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MANILA, Philippines — Health and beauty care chain store Watsons successfully staged its second edition of the Sustainable Art Competition, where invited artists created pieces using recycled items from the store.
HONG KONG, China — Asian stocks rallied Friday as investors breathed a sigh of relief after US jobs data soothed concerns that the world's top economy could tip into recession, bringing a painful week to a positive end.
São Paulo, Brazil – The Philippines ate its way to become Brazil’s second largest market for pork products as its imports from the South American country expanded at a faster pace in the first half of the year, driven by its need to augment domestic supplies challenged by the African swine fever (ASF).
Nickel Asia [NIKL 3.30, up 4.8%; 164% avgVol] [link] reported a Q2 net income of P1.35 billion, up 4.4% y/y from its Q2/23 net profit of P1.30 billion. On an H1 basis, NIKL’s revenues were down 15% y/y to P9.3 billion and its net income was down 38% y/y to just P1.7 billion. NIKL’s management team explained the drop as a result of lower nickel ore prices caused by the “present oversupply situation facing the nickel industry”. While NIKL sold 9% more ore in H1/24 than it did the previous year, the revenues that it earned as a result of those sales fell 16%.
MANILA, Philippines — Global Dominion Financing Inc. (“Global Dominion”) made its maiden foray into the debt capital markets with the signing of up to P1 billion fixed-rate corporate notes facility at the end of 2023.
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s jobless rate dropped to its lowest this year as more Filipinos were absorbed by the labor market, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
Sen. Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla on Wednesday urged concerned government agencies to disclose their preparations for the possible effects of the tension in the Middle East, including Israel, Lebanon and Iran.
NAGA CITY – Experience the freshest fruits, vegetables, and locally produced goods at the newly launched LCC Weekend Market in Naga City. Starting August 3, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has partnered with LCC Mall to bring farm-fresh produce directly from agrarian reform beneficiaries to your shopping cart every Saturday and Sunday.