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Twenty years ago, Adam Scott of Australia announced his arrival on golf’s biggest stage by winning The Players Championship at The Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the PGA Tour’s flagship $25-million tournament this week, Scott reflects on his famous victory and what it means in his illustrious career, which includes 14 PGA Tour career titles.
MANILA, Philippines – Biñan turned on its defensive switch early then held a late uprising from Caloocan before winning, 84-69, to move on top of the team standings again in the PSL President's Cup at the Caloocan Sports Complex just recently.
LOS ANGELES – Nikola Jokic grabbed a 35-point triple-double as the Denver Nuggets staged a dramatic second-half fightback to defeat the short-handed Toronto Raptors, 125-119, on Monday (Tuesday Manila time).
MANILA, Philippines — NOM is the new go-to app for all your recipes, kitchen essentials, community engagements and exciting prizes!
MANILA, Philippines — You’ve already saved your emergency fund, so now you’re looking for other savings tools to aid you with for your big plans—tying the knot, pursuing your masters, starting your dream business or owning your first condo.
MANILA, Philippines — When little girls are asked about what they want to be when they grow up, many of them proudly say they want to be a nurse, doctor, veterinarian and, more recently, engineer and IT programmer.
Jollibee [JFC 260.00, down 1.5%] [link] announced its plan to sell an additional 5 million to 8 million preferred shares at P1000/share, in a follow-on offering to raise between P5 billion and P8 billion. The preferred shares will be offered as a 2nd tranche of its existing shelf registration for 20 million preferred shares; JFC sold 12 million shares under its first tranche (Series A and Series B) back in 2021. JFC said that it would use the money raised to “maintain strong capital structure, robust leverage position, and optimize liquidity” by “managing maturities of financial obligations.”
The PSE suspended trading in Premium Leisure Corp [PLC 0.74 suspended] [link] yesterday after PLC’s parent company, Belle Corp. [BEL 1.92, up 50.0%], announced that it would conduct a tender offer for all of PLC’s outstanding common shares “for the purpose of eventually causing the filing of an application for the voluntary delisting of PLC.” The suspension of trading for PLC shares will be lifted this morning, but the timeline for any tender offer will rely on the BEL board’s approval of the valuation report from the independent third-party valuation firm that BEL has engaged (First Metro). Once approved, BEL will be able to establish a price and timeline for the tender offer and we should get better clarity on the overall process.