Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) leads the nine Filipino companies included in Forbes Magazine’s World’s Best Employers list this year, which consisted of 900 companies. SMC was ranked at No. 42, the only Philippine company in the top 100, followed by Ayala Corp. (139),...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the planned offering by real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sustainability-linked bonds to raise up to ₱15 billion for the payment of debt and funding of capital expenditures (capex)....
Davao City, once known for its quiet, green landscape, is now rapidly transforming with new roads, rising buildings, and expanding communities. Leading this new wave of growth is Ascenda Estate by Ayala Land Inc. (ALI)—the company’s first horizontal estate and largest investment in Mindanao....
Five Filipina chief executives in financial services and real estate were named in Fortune Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Asia list for 2025. Named to the list are: Martha Sazon of Mynt-Gcash (#37), Anna Ma. Margarita Bautista Dy of Ayala Land Inc. (#69), Lynette V. Ortiz of Land Bank of...
Real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. has started the ₱10.3 billion development of Ascenda, a 204-hectare master planned, nature-inspired development in partnership with the Floirendo family’s Anflocor Group. Ascenda is ALI’s first horizontal estate and biggest investment in Mindanao. To kick...
Zobel-led Ayala Corp. is ramping up the expansion of its consumer business, this time sealing a business venture to bring Spinneys, a premium fresh food supermarket chain in the United Arab Emirates, to the Philippines. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the country’s oldest...
Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) is rolling out ₱4.4-billion worth of inventory under phase three of its commercial lots in Cresendo, its 290-hectare (ha) estate in Tarlac, after the first two phases have been sold out amid strong investor demand. The real estate giant said the commercial lots were taken up...
Zobel-led Ayala Corp. continues to expand its investments in the retail business by partnering with CP AXTRA, Asia’s leading operator of wholesale and retail businesses, including Makro and Lotus, to bring the “big box” Makro stores to the Philippines. Pilipinas Makro, a joint venture between...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) found an ally in Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., who challenged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday, Sept. 23, to take the place of civil disturbance management (CDM) personnel during protests so they could...
A flag from a popular anime stood out from the sea of placards and Philippine flags during the anti-corruption demonstrations in various parts of Manila on Sunday, Sept. 21. The same flag, bearing the image of a skull wearing a yellow and red-colored straw hat from the manga and anime "One Piece"...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Monday, Sept. 22, urged the public to remain calm and respect democratic institutions following the massive anti-corruption protests over the weekend, where isolated incidents of violence were reported. Teodoro, in a radio...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno" Domagoso directed the Manila Police District (MPD) to strictly enforce curfew hours for minors in the nation’s capital following a slew of violence that erupted in parts of the city during the conduct of anti-corruption rallies on Sunday, Sept. 21....
