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BUSINESS SNIPPETS
Status quo for NAIA upon takeover
by Marianne Go - September 11, 2024 - 12:00am
With the scheduled turnover of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to the SMC-led New NAIA Infrastructure Corp. by Saturday this week, incoming NNIC general manager Angelito Alvarez is assuring the public that...
Still short of target
by Marianne Go - September 9, 2024 - 12:00am
As of Sept. 5 this year, tourist arrivals in the country have reached only 4.08 million, which is still 3.61 million short of the Department of Tourism (DOT)’s full-year target of 7.7 million international...
POGO ban causes dip in office occupancy
by Marianne Go - September 4, 2024 - 12:00am
Overall vacancy of prime and grade A offices in Metro Manila was estimated at 15.2 percent by the second quarter this year, posting a 129-basis-point decrease from the reported vacancy rate of 16.5 percent in the...
Into the Sunlight
by Marianne Go - September 2, 2024 - 12:00am
The Brito family-owned 18-hectare Sunlight Ecotourism Island Resort, located on Naglayan Island, Barangay Baldat, Culion, Palawan, is set to complete its estimated P5-billion expansion by next year.
Preparing for the future
by Marianne Go - August 30, 2024 - 12:00am
Schneider Electric, at 188 years old, continues to evolve and prepare for the future. It is looking at its clients in Southeast Asia anew to forge forward as it tackles the five megatrends that will drive the next...
Cybersecurity: A concern for everybody
by Marianne Go - August 28, 2024 - 12:00am
Over the four-day weekend, a long-time friend living abroad reached out to me via social media to ask about another friend she could not seem to personally reach but who had recently messaged her to ask for financial...
Doing business with Malaysia
by Marianne Go - August 27, 2024 - 12:00am
With a long four-day weekend to enjoy, events on Friday and Saturday were not all strictly business.
Cracking, but not breaking
by Marianne V. Go - August 23, 2024 - 12:00am
The elusive glass ceiling for female C-suite aspirants appears to be cracking, based on the latest Census on Women in Executive Leadership Teams in Philippine Publicly Listed Companies – a study that the Philippine...
PNR chairman eyes education, financial literacy
by Marianne Go - August 21, 2024 - 12:00am
Philippine National Railway chairman Michael Ted Macapagal is eyeing a far more different development program for the government-owned railway company beyond building a national railway infrastructure and syste...
Panglao, El Nido see tourist influx
by Marianne Go - August 20, 2024 - 12:00am
Panglao in Bohol, El Nido in Palawan and Siargao in Surigao del Norte in Mindanao are attracting more tourists and subsequently the investment interest of  international hotel brands, according to Leechiu Property...
Tourism target likely to be missed
by Mariane V. Go - August 16, 2024 - 12:00am
ey tourism targets are likely to be missed this year, according to Leechiu Property Consultants director for hotels, tourism,and leisure, Alfred Lay, in a briefing for members of the Hotel Sales and Marketing Association...
A holiday in Ortigas
by Marianne Go - August 14, 2024 - 12:00am
Last week, I enjoyed a brief but relaxing overnight holiday in the bustling heart of Ortigas at the Holiday Inn Manila to experience for myself what the Gokongwei Group’s Robinsons Hotels and Resorts has...
Diplomatic moves
by Marianne V. Go - August 12, 2024 - 12:00am
Outgoing Swedish Ambassador Annika Thunborg is leaving the Philippines on Wednesday, Aug. 14, for a two-month vacation in New Zealand before returning to Sweden after her all-too-brief three-year stint in the country,...
Can we still build a steel industry?
by Marianne V. Go - August 9, 2024 - 12:00am
Members of the Philippine Iron and Steel Institute have clearly pointed out that the country is very much import dependent even as the remaining steel sector players try to maintain their ability to produce some...
Can we still build a steel industry?
by Marianne V. Go - August 7, 2024 - 12:00am
The answer to the question depends on how optimistic or pessimistic the person answering the question is.
Winds of change for trade and industry
by Marianne V. Go - August 5, 2024 - 12:00am
In just one short week, an unexpected storm has swept the country’s trade and industry sector as much as Super Typhoon Carina wreaked havoc on the country even though it did not directly hit the Philippines...
Moving forward in traffic
by Marianne V. Go - August 2, 2024 - 12:00am
Moving forward is literally and figuratively hard to do, especially when it involves traffic.
Request for funding, but slow action
by Marianne V. Go - July 31, 2024 - 12:00am
It always seems to be the case. Quick requests for funding, but slow action, and eventually questions on where all that money was spent.
IMF chief warns of low-growth world
by Marianne V. Go - July 29, 2024 - 12:00am
International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva in a July 23 IMF Blog post, is warning that the global economy is stuck in low gear, which could deal a major blow to the fight against poverty and...
Ondoy and Carina
by Marianne V. Go - July 26, 2024 - 12:00am
I thought it would not happen again, but it did. And for the second time, we were - again- not prepared.
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