Scatec ASA, a leading renewable energy producer based in Norway, recently announced that it will be injecting billions of dollars of investments with a plan to build five wind energy projects in the Philippines. Furthermore, Scatec plans to invest a total of USD 946...
As the Philippine economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Filipino integrated property developer SM Prime Holdings is expanding its mall footprint, with the opening of SM City Tanza, its eight SM Supermall in Cavite on October 14, 2022. SM City Tanza...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is targeting to complete PHP trillion (USD 17.4 billion) worth of construction and rehabilitation projects involving regional airports across the country by 2023 as the department looks to boost airport terminal building...
Gearing towards the establishment of the Philippine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health (DOH), the British Embassy Manila, and the United Kingdom’s National Health Service Consortium for Global Health (NHSC) – represented by...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) eyes attracting more investments in high-technology industries from Taiwan following the country’s investment mission in the East Asian economy. The strengthening cooperation with Taiwan and the Philippines is set to bring...
It has just been announced that Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) is expanding into the Philippines by offering satellite broadband service to local businesses and the government. This expansion represents the first partnership of SpaceX’s...
The Philippines’ imports of meat products from January to September 2022 surpassed the one billion-kilo mark, led by pork and chicken shipments. According to the latest data from the Philippine Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), as reported by Philstar.com, the...
The Philippines’ largest fully integrated telco PLDT will continue to expand its international cable network as the initial phase of cable construction of the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) begins in Batangas, just months after the successful launch of the Jupiter cable...
Indonesia’s ice cream manufacturer Aice Brands is building a 49,070 sqm ice cream plant in the Philippines – its largest and most advanced within Southeast Asia. Targeted to be operational by October 2023, the factory is located within the 700-hectare LIMA...
The Canadian Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau recently visited Manila to increase trade and investment and promote Canadian agri-food products and solutions. During her visit, Bibeau met with Philippine Department of Agriculture officials, local meat importers...
E-commerce enabler Etaily held its first media roundtable series in mid-September 2022, entitled “The Etail Insider”, where some industry players shared the latest trends and insights in the Philippines’ e-commerce sector. Etaily founder and CEO...
The Philippine government will open at least 22 cancer hubs to help low income patients, the Department of Health (DoH) recently announced. This is part of the PHP 529 million (USD 9 million) Cancer Assistance Fund (CAF), a funding mechanism for poor patients mandated...
