SM’s Alfamart Sees Network of 1,200 Stores by Year-end

SM’s Alfamart Sees Network of 1,200 Stores by Year-end

Oct 23, 2021

Alfamart Philippines, the SM Group’s minimart chain, announced that the company is on track to expand its retail footprint to over 1,200 stores this year with the opening of at least 200 stores across Luzon in 2021. In 2020, Alfamart opened 267 stores within Metro...
PHP 24 Million Shrimp Hatchery Launched in Mindoro

PHP 24 Million Shrimp Hatchery Launched in Mindoro

Oct 23, 2021

The Department of Agriculture (DA) led the inauguration of the Philippines’ first Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) Shrimp Hatchery and Broodstock Development Center in Barangay Labasan, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro. The PHP...
Philippine Government Inaugurates New Army Aviation Hangar

Philippine Government Inaugurates New Army Aviation Hangar

Oct 23, 2021

The Philippine government inaugurated the new PHP 63.1 million (USD 1.25 million) hangar facility at the Philippine Army’s Aviation Regiment in Fort Ramon Magsaysay in September 2021. Fort Ramon Magsaysay is about a 3-hour drive north of the country’s...
Philippines’ Energy Department Awards 928 Renewable Energy Projects

Philippines’ Energy Department Awards 928 Renewable Energy Projects

Oct 23, 2021

Following the suspension of granting new contracts for greenfield coal power projects in the country, the Department of Energy (DoE) has recently okayed 928 more renewable energy contracts with a combined capacity of 30GW as of May 2021. The DoE has been aggressively...