Corporate

SM Investments Corporation, the parent company of the SM Group, was named Best Annual Report at the IR Impact Awards – Southeast Asia held in December 2025. The award recognizes the company’s strong reporting and disclosure practices, particularly its integrated report, which clearly explains its business strategy, performance, governance, and long-term plans for creating value.

Globe Telecom Inc. is deploying battery charging hubs in typhoon-prone areas of South Luzon and Bicol to help keep mobile and internet services running during power outages.

PhilWeb Corp. is set for a change in control after its principal shareholder, Gregorio Araneta Inc. (GAINC), agreed to sell its entire 57 percent stake to two domestic holding firms, a deal that will trigger a mandatory tender offer to minority shareholders.

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has cleared the proposed sale by the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corporation of the Caliraya, Botocan, and Kalayaan pumped storage power plants to Cleanergy 9 Power Inc., an Aboitiz Group unit—subject to binding safeguards to protect competition in the Luzon power market.

Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) is sharpening its logistics edge in the Visayas and Mindanao with the opening of a new food commissary in Guinsay, Danao City, Cebu—an investment that underscores the company’s long-term growth strategy and confidence in regional demand.