MANILA—Tycoon Henry Sy has boosted his portfolio of shopping malls in mainland China with the opening of SM City Chongqing in southwest China on Friday, the group’s fifth in Asia’s largest economy. SM Prime Holdings Inc. disclosed on Thursday that SM City Chongqing, located in the Yubei district, has a gross floor area (GFA) of […]
December 11, 2012
MANDAUE City police yesterday raided a warehouse stocked with imported firecrackers. A total of 107 boxes of imported firecrackers were seized by operatives of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group ( CIDG- 7) in Hernan Cortez Avenue, barangay Subangdako, Mandaue City. The CIDG team led by Inspector Delfin Bontuyan armed with the search warrant issued by […]
November 8, 2012
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday steered clear of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s call for China to assert its maritime power, but hoped for warmer relations with China under a new leader. “We know that they are superpower. As to the details of that, we would let the DFA answer that first,” Secretary Edwin Lacierda, […]
March 12, 2012
A CHINESE firm presented to the Provincial Board yesterday their plan to conduct an onshore oil exploration in Alegria town, southwest of Cebu. Alan Stawicki, chief operating officer of the China International Mining Petroleum Co. Limited (CIMP), said Alegria is considered a potential area for oil and gas exploration. He assured the PB that the […]
August 19, 2011
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama’s trip to Xiamen, China, will push through next month, but four city councilors begged off from joining, saying they had other commitments. The mayor will go with three city consultants and some businessmen. “It’s the mayor’s discretion to decide who to bring in his travel. The city can […]
December 13, 2012
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