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MANILA, Philippines — Morissette thinks it's about time to put the spotlight on Bisaya songs, and the singer she has been working on new projects that includes Bisaya music.
MANILA, Philippines – Seven Filipino teams missed out on a podium finish in the inaugural Southeast Asia leg of the PUBG Mobile Challengers League (PMCL SEA) over the weekend.
MANILA, Philippines – Nikola Jokic exploded for 42 points as he led the Denver Nuggets over the San Antonio Spurs, 110-105, Wednesday (Manila time).
MANILA, Philippines -- The huge, grind-it-out win over the Magnolia Hotshots on Sunday gave confidence back to Barangay Ginebra after suffering a drubbing against the Meralco Bolts last month.
MacroAsia [MAC 4.26, up 7.8%; 690% avgVol] [link] posted an FY23 net income of P1.07 billion, up 132% from its FY22 net income of P0.46 billion, lifted by a 74% increase in in-flight catering revenues to P3.98 billion and a 53% increase in ground handling and aviation services to P3.14 billion. Both increases were themselves driven by the broader increase in both domestic and international flight activity. MAC reported handling 48,041 more flights in FY23 than FY22 (up 36%), and attributed its improved results this year to “volume growth across all the Group’s business units.”
Citicore Energy REIT [CREIT 2.88, up 1.1%; 134% avgVol] [link] posted an FY23 net income of P1.40 billion, up 11.6% from its FY22 net income of P1.25 billion, powered by CREIT’s “strong guaranteed lease base” and new contributions from FY23 acquisitions from its parent company, Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC). Revenues were up 31% to P1.8 billion, with P1.59 billion coming from CREIT’s guaranteed base leases and P33.9 million coming from its variable lease profit-sharing clauses. CREIT said that its financing cost increased 1660% to P292 million, due mainly to coupon payments on its recent green bond issuance. CREIT used the proceeds of the green bond issuance to acquire properties from CREC.
Basic Energy [BSC 0.16, down 4.9%; 151% avgVol] [link] disclosed that its chairman, Ramon Villavicencio, will step down as chairman and vacate his position as a board member effective March 31 due to personal health concerns. BSC said that Mr. Villavicencio’s role as Chairman will be assumed by its two Vice Chairs, Oscar De Venecia Jr. and Manuel Gonzalez, and that it will “undergo the proper process in deliberating on the replacing individual for the vacancy.” The Villavicencio Family gained control of BSC in May of 2021 through the backdoor listing of MAP 2000 Development Corp., which is the parent company of Filoil Gas and Energy Company.
MANILA, Philippines — Women’s group Gabriela yesterday lauded a female lawyer for suing a National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) official for alleged sexual harassment.