Ports and casino magnate Enrique Razon Jr. has surpassed property tycoon Manuel Villar as the wealthiest person in the Philippines, according to Forbes' latest report released on Thursday, Aug. 8. Although the Sy siblings, the heirs of the late SM Group Founder Henry Sy Sr., maintained their...
Quezon City, with assets of P443.4 billion in 2022, is still the richest city in the Philippines. Cebu province is the wealthiest with assets of P235.7 billion, while Carmona (which became a city in July 2023) in Cavite was the richest municipality in 2022 with assets of P6.5 billion. Makati City...
CEBU CITY – Cebu once again emerged as the country’s richest province. According to the latest report of the Commission on Audit (COA), Cebu has total assets of P235.73 billion as of 2022. GARCIA (FB) For Gov. Gwen Garcia, the distinction of being the richest province in the country poses a...
Most of the Philippines’ 50 Richest on the Forbes Magazine list continue to increase their wealth with three newcomers on the list as the fortunes of the Gotianun, Yuchengco, and Lopez families have been passed on to the next generation. The combined wealth of tycoons on the 2023 Forbes list of...
Forbes magazine has named 20 Filipinos in its 36th Annual World’s Billionaires List with real estate and retail tycoon Manuel B. Villar Jr. still the wealthiest in the Philippines for the fourth year in a row. The youngest Filipino to top the list of the country’s wealthiest, Villar was only 69...
Which local government unit (LGU) is the richest in the National Capital Region (NCR)? The Commission on Audit (COA) recently released the annual financial report for LGUs for the year 2020. The report listed the top 10 provinces, cities and municipalities with the biggest amount of total assets in...
Forbes Magazine released its latest list of the Philippines’ richest with rankings in the top 5 remaining unchanged as the Sy siblings are still the wealthiest family while Manuel B. Villar Jr. retained his position as richest individual. “Tycoons on the 2021 Forbes list of the Philippines’...
With local revenue generation of P4.8 billion in 2019, Parañaque City has been recognized as the sixth richest city in the country by the Department of Finance’s (DOF) Bureau of Local Government. (Screenshot / Facebook / Mayor Edwin L. Olivarez / MANILA BULLETIN) Niño Raymond B. Alvina, Bureau...
