Unilever Philippines is threatening to pull out of the country, should the City of Manila insist on its order for the company to move out of its headquarters in Paco, Manila. The order to relocate was issued following the reclassification of the area into residential from commercial in 2006.
The company is involved in the production [...]

A P3 billion joint venture deal has been agreed upon by the real estate arm of San Miguel Corp., the San Miguel Properties Inc. (SMPI) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). The joint venture will develop a 2,615 square meter prime property near Greenbelt 1 into an upscale serviced apartment. The property belongs to [...]

One of the country’s leading company, the San Miguel Corp. is planning to list its packaging arm in order to raise more funds, as the beer-based group is getting ready to branch out into heavy industry, according to Dow Jones Newswires. San Miguel president Ramon Ang told Dow Jones that the initial public offering for [...]

“I won’t put P1 on any corporate responsibility project unless I can get my staff involved. To be honest, it’s good for business.” These were the words of Mark Watkinson, country chief executive officer of British banking giant HSBC, as he speaks about the companies socio-civic activities.
Based on their experience, Watkinson said that their investments [...]

A new law has been signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that that will help gear the Department of Tourism with the necessary tools it needs to turn the Philippines into a world-class destination.
The Republic Act 9593, also known as the National Tourism Policy Act of 2009, declaring a national policy for tourism as an [...]

If you are really serious in your business and are willing to take it the next level, be sure that you have your own website. It is now a necessity for entrepreneurs to have one. But there are many web hosting companies now who all claim to offer the best web hosting service, which sometimes [...]

Gmail, the free email program of internet giant Google has extended its experimental features to international users, including Filipinos, because the features are now also available in the country’s national language.
Gmail Labs, the experimental feature playground within the web-based Gmail software, will now be available in Filipino, along with other 49 languages. Offering useful and [...]

The Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) is looking at its options in purchasing the Philippine Bank of Communication (PBCom) as part of long-term growth strategy. As early as 2000, Aboitiz-led Union Bank decided on the acquisition path, in line with its “Focus 2010” strategy, where one of its aims is to become the country’s [...]

Tomorrow, May 13, 2009, more than 30 of the most recognizable international and local brands will be given due recognition during the Superbrands Philippine Award Tribute. To hand the awards to the recipient companies are CEO of Superbrands Ltd. Eamonn Sadler and Superbrands Asia Chairman Steve Smith.
Unlike in previous awards nights where the event was [...]

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has finally entered into an administrative arrangement with the Belgian government to honor the driver’s licenses issued in the Philippines. Because of this, Filipinos who are living and/or working in Belgium can now exchange their valid Philippine driver’s license with Belgian license without the need to take any written [...]

The country’s tax agency’s collection target for this year is P850 billion. In line with this, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has launched a campaign called “Handang Maglingkod Project” (HMP) to maximize services to taxpayers whose cooperation is crucial in hitting the bureau’s target for the year.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), Philippine [...]

A job fair spearheaded by the Department of Tourism (DOT) will be held on May 22 and 23 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The job fair called Trabaho sa Turismo already has 270 employers who confirmed to participate in the said fair, which is more than 50 percent over last year’s 175 [...]

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The said company recently announced plans to expand its global legal contest business and it has chosen the Philippines to host its facility.

SM Investments Corp. (SMIC) is currently having talks with some foreign companies to operate the planned gaming facilities within the Mall of Asia complex in Pasig City.
Reports said SMIC, Asia Pacific Gaming of Australia, and a US-based casino operator held exploratory talks for a possible partnership in the proposed gaming facility. Jose T. Sio, SMIC [...]

The Commission on Election (Comelec) has started accepting the bids for the poll automation in 2010, and seven service providers have submitted on Monday, May 4, 2009 their bids to the Comelec
The seven firms are as follows:

In the light of the fear brought about by the potential outbreak of the A/H1N1 influenza virus, or more commonly know as the swine flu virus, a factory in Bataan Economic Zone (BEZ) has hiked up its production of face mask, bandage, isolation gowns and other medical garments.
Medtex, a Taiwanese company which has been operating [...]

Pandesal is part of being a Filipino. Most families have pandesal and coffee for breakfast. And now, here’s good news about pandesal – the Philippine Federation of Bakery Association, Inc. announced that starting Tuesday, the prices of pandesal as well as the loaf bread will be 50 centavos cheaper.
Luisito Chavez, vice president of the bakers’ [...]

Commissioner Marcelino Libanan of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) has ordered all airport personnel to stop collecting exit clearance fee from departing Filipinos who are holder of foreign passports. This directive was issued by Libanan to all immigration officials at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as well as the other international airports and subports [...]

The case of the missing cell hone load does not exempt anyone, not even Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile! Senator Enrile said in the morning of May 25, his cell phone has a load of P387, but lost it in the evening without even using it.
But that was not the only time it happened to [...]

After a long wait, the fight between Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Ricky “Hitman” Hatton was over in just 2 rounds within the bout.
A match that almost didn’t came to be just because of the talk on that fight purse, a match that saw a distracted Pacquiao because of the hullaballoo on the airtime rights.
The road [...]