President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) The nationwide Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from June 23 to July 1 bared that 55 percent of adult Filipinos are satisfied with President Marcos’ performance, while 28 percent are dissatisfied and 15 percent remain...
By ELLALYN DE VERA-RUIZ A survey conducted by Publicus Asia for the second quarter of 2024 revealed that the Manila Bulletin has emerged as a trusted print and online news platform, based on the results released on Monday, July 15. Manila Bulletin received a 45 percent trust rating in both print...
Companies, particularly banks, are urged to tap the capital market by issuing bonds as these are a stable source of funds that can be issued quickly to a large investor base and at a lower cost. The advantages of issuing bonds to raise fresh funds was raised during the seminar entitled...
Maynilad Water Services, Inc., the water provider of most cities in Metro Manila, has been granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a permit to sell its P15 billion blue bond offering. This comes after the Philippine Rating Services Corporation granted Maynilad’s blue bonds a PRS...
The Po family’s Arthaland Corporation (ALCO) has maintained the Issue Credit Rating of PRS Aa, with a stable outlook for its outstanding Green Bonds amounting to P6 billion. In a statement, Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings) obligations rated PRS Aa are of high quality and are...
Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles expressed confidence that implementing the Career Service Eligibility-Preference Rating (CSE-PR) for specific government workers would significantly expand the pool of civil service eligibles, particularly with over 200,000 government...
Ang-led San Miguel Corporation kicked off on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, the offering of up to P20 billion in fixed-rate retail bonds after receiving the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission last June 14. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the diversified conglomerate said...
DoubleDragon Corp.’s planned and outstanding bond issuances worth P25 billion have been assigned the highest issue credit rating of PRS Aaa by Philippine Rating Services Corp. (PhilRatings). The ratings agency said this is for DoubleDragon’s proposed bond issue of up to P10 billion and its...
Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman has lauded Fitch Ratings' recent decision to maintain the Philippines' investment grade rating at “BBB,” above the minimum investment grade by a notch and maintaining a stable “outlook.” Pangandaman, chairperson of the inter-agency Development Budget...
Real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) is planning to issue P6 billion worth of Sustainability-linked Bonds, which has been assigned the highest Issue Credit Rating of PRS Aaa by Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings). In a statement, PhilRatings said the proceeds of the proposed...
Engineering and infrastructure firm Megawide Construction Corporation’s planned P5-billion bond offering has been assigned an Issue Credit Rating of PRS Aa, with a Stable Outlook, by Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings). Megawide plans to offer bonds worth P4 billion, with an...
D&L Industries Inc., the country’s top specialty food ingredients and oleochemicals producer, has maintained its highest Issue Credit Rating of PRS Aaa, with a Stable Outlook, for its outstanding Fixed Rate Bonds amounting to P5.0 billion. Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings)...
