Month: October 2023

Belmonte named 2023 Champion of the Earth

Pia Lee-Brago – The Philippine Star November 1, 2023 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has been named 2023 Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) for initiating innovative solutions that aim…

Entre Completes Lease of 17K SF Building in Round Lake Beach

Entre Commercial Realty recently completed a 17,168-square-foot lease at 1883 Circuit Court in Round Lake Beach, Illinois. Entre’s Denise Chaimovitz, SIOR, MA, represented the Landlord, Tenbar, Inc., with Jeff Blake, SIOR of DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International. The Tenant, W.H. Endeavors, was…

LIST: Museums closed on November 1, 2 amid Undas 2023

Rosette Adel – Philstar.com October 31, 2023 | 7:37pm MANILA, Philippines — The National Museum of the Philippines announced that it will not be accepting visitors on November 1 and 2, which are special non-working days.  NMP museums The NMP said…

NCLT admits plea against Ansal Properties unit Serene Residency, ET RealEstate

NEW DELHI: The bankruptcy court in New Delhi has admitted the Serene Residency Group Housing Project at Sector ETA II after it defaulted on its dues of about ₹ 257 crore. The company is a subsidiary of listed real estate…

Philippines welcomes inaugural United Airlines SFO-MNL flight

Rosette Adel – Philstar.com October 31, 2023 | 6:56pm MANILA, Philippines — The first-ever direct flight of United States carrier United Airlines between San Francisco, California and Manila, Philippines has arrived on Monday. This inaugural direct flight has been regarded…

Standard Chartered Bank puts Radius Sumers’ Rs 569 crore of debt on the block, ET RealEstate

Standard Chartered Bank has put on the block loans given to defaulting realtor Radius Sumers Developers, which is constructing an ultra-luxury residential project in South Mumbai. The project named ‘Harbour Heights‘ is being developed on 10 acres of land (7.5…

Over 25k passengers flock to ports day before Undas 2023 — PCG

Cristina Chi – Philstar.com October 31, 2023 | 2:53pm MANILA, Philippines — More than 25,000 outbound passengers headed to ports a day before the start of this year’s Undas, the Philippine Coast Guard’s monitoring showed. From Tuesday midnight to 6…

Ford to Invest $400M in Chicago Factories in Deal with UAW

Ford has announced plans to invest more than $400 million in its Chicago-area factories in a deal with the United Auto Workers (UAW), bringing a possible end to the ongoing strike. The investment, part of a tentative contract between the…

LIVE updates: Mayon Volcano restiveness

PhilstarLIVE – Philstar.com October 31, 2023 | 10:51am MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised on June 8 the status of Mayon Volcano in Albay to Alert Level 3 after it showed an “increased tendency towards a hazardous eruption.”…

Suspended DA exec maintains innocence over onion crisis

Bella Cariaso – The Philippine Star October 31, 2023 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Suspended Agriculture Assistant Secretary Kristine Evangelista broke her silence yesterday as she maintained innocence after the Office of the Ombudsman ordered the filing of criminal charges…