27 Jun
2025
SMHCC Expands MICE Footprint with P5.3 Billion investment starting with SMX Cebu and SMXCITE
Pasay City, Philippines [June 26, 2025] – SM Hotels and Convention Corp. (SMHCC), the hospitality arm of SM Prime Holdings Inc., is ramping up its MICE footprint with a P5.3
26 Jun
2025
Community at Work: SM Cares Joins Brigada Eskwela 2025
In support of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) annual Brigada Eskwela initiative, SM Supermalls mobilized thousands of volunteers across its malls nationwide from June 9 to 13, 2025, to help
23 Jun
2025
SM Prime’s year one toward a waste-free future
According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Philippines generates over 60,000 metric tons of waste daily, a figure expected to rise with urban growth and economic
18 Jun
2025
Skate Manila returns to SM Mall of Asia
Skate Manila is back at SM Mall of Asia (MOA)’s Ice Skating Rink, highlighting young figure skating talent from the Philippines and abroad from June 8 to 10. The event
18 Jun
2025
SM Mall of Asia Complex Records 34M Foot Traffic in Q1
Pasay City, Philippines [June 18, 2025] – SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SM Prime), one of Southeast Asia’s largest integrated property developers, reported a 15 percent increase in first-quarter foot traffic
11 Jun
2025
Philippine women’s ice hockey team wins gold at the 2025 IIHF Women’s Asia Cup
History made! The Philippine Women’s National Ice Hockey Team clinches gold at the 2025 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women’s Asia Cup held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after
11 Jun
2025
“Learn to Bowl with Bong Coo” crowns champions at SM Game Park MOA
What a month it has been! The “Learn to Bowl with Bong Coo” grassroots program recently culminated in a thrilling tournament at SM Game Park Mall of Asia (MOA) on
11 Jun
2025
A Hub for Community Connections: Book Nook Blooms in May
At Book Nook, every month continues a story of learning, connection, and creativity—and May’s chapter brought new ways for people to gather, imagine, and grow. From nature-inspired crafts to meaningful
10 Jun
2025
SM Hotels to Add Over 1,300 Rooms by 2029
Pasay City, Philippines [June 10, 2025] – SM Hotels and Convention Corp. (SMHCC), the hospitality arm of SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SM Prime), is accelerating its national expansion with seven
10 Jun
2025
Waves of Change: Thousands Join SM Cares’ Coastal Cleanup
In celebration of World Oceans Day 2025 In celebration of World Oceans Day 2025, over 5,000 volunteers from all walks of life united on June 7 for a massive nationwide
Stories
08 Aug
2008
SM City Rosales to open in November
There will be a lot of shopping excitement in the Northern Luzon region when a new SM supermall, SM City Rosales, opens in November. Located along MacArthur Highway in barangay
07 Aug
2008
Duty Free sets up shop in SM City
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Eyeing more growth opportunities in Cebu, Duty Free Philippines (DFP) will open its second largest outlet at the SM City Cebu Northwing on Tuesday. The DFP,
31 Jul
2008
SM plans to build 2 more Cebu malls
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SMPHI), one of the country’s giant mall developers, is now aggressively eyeing for ideal locations to build two additional SM supermalls in Cebu. “We are constantly
20 Jul
2008
How Filipinos developed fire on ice
There was a lot of excitement when SM Megamall opened in 1991. At 330,000 square meters, it was not only huge like its name implied. It also had many innovations
16 Jul
2008
SM malls accept SSS payment
The Social Security System (SSS) has opened payment facilities in 26 malls nationwide to allow its self-employed and voluntary members to pay contributions and loans at SM Business Centers. SSS
16 Jul
2008
26 SM malls to accept SSS payments
THE Social Security System (SSS) has opened payment facilities in 26 SM malls nationwide to allow its self-employed and voluntary members to pay contributions and loans at SM Business Centers,
14 Jul
2008
SM Prime eyes 3rd QC mall
SM Prime Holdings Inc., the country’s largest shopping mall operator and developer, will build a P1.5-billion shopping mall in Novaliches, Quezon City after acquiring a huge property from the Girl
11 Jul
2008
A can of worms to be opened
Last week, Standard Today published a letter from one Lai-Lani Barcenas, legal counsel for the Motion Picture Anti-Film Piracy council regarding my item last June 26 about the prevalence of
06 Jul
2008
A bookworm in SM
Back in the ’60s, when we were in high school and beginning to cultivate what would become our best and worst traits (some of them quite interchangeable), my buddies and
30 Jun
2008
SM Prime may downsize some mall projects
Shopping mall giant SM Prime Holdings Inc. may downsize some of its mall projects as consumers hold back on spending amid tough economic conditions, marked by soaring prices of oil,
