Lower real estate sales drag Sta. Lucia Land net income
STALUCIALAND.COM.PHLISTED Sta. Lucia Land, Inc. saw a 10.1% drop in its third-quarter net income to P906.78 million from P1.01 billion a year ago on lower revenue.Third-quarter revenue fell by 5.6% to P2.75 billion from P2.91 billion in 2023, Sta. Lucia
Defunding social health insurance in favor of medical ayuda
FREEPIKDo we want patients consulting trapos (traditional politicians) for health assistance? It might become the norm as social health insurance (the Philippine Health Insurance Corp., better known as PhilHealth) gets defunded in favor of a medical assistance program that reeks
Meat imports up 12.65% at end of September
PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOMEAT IMPORTS by volume rose 12.65% year on year in the first nine months, led by beef and pork, according to the Bureau of Animal Industry.Meat imports rose to 1.03 billion kilograms from 923.16 million a year earlier.Meat
Philippine central bank eyes expanded pawnshop services
THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) is looking to amend its rules on pawnshops, which will allow them to offer more services such as money changing and gold trading. In a draft circular posted on its website, the central bank said
Dispensing — and enabling — dreams
1 of 4WHAT A YEAR it has been for Carlos “Caloy” Yulo. He did the incredible and carry an entire country’s hopes on his shoulders — on the way to notching an unprecedented two golds in the Paris Olympics —