TYCOON HENRY SY’S SM Prime Holdings Inc. is scheduled to open on Oct. 2 its 35th shopping mall in the Philippines—a 32,387-square-meter complex along the Alabang-Zapote Road in Las Piñas.

SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime) is set to open SM Center Las Piñas on Friday, it’s second mall in the city, after SM City Southmall, and its 35th shopping mall in the Philippines.

THE COUNTRY’S dominant mall operator SM Prime Holdings, Inc. will open its new mall in Las Piñas today as Filipinos still remain avid mallgoers despite the economic slowdown.

SM PRIME Holdings Inc. remains bullish on its business as it prepares to open its newest shopping center tomorrow, October 2, in Las Piñas.

MANILA, Philippines – Shopping mall giant SM Prime Holdings Inc. said the damage caused by tropical storm Ondoy was very minimal and had no effect on the company’s financial operations.

SM Retail Inc., which runs groceries and department stores in SM malls, said it will join efforts of the GMA Kapuso Foundation to rebuild schools in communities ravaged by storm ‘Ondoy.’

Robust sales Meanwhile, the country’s dominant shopping mall developer and operator said also on Tuesday that sales surged in some areas after a powerful storm battered Metro Manila over the

SM Department Stores has announced it will donate P10, for every P500 worth of customer purchase, to families affected by storm Ondoy.

Some of the brightest students from over 300 public and private schools nationwide went head-to-head at the 8th Philippine Robotics Olympiad (PRO) Wednesday and Friday, showcasing a wide array of robots that could perform a variety of tasks – from singing and dancing to braiding and etching – and that also looked good too while doing the tasks.

BUSINESSMEN yesterday began to count the cost of tropical storm Ondoy, with many finding themselves understaffed and dealing with water-damaged factories and offices.