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Named after Tiger Woods, Japan’s rising star Taiga Semikawa is once again showing his stripes following an opening 7-under 64 in The CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Thursday to trail leader Matt Wallace of England by one stroke.
BULA, Camarines Sur –Farmer-members of the Lirag Agrarian Reform Farmers Beneficiaries Cooperative (LARFBCO) will soon reap the benefits of swine production as the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) facilitated the turnover of a swine facility worth P5.5 million from the Department of Agriculture (DA).The LARBCO received a 2,000-square-meter swine facility with a tunnel ventilation system, biogas facility, caretaker shower room, and perimeter fence.“Aside from the modern swine facility, the cooperative also received 173 piglets to start its operation, with another 127 to follow in the weeks ahead,” said Chief Agrarian Reform Program Officer Gerry L. Matamorosa.Matamarosa said that before the turnover, the DAR coordinated with the DA to help the Bula farmers recover from their losses from the African swine fever (ASF) that largely affected their production.
DITO CME [DITO 2.38, up 7.7%; 602% avgVol] [link] posted a FY23 net loss attributable of P8.1 billion, which is a 30% improvement over its FY22 net loss attributable of P13.8 billion. Revenues were up 54% to P11.2 billion, with the dominant contribution coming from DITO’s main subsidiary, Dito Telecommunity. DITO’s average monthly revenue per user (ARPU) was P128, which is a 54% increase from the P83/user/month it generated in revenue in FY22. DITO’s subscriber count stood at 9 million at the end of 2023, which was down 40% from the 15 million subscribers that it reported at the end of 2022. DITO booked P5 billion in forex gains on its massive debts denominated in US Dollars and Chinese Yuan. DITO said that it will attempt to raise funds through a follow-on offering in the first half of 2024 with the proceeds going toward “the Group’s telecommunications and digital businesses funding requirements.”
Union Bank [UBP 39.80, up 3.4%; 77% avgVol] [link] set the price of its stock rights offering (SRO) at P30.57/share, and set the entitlement ratio at 1 rights share for every 9.1382 UBP shares owned, or (roughly) 0.11 new shares for every existing share. UBP plans to sell 327,118,089 UBP shares through this offering to raise P10 billion.
MANILA, Philippines — Actor Xian Lim broke his silence and confirmed that he is now in a relationship with Viva producer Iris Lee.
MANILA, Philippines — Summer's here, blazing hot, in all its glory, and it seems everyone's feeling the heat. Your social media feed is proof, filled with envy-worthy photos of friends and celebrities living it up under the sun.
Not too long ago, the C-5 extension near our office was lined in both directions with ambulant vendors selling various types of food, from beef pares to goto, kwek-kwek and farm products including fresh bamboo shoots.
MANILA, Philippines — Almost everybody was already predicting the end of Creamline’s dynastic reign with the meteoric rise of rival teams including the vastly improved and deeply talented Petro Gazz side.