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Food Terminal, Inc.
Food Terminal Incorporated (FTI) is a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) focused on food processing and distribution in the Philippines. Headquartered in Western Bicutan, Taguig, it also operates a industrial estate that leases lots to small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in agricultural development, electronic raw materials, and other business endeavors. Of this, were sold to Ayala Land and are now part of Arca South. FTI is a major subsidiary agency of the National Food Authority (NFA). History It was a priority project of then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to revolutionize the agricultural sector of the country, and establish a food consolidation centre. By the power a Presidential decree issued in , it took about more than a year to establish what was called the Greater Manila Terminal Food Market (GMTFM) on . However, the estate was renamed to Food Terminal Incorporated (FTI) on . The company’s major activities include warehousing, food ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arca South
Arca South is a mixed-use estate owned by Ayala Land, Inc. located at East Service Road, Barangay Western Bicutan, Taguig. It was formerly part of Food Terminal Inc. before being sold to Ayala Land. History With the decline of FTI, established in 1974, there have been several attempts over multiple Philippines presidential administrations to sell off part of the property, including a public auction in 2009, but they all failed. In November 2012, the Philippine government announced the sale of the or of the property to Ayala Land, Inc. for . Ayala plans to turn the property into a mixed-use development. Proceeds from the sale are pledged to the programs of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Agrarian Reform. The remaining remains in FTI. In 2013, Ayala Land renamed their property into Arca South. Current construction of the mall is estimated to be completed by 2027, ten years after its initial target date. Current developments Residential Aya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BusinessWorld
''BusinessWorld'' is a business newspaper in the Philippines with a nationwide circulation of more than 117,000 (as of March 2014). Founded in 1967 as ''Business Day'', it is Southeast Asia's first daily business newspaper. History ''Business Day'' (19671987) Raul L. Locsin became a business reporter for the '' Manila Chronicle'' in 1963. He helped establish the ''Economic Monitor'', the first business weekly in the Philippines. Then, he founded ''Business Day'', the first Southeast Asian business daily. In its debut issue, released on February 27, 1967, ''Business Day'' promised "competent and responsible reporting of the news." As editor-in-chief, Locsin aimed to demystify business and economics and make the subject more accessible to the general public. During martial law under Ferdinand Marcos (19721981), ''Business Day'' was the only independently owned newspaper in Manila. It gained a reputation for accuracy in an era of misinformation, as Locsin was committed to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed-use Development
Mixed use is a type of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning classification that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to some degree physically and functionally integrated, and that provides pedestrian connections. Mixed-use development may be applied to a single building, a block or neighborhood, or in zoning policy across an entire city or other administrative unit. These projects may be completed by a private developer, (quasi-)governmental agency, or a combination thereof. A mixed-use development may be a new construction, reuse of an existing building or brownfield site, or a combination. Use in North America vs. Europe Traditionally, human settlements have developed in mixed-use patterns. However, with industrialization, governmental zoning regulations were introduced to separate different functions, such as manufacturing, from residential area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'' (''PDI''), or simply the ''Inquirer'', is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines. Founded in 1985, it is often regarded as the Philippines' newspaper of record. The newspaper is the most awarded broadsheet in the Philippines and the multimedia group, called The Inquirer Group, reaches 54 million people across several platforms. History The ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'' was founded on December 9, 1985, by publisher Eugenia Apóstol, columnist Max Solivén, together with Betty Go-Belmonte during the last days of, and becoming one of the first private newspapers to be established under the Presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, Marcos regime. The ''Inquirer'' succeeded the weekly ''Philippine Inquirer'', created in 1985 by Apostol to cover the trial of 25 soldiers accused of complicity in the Assassination of Ninoy Aquino, assassination of opposition leader Ninoy Aquino at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila International Airport on Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayala Land, Inc
Ayala may refer to: Places * Ciudad Ayala, Morelos, Mexico * Ayala Alabang, a barangay in Muntinlupa, Philippines * Ayala Avenue, a major thoroughfare in the Makati Central Business District, Philippines * Ayala, Magalang, a barrio in Magalang, Pampanga, Philippines * Ayala, Zamboanga, a barrio in Zamboanga City, Philippines * Ayala/Aiara, a town in Álava province, Spain People * Ayala (given name) * Ayala (surname), a surname of Basque origin * Ayala (musician), musician, singer, songwriter and TV presenter of The Ayala Show Arts and entertainment * Yowlah (also called "ayala"), a traditional dance of the United Arab Emirates and Oman * "Ayala", a song from the album '' 17'' by XXXTentacion * Ayala (Star Trek), a fictional character on ''Star Trek: Voyager'' * Ayala Dormer, a fictional character in Anthony Trollope's novel ''Ayala's Angel'' Other uses * Ayala Corporation, a holding company operating in the Philippines * Ayala Center, a commercial development at Makati, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In The Philippines
2012 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 2012. Incumbents * President: Benigno Aquino III ( Liberal) * Vice President: Jejomar Binay (PDP-Laban) * Chief Justice: ** Renato Corona ''(until May 29)'' ** Antonio Carpio (acting) ''(from May 29 – August 24)'' ** Maria Lourdes Sereno ''(from August 24)'' * Philippine Congress: 15th Congress of the Philippines * Senate President: Juan Ponce Enrile * House Speaker: Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. Events January * January 5– 7 – A landslide occurs in Compostela Valley, leaving more than 30 people dead, and 50 still missing. * January 15 – The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) declares the independence of Bangsamoro Land (Sulu, Mindanao, Palawan, Sabah) in Valencia, Bukidnon. * January 16 – Impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona begins. February * February 6 – A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hits the Negros and Cebu provinces, killing at least 52 people. The earthq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In The Philippines
2009 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 2009. Incumbents * President: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ( Lakas-Kampi-CMD) * Vice President: Noli de Castro (Independent) * Senate President: Juan Ponce Enrile * House Speaker: Prospero Nograles * Chief Justice: Reynato Puno * Philippine Congress: 14th Congress of the Philippines Events January * January 5 ** Criminal charges are filed against the son of DAR Secretary Nasser Pangandaman and four others in connection with the mauling of Delfin dela Paz and his 14-year-old son in the presence of Pangandaman himself. ** Three Red Cross officials, Swiss Andreas Notter, Filipino Mary Jane Lacaba and Italian Eugenio Vagni are kidnapped. Andreas Notter and Mary Jane Lacaba were released four months later. Eugenio Vagni was released six months later on July 12. * January 10 – Wide areas in Southern Mindanao are cut off from electrical power after explosions blamed on the Moro Islami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Auction
A government auction or a public auction is an auction held on behalf of a government in which the property to be auctioned is either property owned by the government or property which is sold under the authority of a court of law or a government agency with similar authority. Variations When the term "government auction" is used it often means that a general auctioneer has been contracted to deal with stock that needs to be liquidated by various government bodies: * Rights to transmit signals on bands of electromagnetic spectrum * Customs: seized smuggled items * Defense: military surplus * Police auction: proceeds of crime * Post office, transport: lost property * Warrant sale: assets of debtors * Tax sale: seized assets * Court auction: items sold to satisfy a court judgment, like storage contents of not-paying tenants * Insolvent companies where the government is the liquidator (e.g. official receiver) * Unowned property Often goods sold at government auctions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In The Philippines
2004 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 2004. Incumbents * President: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ( Lakas-CMD) * Vice President **Teofisto Guingona (Independent) ''(until June 30)'' **Noli de Castro (Independent) ''(starting June 30)'' * Senate President: Franklin Drilon * House Speaker: Jose de Venecia * Chief Justice: Hilario Davide * Philippine Congress **12th Congress of the Philippines ''(until June 4)'' **13th Congress of the Philippines ''(starting July 26)'' Events February * February 27 – A bomb planted by Abu Sayyaf cayses a fire on the passenger ferry '' SuperFerry 14'' off El Fraile island, shortly after leaving Manila harbor, killing at least 116 people. It is considered as the country's worst terrorist attack. Redondo Cain Dellosa, an RSM member and among the alleged main perpetrators, would be later arrested after almost a month. It is believed that senior ASG leaders Khadafi Janjalani and Abu Solaiman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refrigeration
Refrigeration is any of various types of cooling of a space, substance, or system to lower and/or maintain its temperature below the ambient one (while the removed heat is ejected to a place of higher temperature).IIR International Dictionary of Refrigeration, http://dictionary.iifiir.org/search.php ASHRAE Terminology, https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/free-resources/ashrae-terminology Refrigeration is an artificial, or human-made, cooling method. Refrigeration refers to the process by which energy, in the form of heat, is removed from a low-temperature medium and transferred to a high-temperature medium. This work of energy transfer is traditionally driven by work (physics), mechanical means (whether ice or electromechanics, electromechanical machines), but it can also be driven by heat, magnetism, electricity, laser cooling, laser, or other means. Refrigeration has many applications, including household refrigerators, industrial freezers, cryogenics, and air conditioni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Slaughter
Animal slaughter is the killing of animals, usually referring to killing Domestication, domestic livestock. It is estimated that each year, 80 billion land animals are slaughtered for food. Most animals are slaughtered for Human food, food; however, they may also be slaughtered for other reasons such as for harvesting of pelts, being diseased and unsuitable for consumption, or being surplus for maintaining a Selective breeding, breeding stock. Slaughter typically involves some initial cutting, opening the major body cavity, body cavities to remove the gastrointestinal tract, entrails and offal but usually leaving the wikt:carcass#Noun, carcass in one piece. Such dressing can be done by hunting, hunters in the field (field dressing of game (hunting), game) or in a slaughterhouse. Later, the carcass is usually butchered into smaller cuts. The animals most commonly slaughtered for food are cattle and water buffalo, sheep, goats, pigs, deer, horses, rabbits, poultry (mainly chicken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 In The Philippines
1989 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1989. Incumbents * President of the Philippines, President: Corazon Aquino (Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan, PDP-Laban) * Vice President of the Philippines, Vice President: Salvador Laurel (Nacionalista Party, Nacionalista) * Senate of the Philippines, Senate President: Jovito Salonga * House of Representatives of the Philippines, House Speaker: Ramon Mitra, Jr. * Supreme Court of the Philippines, Chief Justice: Marcelo Fernan * Philippine Congress: 8th Congress of the Philippines Events January * January 5–January 7, 7 – Eight mutinous policemen led by Pat. Rizal Alih Camp Cawa-Cawa siege, take hostage Philippine Constabulary regional commander Brig. Gen. Eduardo Batalla, his aide, Col. Romeo Abendan, and five others in Camp Cawa-Cawa, Zamboanga City. The siege ends, Jan. 7, in airstrike, an assault by government forces, destroying buildings in the PC Regional Command ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
