SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Eight Ayala companies were among the 85 publicly-listed companies feted by the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) at its Golden Arrows Awards held last week at the Sheraton Manila Hotel. The Golden Arrows recognize Philippine companies with exemplary governance...
Gives deserving scholars a helping hand in life, raising more P40 million to help even more this year It was a heartening sight, joining and seeing the scholarship awarding ceremony of U-Go and the Ayala Foundation at the Ayala Triangle Tower 2. Held in the last throes of the year 2022, the event...
Oscar nominee Anna Kendrik stars as a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend in “Alice, Darling”, a film that will be offered exclusively to Ayala Malls Cinemas patrons starting Jan. 25. For the avid cinema audience, Ayala Malls Cinemas’ A-List is one of...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the P11.26 billion assets-for-equity swap between AREIT Inc. (AREIT), the Philippines’ pioneer real estate investment trust, and its sponsor Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, AREIT said ALI will...
The Parañaque City government has announced that the Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) has transferred the applications for occupational permits starting Tuesday, Jan. 3, to the Service Center located at the 4th floor IT Zone of Ayala Malls in Manila Bay. Lawyer Melanie Soriano Malaya...
But first New Year greetings from eight of the icons of the Philippine private sector (Cover design by Jovanni Bernasol) In the OCTA Research-organized, Tugon ng Masa (TNM) National Survey conducted between Oct. 23 and 27, 2022 through face-to-face interviews with 1,200 male and female Filipinos 18...
Ayala Corporation received the highest rating, among Philippine conglomerates, from UK-based Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)—the world’s largest, most comprehensive dataset on environmental action. In a statement, Ayala said it received a B rating this year, higher than the Asia regional...
In line with its commitment to supporting the education sector The U-Go scholar grant will help young women from economically-disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue higher education. The initiative aims to support high-achieving, motivated Filipina students in public universities by providing...
ILOILO CITY – The airport at the resort-island of Sicogon in Carles town, Iloilo province has officially resumed operations. A 50-seat turbo plane of AirSWIFT rests at the airstrip of Sicogon, the resort-island in Carles town, Iloilo province. The airline resumed its Manila-Sicogon and vice...
Real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) is investing an initial P5.2 billion for the development of Crossroads in Plaridel, Bulacan—its 49th estate in the country and its second project in the province of Bulacan. “With the vision of enhancing land and enriching lives for more Filipinos, Ayala...
The joint venture of Aboitiz Power Corporation and AC Energy and Infrastructure Corp. of the Ayala group will be selling electricity to Manila Electric Company (Meralco) for a rate higher by P1.65 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to P5.96 per kWh compared with the cheaper P4.31 per kWh rate of South...
The Ayala Group of Companies accounted for a quarter of the 32 Philippine publicly listed companies (PLCs) recognized during the recently held 2021 ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard (ACGS) awards. These firms are Ayala Corporation, Ayala Land, Inc., Bank of the Philippine Islands, Globe Telecom,...
