FREEPIKFor companies seeking individuals to appoint as members of their Board of Directors, a common source is the pool of CEOs approaching retirement. Many professionals, including entrepreneurs, often assume that “there is no life after retirement.” In reality, vast opportunities exist to leverage one’s skills
GUESTS IN QUEUE at the AirAsia check-in counters at NAIA Terminal 2. — NEWSROOM.AIRASIA.COMPHILIPPINES AIRASIA, Inc. (AirAsia Philippines) is projecting to end the year with 7.2 million passengers flown, a 9.09% increase from last year’s 6.6 million, but falling short of its eight million target
BW FILE PHOTOPHILIPPINE BANKS continued to fall short of the mandated lending quota for small businesses at end-September, data from the central bank showed.Loans extended by the banking industry to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) reached P500.809 billion as of end-September, accounting for only
THIS YEAR, Isang Himala, an entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), aims to breathe new life into the beloved Filipino story about miracles — in the form of a musical. While based on the 1982 film Himala directed by National Artist Ishmael Bernal
SFASEMICON.COM.PHTHE Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Monday approved the planned voluntary delisting of SFA Semicon Philippines Corp. (SSP).SSP’s shares will be delisted from the exchange’s official registry on Dec. 12, the PSE said in an announcement on its website.On Nov. 25, SSP announced the completion
THE NEW CHARTER of the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) is expected to be approved by the House of Representatives Banks and Financial Intermediaries Committee early next year, its chairman said on Monday.Manila Rep. Irwin C. Tieng, who heads the House banks committee, said
UNA APARTMENTS is the country’s first multi-certified mid-market residential development. — ARTHALAND.COMPROPERTY developer Arthaland Corp. projects that its Una Apartments, a mid-market residential development in Biñan, Laguna, will have a gross development value of P15 billion, according to a company official.The five-tower project is located
OPENING NIGHT at Comedy Manila’s Brick Wall comedy club (L-R): Rex Navarrete, Roger Naldo, GB Labrador, Nonong Ballinan, Margie de Leon, Alexio Tabafunda, and James Caraan.THE stand-up comics of Comedy Manila are a fun bunch. There’s the irreverent barkada humor of KoolPals podcasters GB Labrador,
Last week a huge business delegation organized by the Canadian Embassy — the Team Canada Trade Mission (TCTM) — came to Manila. Upon the invitation of the embassy, I attended the Plenary Session, “Canada, the Philippines and the Indo-Pacific,” on Dec. 5 at the Grand
SINGAPORE-BASED private equity firm Growtheum Capital Partners (GCP) will invest P7 billion in Mets Logistics, Inc. to help advance its expansion in the cold storage logistics sector in the Philippines, the local cold chain solutions provider said on Monday. “This investment will further our expansion plans
THE WHOLLY OWNED investment banking arm of Security Bank Corp. has changed its name to Security Bank Capital and Investment Corp. from SB Capital Investment Corp.The investment house’s corporate name change has been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission and took effect on Nov.
UK employers cut their recruitment efforts sharply in November, with job vacancies falling at their fastest rate since the onset of the pandemic. Fresh data from KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) reveal that demand for staff declined “at a sharp and accelerated pace,”