Potato Corner hits 2,000th store
LISTED Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures, Inc.’s (SPAVI) kiosk-based food brand Potato Corner has opened its 2,000th store as the company gears up for further growth.The 2,000th store, located in SM Cebu, is a Potato Corner XP branch owned by franchisee
First Gen awards contract to Singaporean gas supplier
LOPEZ-LED First Gen Corp. has awarded the contract for its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to Singapore-based Shell Eastern Trading Pte., Ltd., which will provide supply to its gas-fired power plants in Batangas, its chairman said.“We just awarded one
What if China invaded the Philippines?
RAWPIXEL.COMRecently, the magazine The Diplomat (June 2024) found that “76% of the 1,200 respondents polled on March 11-14 said that they saw China as the ‘greatest threat’ to the Philippines. This compared to just 9% for Russia, which was viewed
PNB eyes offshore bond offer before yearend
BW FILE PHOTOPHILIPPINE NATIONAL Bank (PNB) is planning to return to the offshore bond market before yearend to help refinance previously-issued debt maturing this month, its top official said.“We will be floating bonds, perhaps in the later part. We’re targeting
Vivant divests from Buskowitz Energy
LISTED Vivant Corp. announced that a unit of its energy-related holding company Vivant Energy Corp. (VEC) is divesting from solar power provider Buskowitz Energy, Inc. as part of refocusing its investments.VEC’s wholly owned subsidiary Vivant Renewable Energy Corp. (VREC) is