Nearly three decades after aggressively going after the East concession offered during the privatization of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System in 1997, Ayala Corp. has decided to divest itself of Manila Water Co. Inc., the listed water utility it built in an area that covered its major real estate development and eventually extend its foot print beyond the Philippines.
A strong earthquake that hit Sarangani province in December sent shock waves that undermined the earnings of Alsons Consolidated Resources, a publicly listed company of the Alcantara Group., in the first quarter.
Manila Water Co. Inc. subsidiary Filipinas Water Holdings Corp. (FWHC) is selling 90 percent of its holdings in Bulakan Water Co. Inc. (BWCI) and a similar stake in Obando Water Co. Inc. (OWCI) to SMC Bulacan Water Services Corp. for P1.02 billion.
Maynilad Water Services, Inc. has received Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval of its P15 billion blue bond sale program destined for its marine and ocean-based projects.
Listed real estate developer Century Properties Group Inc. on Thursday reported income in the first three months of the year rising 35 percent to P410 million from year ago of P302 million on higher sales of its horizontal development projects.