Pag-IBIG Members save record-high P66.66B in Jan-Oct, up 27%; MP2 Savings surpass P33B, up...

Pag-IBIG Fund members have saved more than P66 billion in the last 10 months, breaking yet another record for the period and exceeding all...
Hogs. Photo for representation only. ELMA PEÑA/PNA PHOTO

Subsidy sought for hog raisers affected by ASF

THE Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines is urging the government to give financial aid to hog raisers affected by African Swine Fever (ASF). Their...
Philippine Statistics Authority data showed that poultry production posted an annual growth of 6.4% to P63.060 billion in the third quarter of the year, with chicken production up 6.7% and chicken eggs by 6.1%. PN PHOTO

Poultry farmers lament low chicken, egg farmgate prices

LOCAL poultry farmers are set to temporarily stop production amid the low farmgate prices of chicken and eggs even as retail prices continued to...
Firefly returns with a brighter and merrier Christmas starting with its annual Christmas Tree Lighting event at SM By The Bay on Nov. 11. Photo shows Firefly’s 70-foot Christmas tree bearing its message to millions of Filipinos who flock to this spot every year: “CeleBright New Beginnings as One Country.”

‘CeleBright’ the return of giant Christmas Tree in SM By The Bay; Firefly asks...

FILIPINOS love Christmas. Carols start playing, and parols start blinking all over on Sept. 1, marking the start of the longest holiday season in the...
THE BIGGEST AND THE BRIGHTEST CHRISTMAS LIGHTING IN WESTERN VISAYAS. More than 1.5 million light bulbs lit up property giant Megaworld's Iloilo Business Park via a simultaneous lighting ceremony held in five different locations inside the development representing different sites for residential, mall, offices, hotels, and estate since Iloilo Business Park is Iloilo City’s first-ever township development that is fast rising to be the city’s main central business district (CBD). Leading the ceremonies were; 1. Estate: Megaworld's Engr. Daisy Villanueva, head of Construction Management Division, and Estate Officer, Engr. Jian Rona Padilla, from Festive Walk Parade; 2. Lifestyle Mall: Joe Marie Layson, president, Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc., Karmela Jesena, general manager, Festive Walk Mall, Cong. Jam Baronda, Coun. Alan Zaldivar, Jennifer Fong, vice president for sales and marketing, Megaworld Visayas, and Jogie Viceo, township director, Megaworld Western Visayas, from Festive Walk Iloilo; 3. Residential: Dina Saya-ang, Regional Operations Head of First Oceanic Property Management (FOPM) and Joseph Melgar, senior property manager of Asia Affinity, from One Madison Place; 4. Showroom: Megaworld Iloilo Sales Division Heads Carla Ledesma-Perez and Lelaine Cordero from the Iloilo Business Park Showroom; and 5. Offices: property manager Lyka Pulgado for One and Two Fintech Place, Engineering Officer John Mark Apitong of FOPM, Accounts VisMin Operations Dianne Climaco, Customer Experience Group Director Joseph Breton of the FOPM Customer Experience Group, from One Fintech Place.

Iloilo Business Park lights up Iloilo’s Brightest Christmas Celebration

Over 1.5M lights to illuminate main buildings, landmarks and thoroughfares of 72-hectare township Mandurriao, Iloilo City - Megaworld’s Iloilo Business Park is welcoming the merriest...

PH to import 25K MT of fish amid closed fishing season

THE Philippine government has approved the importation of 25,000 metric tons (MT) of fish to cover supply requirements for the closed fishing season months. The...

SEAFDEC stocks up on tiger shrimp breeders.

OVER 300 breeders of tiger shrimp, locally called lukon or sugpo, were stocked in the new Shrimp Broodstock Rearing Facility of the Southeast Asian...
Capping the momentous milestone with a toast were (from left) architect Peter Estanislao, Vista Land masterplanner; Lily Donasco, Vista Estates Division Head for Visayas; Jerylle Luz Quismundo, Vista Land Chief Operating Officer; architect Frances Francisco, head of Planning for Visayas; and Engr. Laimar Lucena, Concept Development Officer for Vista Estates. Breathing life into the concept of connected living were the stunning productions of Sidlangan Dance Company who performed contemporary and modern jazz numbers.

Linked: Vista Estates unveils Iloilo’s biggest lifestyle destination

ON NOVEMBER 11, 2022, Vista Estates proudly unveiled Georgia – a prime masterplanned development rising at the heart of Panay Island in Iloilo –...
Department of Trade and Industry Region 6 officer-in-charge, assistant director Felisa Judith Degala, checks the label of Christmas lights sold in the market in Iloilo back in 2021. DTI-ILOILO FILE PHOTO

Public told to check safety compliance of Christmas lights

ILOILO City – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here is reminding the public to make sure that the Christmas lights they buy...

Customer Service Strategies for 2022 and Beyond

CUSTOMER behavior and expectations can be fickle and yet a company’s customer service strategy must keep up with them. Gone are the days when...