San Miguel Corp., one of the country’s largest and most diversified conglomerates, will launch a week-long public offering of up to P30 billion in preferred shares starting Monday, October 13, as part of efforts to refinance maturing obligations and fund large-scale infrastructure projects.
San Miguel Corp., one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines, is seeking the consent of bondholders for proposed amendments to several outstanding fixed-rate Philippine Peso bonds.
Bank of Commerce, the country’s 15th largest lender and a member of the San Miguel Group, said its board has elected Antonio Abacan Jr. as an independent director to serve the unfinished term of Rebecca Maria Ynares, who has resigned.
San Miguel Corp. (SMC), one of the Philippines’ largest conglomerates, announced that its power unit, San Miguel Global Power Holdings Corp., has finally acquired a long-contested 3.9 percent stake in Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), nearly two decades after first attempting the deal.
Bank of Commerce (BankCom), an affiliate of San Miguel Corp., has approved a 79 percent increase in cash dividends for common shareholders, totaling P631.4 million, following its record P3-billion profit in 2024.
The country’s sugar industry has submitted a unified manifesto to the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), calling for tighter regulation of artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes.
The Department of Energy (DOE) is pushing a major acceleration of the country’s net-metering program by enforcing strict, time-bound permit processing across local governments—an overhaul the agency said will significantly speed up solar installations for households and businesses.
The Jollibee Group is highlighting its Danao Commissary in Cebu as a showcase of how sustainability can be built into manufacturing and logistics from the very beginning, rather than added as an afterthought.
Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez has directed the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to set aside P200 million to P300 million to relocate National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) transmission lines that are preventing full use of the Bicol International Airport (BIA) runway.