MANILA, Philippines — SM Prime Holdings Inc. has inched closer to its goal of having 100 malls by 2027 with the upcoming opening of its 89th domestic mall in La Union. The Sy family-led property giant on Wednesday disclosed that the 51,000-square-meter (sq m) SM City La Union would open its doors on Friday, Oct.
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UAAP SCHEDULE: Season 88 basketball tournament MANILA, Philippines—Following its monumental win over Ateneo in triple overtime, University of Santo Tomas kept up its winning ways after beating Far Eastern University, 92-80, on Wednesday. The Growling Tigers trounced the skidding Tamaraws to improve their record to 5-1, tied with National U at the top spot. This
MANILA, Philippines–Barangay Ginebra blew past TNT, 92-77, on Wednesday to register its first win in the PBA Philippine Cup at Smart Araneta Coliseum. Japeth Aguilar powered his way to 17 points and 10 rebounds while Troy Rosario, Scottie Thompson and RJ Abarrientos were also instrumental in the Gin Kings’ bounce back showing after dropping their
MANILA, Philippines – PacificSun Renewables Corp. plans to build a P4.9-billion solar power facility in Ilocos Norte with a capacity of 120.96 megawatts (MW). Based on a document filed at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the proposed project will cover three barangays in Paoay, Ilocos Norte. READ: Philippines emerges as hot spot
MANILA, Philippines — Courtney Schwan delivered in the clutch as Creamline exacted sweet revenge against its All-Filipino tormentor, Petro Gazz, 25-20, 25-21, 17-25, 25-20, in the PVL Reinforced Conference on Tuesday night at Smart Araneta Coliseum. Schwan stepped up especially late in the fourth set, where she dropped three straight points to give the Cool
MANILA, Philippines — In a One Sports’ Ask Me Anything session on Reddit eight months ago, Bella Belen gamely answered PLDT when asked which among the PVL clubs she fancies playing for if there was no rookie draft. Of course, Bellen ended up playing for Capital1, which drafted her first overall last June. On Monday,
MANILA, Philippines — Choco Mucho’s locals continued to step up without import Marlee Smith, turning back Cignal, 23-25, 25-19, 25-16, 27-25, in the PVL Reinforced Conference on Monday at Smart Araneta Coliseum. Smith missed another supposed debut as the team is still processing her papers. But the all-Filipino Flying Titans, led by Maddie Madayag, still
MANILA, Philippines – Customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will have to spend more for their electricity this month as the power distributor announced a rate hike of 23 centavos per kilowatt hour (kWh). This brings the overall rate for a typical household to P13.3182 per kWh, up from September’s P13.0851 per kWh. READ: Higher
UAAP SCHEDULE: Season 88 basketball tournament–first round MANILA, Philippines—University of the Philippines extended its win streak to four after edging Far Eastern University, 69-66, in the UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball tournament on Sunday at Quadricentennial Pavilion. Gani Stevens, who finished with 14 points and nine rebounds for the Fighting Maroons, buried a crucial short
MANILA, Philippines—Mark Gojo Cruz is still getting used to playing his new role for Perpetual Help. But if the Altas’ most recent outing was any indication, he seemed to be getting the hang of it. Behind Gojo Cruz, the Altas kept their record clean with a 72-67 win over the Arellano Chiefs on Saturday at