Ayala Corp., a diversified investment holding company, reported a record net income of P42.0 billion for 2024, up 10 percent year-on-year increase. Excluding one-off items, its core net income hit P45.0 billion, marking a significant milestone for the company.
Conglomerate Ayala Corporation has earned an A minus (A-) rating from the Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. (JCR) for its inaugural long-term foreign currency debt sale, the company said on Monday. The rating, which aligns with the Philippine sovereign rating, will significantly improve Ayala's access to yen-denominated loans, providing more favorable borrowing terms for its growth initiatives.
Danish investment firm A.P. Moller Capital, through its EMIF II Holding III B.V. entity, has entered into an agreement to acquire up to a 40 percent economic stake in AC Logistics, a subsidiary of Ayala Corporation.
Philip Morris International (PMI) is counting on the Philippines as an important sourcing and manufacturing base as it strengthens supply-chain resilience against weather disruptions, geopolitical risks and other external shocks.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted commercial flights nationwide Friday (early Saturday in Manila) after a communications failure crippled all 22 regional air traffic control centers, although it remained unclear whether the disruption was connected to an outage affecting some Microsoft services.
The Philippine economy is beginning to resemble a car running low on fuel while its engine overheats. Growth is sputtering, prices are soaring, jobs are getting harder to find, and agriculture—a major source of food and rural livelihoods—is contracting
Southeast Asia’s small businesses need stronger digital capabilities and better access to regional markets to tap more than 680 million consumers and help ASEAN achieve its ambition of becoming the world’s fourth-largest economy, ASEAN Foundation executive director Dr. Piti Srisangnam said.