The number of women holding executive positions in listed firms equals 40 percent of companies but they occupy only functional or support roles, a study conducted by Philippine Women’s Economic Network (PhilWEN) and the Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment showed.
Security Bank Corp., the 10th largest lender in the country, said Tuesday it raised P20 billion through the issuance of Fixed-Rate Peso Corporate Bonds due in 2029 that carry an annual interest rate of 6.05 percent.
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) on Monday bared plans to spend up to P5 billion to build a new off-ramp at Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from the NAIA Expressway to help ease traffic congestion in the area and improve accessibility to the country's main international gateway.
The Department of Agriculture on Saturday concluded a series of consultations in Calabarzon refining protocols that govern the movement of healthy hogs amid a resurgence of the dreaded African swine fever (ASF), particularly in Batangas.
ACEN Corp., the renewable energy arm of the Ayala Group., said Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with GenZero and Keppel Ltd. to jointly explore transition credits for accelerating the retirement of the South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp. coal-fired power plant in Batangas and replace it with a clean energy dispatch facility.
Vivant Corp. is leaning harder into water and renewable energy to broaden its earnings base, even as plant disruptions dragged down its first-half 2026 profit.
JG Summit Holdings Inc., the Gokongwei group’s flagship firm, posted a 29 percent drop in first-half net income to P10.7 billion from last year’s P14.99 billion, though reduced losses from its exited petrochemical operations softened the fall.
SM Investments Corporation, parent of the SM Group, reported a consolidated net income of PHP45.9 billion for the first half of 2026, an 8 percent increase from the ₱42.6 billion recorded in the same period last year.