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.
For the first time, a hypothetical presidential-vice presidential tandem led by former Vice President Leni Robredo has numerically overtaken a team-up of Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Imee Marcos, according to an Octa Research survey that offers an intriguing, if hardly decisive, early snapshot of the 2028 race.