment service contractors, citing the need to boost available charity funds and to comply with directives from the government’s oversight bodies to ensure a fair deal for the government.
Officials of the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) suspended classes on Monday and called for sobriety amid public dismay and outrage over the suicide of a freshman forced to put her studies on hold because she could not pay the tuition.
The Church, the academe and the media are the institutions that Filipinos trust the most, while there is much less faith in government, nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and business, according to the 2012 Philippine Trust Index (PTI).
It is the second mining disaster to occur in the country in seven months, putting the local mining industry under siege, but investors do not expect a prolonged suspension of operations of Semirara Mining Corp.’s Panian open-pit coal mine in Antique, given that the disaster was “not environmental” in nature.
President Aquino sees no reason to doubt Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, the administration’s anticrime czar whose name has been dragged into the police killing of 13 alleged criminals in Atimonan, Quezon, on Jan. 6.
The country’s most eligible bachelor is likely to spend his birthday and Valentine’s day next month with climate as a wintry as this visit to Switzerland.
Pres. Benigno Aquino III is still unconvinced that the Philippines should overhaul its Constitution to boost the country’s economic standing.
