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Date Branch Department Party People Involved Summary Source 1946 Executive: Office of the President: Liberal: Manuel Roxas: Surplus War Property scandal- disposed $90 billion of surplus war property held by the United States government in the final year of World War II, which caused a huge corruption scandal that led to the rise of the leftist HUKBALAHAP and for Roxas's approval ratings to ...
TOBY's (taken over by Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc.) Pilipinas Makro (initially fully taken over by SM and all branches subsequently converted into SM Hypermarkets, Savemore Markets or abandoned)
A jeepney (Tagalog:), or simply a jeep (Tagalog:), is a type of public utility vehicle (PUV) that serves as the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. [1] Known for its crowded seating and kitsch decorations, it is a cultural icon of the Philippines [2] and has its own art, "Jeepney art". [3]
SM Retail has ownership over SM Supermarket, SM Hypermarket and Savemore chains which would later be called collectively as SM Markets. [8] [1] It also owns SM Store department stores and food retail stores under Walter Mart and Alfamart (joint venture between SM and the Indonesian-based mini-mart/convenience store chain for Philippine franchise).
Dali opened its first store in February 2020 in Santa Rosa, Laguna, and by the end of 2022, it had at least 250 stores in the Philippines. [2] In March 2023, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) invested US$15 million to support the retail chain's expansion. [4]
The Coco Levy Fund Scam was a controversy in the 1970s and 1980s in the Philippines involving former President Ferdinand Marcos and his cronies.It was alleged that Marcos, Danding Cojuangco, Juan Ponce Enrile, and others conspired to tax coconut farmers, promising them the development of the coconut industry and a share of the investments, but on the contrary used the collection fund for ...
Multicabs can be found throughout the Philippines. It can be found in urban areas such as Metro Manila, [3] Metro Cebu, [2] [4] and Metro Davao. [5] [6] [7] A multicab is lightweight, narrow and small and can navigate through narrow streets. With seating capacity of around 11 to 13, [8] the passenger space also tends to be cramped relative to a ...
In late November 2022, seven lawmakers in the Philippine House of Representatives, including Martin Romualdez and Sandro Marcos, filed House Bill No. 6398, [b] proposing the creation of a sovereign wealth fund for the Philippines to be known as the Maharlika Wealth Fund (MWF), inspired from South Korea's sovereign wealth fund.