04 Sep

2024

SM City Baguio’s Rainwater Treatment Facility: A Model for Water Sustainability

SM City Baguio is making significant strides in water stewardship with its innovative rainwater treatment facility (RTF), launched in July 2023. In the months since, the facility has already processed

30 Aug

2024

SM Prime Scores Big at the 14th Asian Excellence Award

SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), one of the leading integrated property developers in Southeast Asia, received awards at the 14th Asian Excellence Award by Corporate Governance Asia, held in

23 Aug

2024

Book Nook Expands Horizons with New Branch at The Podium

In a celebratory atmosphere brimming with literary enthusiasm and community spirit, the Book Nook launched its second branch at the fifth level of The Podium on August 15, 2024. Building

22 Aug

2024

Double Recognition for SM Supermalls at HR Asia Awards

SM Supermalls scored a double win at the 2024 HR Asia Awards held last Friday, August 16. Recognized as both a ‘Best Company to Work For’ for the second consecutive

22 Aug

2024

Highlands Residences’ Ochre Tower: Everyday adventures at Tagaytay Highlands

Tagaytay Highlands stands as the pinnacle of exclusive residential living in the Philippines, renowned for its signature log cabins and sweeping mountain views, all set against a backdrop of cool,

21 Aug

2024

Embracing Net Zero: The Philippines’ Urgent Call to Climate Action

As we enter the typhoon season, recent extreme weather events have once again underscored the Philippines’ vulnerability to such conditions. As the nation grapples with the potential aftermath, it is

17 Aug

2024

SM Prime Joins Global Conversation on Building Sustainable Cities for The Future

SM Prime Holdings (SM Prime) played a pivotal role in advancing sustainable urban development by hosting the 7th annual Association of Pacific Rim Universities – Sustainable Cities and Landscapes (APRU-SCL)

13 Aug

2024

SMX Convention Center Celebrates Grand Return of Culinaire 2024 Featuring 10 Partner Caterers

The largest convention center operator in the country SMX Convention Center marked the grand return of its signature culinary event, Culinaire last August 6, 2024 with the captivating theme “Flavor

09 Aug

2024

Collaborative Partnerships for Climate Resilience

The Philippines tops the list of countries with the highest disaster risk, thus building our capacity to respond, bounce back and adapt to intensifying climate impacts is a nationwide priority

06 Aug

2024

Building Sustainable Communities: The Future of Cities

What makes a city thrive is a combination of how developers create opportunities for movement, synergy, and prosperity. It’s a combination of celebrating life to its fullest capacity with the

20 Jan

2019

Henry Sy Sr., retail king and mall tycoon, 94

MANILA, Philippines — His legacy of hard work, simple living and a firm belief in the value of education lives on in his family and in the thousands of lives he had touched through his numerous businesses and philanthropic activities.

20 Jan

2019

Henry Sy, 94, Dies; Philippines’ Richest Man and a Shopping Mall Tycoon

MANILA — Henry Sy, a tycoon known as the “father of modern Philippine retail,” whose chain of super malls changed the country’s retail landscape, died on Saturday in Manila. He was 94.

20 Jan

2019

Mall tycoon Henry Sy pumanaw na

MANILA, Philippines — Pumanaw na ang pi­na­kamayamang tao sa Pilipinas at may-ari ng SM na si Henry Sy Sr. sa edad na 94.

20 Jan

2019

Henry Sy: Ultimate success through sheer hard work

THE FILIPINO business community has lost one of its strongest pillars with the demise on Saturday of property and banking taipan Henry Sy Sr., patriarch of the SM group.

20 Jan

2019

US ambassador offers condolences to Sy family

MANILA, Philippines — US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim expressed his condolences to the bereaved family of mall magnate Henry Sy Sr., who passed away on Saturday.

20 Jan

2019

Henry Sy dies at 94

Henry Sy, who became a billionaire by parlaying a shoe store into the biggest retailer in the Philippines, has died. He was 94.

20 Jan

2019

Philippines’ richest man Sy dies in his sleep at 94

MANILA: The Philippines’ wealthiest man, Henry Sy, who rose from being a penniless Chinese immigrant to leading a multi-billion dollar business empire, died, his conglomerate has announced. The 94-year-old, from

20 Jan

2019

Henry Sy understood the needs of the poor

Having been dirt poor once, Henry Sy Sr. completely understood what it was to be poor and the needs of the poor. When he started his business in 1958, he

20 Jan

2019

Philippines’ richest man Sy dies at 94

In this file photo taken on May 16, 2013, Philippine property tycoon Henry Sy arrives for the opening of one of his shopping malls, the SM Aura, in Manila.

19 Jan

2019

How SM’s Henry Sy Sr. started with ten centavos and became Southeast Asia’s richest man

Henry Sy Sr.’s rags-to-riches story should serve as an inspiration to Filipinos who may not have much in life apart from their big hopes and dreams. Henry Sy Sr. opened

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