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MANILA, Philippines — PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) is making high-speed connectivity even more accessible to Filipinos by introducing the Smart Bro 5G Pocket Pro, a powerhouse device that can connect up to 15 gadgets simultaneously to the Smart 5G network.
MANILA, Philippines -- With Rookie of the Year Angeline Poyos still hobbled by an ankle injury, the University of Santo Tomas Golden Tigresses needed every help they could get as they faced the mighty National University Lady Bulldogs for the championship on Wednesday.
Apollo Global Capital [APL 0.01, up 10.0%; 6% avgVol] [link] posted a Q1 net loss of P7.9 million, which was actually 32% better than its Q1/23 net loss of P11.5 million. The company’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis section is still just a “Plan of Operations” because the company still has yet to earn a single peso of revenue from the offshore mining operation that it was supposed to have started in early 2021. APL’s current President, Bonner Dytoc, was appointed back in late 2022 after the company’s previous President resigned.
WASHINGTON, United States — US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to hold election debates in June and September, with the rivals trading barbs about their first on-stage meetings in nearly four years.
AREIT [AREIT 33.95, up 0.1%; 116% avgVol] [link] declared a Q1/24 dividend of P0.56/share, payable on June 13 to shareholders of record as of May 28. The dividend has an annualized yield of 6.6%, which is a little higher than AREIT’s pre-dividend annualized yield of 6.48%. The total amount of the dividend is approximately 90.3% of the P1.47 billion in distributable income that AREIT reported for the period. AREIT’s year-to-date stock and dividend return is now up to 3.32%, and its total return since its IPO is now 54.56%.
SP New Energy [SPNEC 1.06, down 6.2%; 150% avgVol] [pdf link] fell more than 6% yesterday as traders digested the MSCI Global Small Cap review results that indicated SPNEC would be deleted from the index, effective June 3. Cebu Pacific [CEB 29.50, down 1.8%; 113% avgVol] is also scheduled for deletion from the index, while ACEN [ACEN 5.00, up 9.4%; 478% avgVol] was selected for inclusion. Aboitiz Equity Ventures [AEV 37.00, down 3.5%; 458% avgVol] was deleted from the MSCI Global Standard index.
MANILA, Philippines — The suspected gunman in the killing of a Kidapawan broadcaster has been asked to cooperate with authorities or “rot in jail.”
MANILA, Philippines — A new university under the University of the Philippines system is currently in the works, UP president Angelo Jimenez disclosed yesterday.