MPTC eyes P20-B bond offer for tollway projects, debt payment
THE CAVITE-LAGUNA EXPRESSWAY or CALAX is a 4-lane, 44.63-km closed-system tolled expressway connecting CAVITEX and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). — MPTC.COM.PHBy Ashley Erika O. Jose, Reporter METRO PACIFIC Tollways Corp. (MPTC) is targeting to raise up to P20 billion through
T-bill yields correct higher before inflation data
BW FILE PHOTOTHE GOVERNMENT made a full award of the Treasury bills (T-bills) it offered on Monday even as yields corrected higher amid broad market volatility due to overseas concerns and before the release of September inflation data and the
To keep true to her vision, Morissette produces own concert
MORISSETTE AMONMORISSETTE AMON, known simply as Morissette, will return to the stage with her self-produced concert Ember at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, on Oct. 28. Fifteen years since she started her music career, Ms. Amon has cemented her reputation
ICTSI units secure 25-year concession extension for Subic terminals
SUBIC BAY International Terminals — ICTSI.COMINTERNATIONAL CONTAINER Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), through its subsidiaries, secured a 25-year extension of its concession agreements for the management and operation of New Container Terminals (NCT) 1 and 2 in Subic, Zambales, and will
PHL eyes 10% foreign participation in bond market
US dollar bills are seen at a money exchange office. — REUTERSTHE PHILIPPINES wants to increase foreign participation in the domestic bond market to 10% by next year, with its possible inclusion in JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s emerging market index
Singular voices amidst the noise
CINEMALAYA Shorts A group stills in a collage: (L-R first row: Ascension from the Office Cubicle, Hasang, Radikals; L-R second row: Please Keep This Copy, The Next 24 Hours)By Brontë H. Lacsamana, Reporter THE short films in Cinemalaya this year, particularly
Five more banks join Maynilad’s P45.8-B IPO underwriting group
MAYNILADWATER.COM.PHWEST ZONE water concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. has appointed five additional banks to its underwriting syndicate for its planned P45.8-billion initial public offering (IPO) scheduled next month. In its preliminary prospectus dated Oct. 3, Maynilad said BDO Capital & Investment
PH medicine security gets a boost on assurances of enhanced public-private partnership
Present during the forum are, among others, (from left to right, in photo) Evangeline Orejola, treasurer of Northfield Lab; Robert Eugenio, Head of External Affairs at Unilab, Inc.; MariKhris Villanueva, director of Pascual Consumer; Zeny Esguerra, director of La Croesus;
Peso plunges to 8-month low on Japan policy bets
BW FILE PHOTOTHE PESO plunged to more than an eight-month low on Monday to track the broad decline of Asian currencies against the dollar due to Japan’s surprise pick for its next prime minister. The local unit closed at P58.35 versus
Sabotage: Corruption’s counterattack against every bold reform
STOCK PHOTO | Image by Rawpixel.Com from FreepikWhen billions of pesos — or dollars — are at stake, powerful criminal networks don’t just disappear. They adapt, scheme, and fight back. Every bold anti-corruption initiative, no matter how noble, becomes a