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[Title] => PEZA-approved investments hit P109 billion
[Summary] => Investments approved by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) jumped by 72 percent from a year ago despite heightened global uncertainty from geopolitical events.
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[Title] => JIL Church wins Kowloon property dispute
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[Title] => Lopez majority says pension funds risk losses in First Gen investments
[Summary] => The Lopez family majority has warned of potential losses worth billions of pesos for government pension funds – the Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) – in their investments in First Gen Corp. should the two poison pills protecting tycoon Federico “Piki” Lopez be triggered.
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[Title] => ‘Recurring volatility the new normal’
[Summary] => Seeing recurring volatility as the new normal, the Sy family’s SM Investments Corp. is maintaining a disciplined approach in hopes of sustaining its positive first quarter performance throughout the rest of the year.
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[Title] => MPIC commits P12 million funding for protection of Tubbataha Reefs
[Summary] => Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), through its corporate social responsibility arm Metro Pacific Investments Foundation (MPIF), is providing P12 million in funding to support the continued protection of the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park.
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[Title] => FDI inflows drop to four-month low
[Summary] => Foreign direct investments (FDI) into the Philippines fell to a four-month low in January, reflecting cautious investor sentiment amid global uncertainties, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said.
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[Title] => BOI projects increase over 4-fold in 2 months
[Summary] => The Board of Investments (BOI) approved P47 billion worth of investments for 35 projects in the first two months of the year.
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[Title] => MPIC earmarks over P200 billion for capex
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[Title] => PEZA-approved investments down to P35 billion in 2 months
[Summary] => Investments approved by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) in the first two months of the year dropped by 33 percent from a year ago, but the agency remains hopeful of achieving a double-digit growth in investment registrations this year.
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[Title] => Green lane momentum strengthens investment pipeline
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[Title] => JIL Church wins Kowloon property dispute
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[Summary] => The Lopez family majority has warned of potential losses worth billions of pesos for government pension funds – the Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) – in their investments in First Gen Corp. should the two poison pills protecting tycoon Federico “Piki” Lopez be triggered.
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[Title] => ‘Recurring volatility the new normal’
[Summary] => Seeing recurring volatility as the new normal, the Sy family’s SM Investments Corp. is maintaining a disciplined approach in hopes of sustaining its positive first quarter performance throughout the rest of the year.
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[Title] => MPIC commits P12 million funding for protection of Tubbataha Reefs
[Summary] => Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), through its corporate social responsibility arm Metro Pacific Investments Foundation (MPIF), is providing P12 million in funding to support the continued protection of the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park.
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[Title] => FDI inflows drop to four-month low
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