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SM Investments Corporation has earned the Institute of Corporate Directors’ highest Five Golden Arrow rating for the third straight year, based on the 2025 ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard review.

There are few things in life that can transform a perfectly reasonable Filipino into an aggrieved Elizabethan actor quite as quickly as a traffic dispute. The most demure women become tigresses. Soft-spoken gentlemen discover that their vocal cords have capabilities they never knew existed. People who would ordinarily apologize when someone steps on their shoes suddenly develop an unshakable conviction that the entire road system has been personally entrusted to their care. And the language. My goodness, the language.

Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. (AEV) reported a 54 percent drop in third-quarter net income to P4.1 billion from P8.9 billion a year earlier, limiting nine-month earnings growth despite stronger contributions from power and banking.

For Chef Josh Boutwood, the recipe for keeping a pair of Michelin stars is surprisingly unglamorous. No dramatic reinvention. No culinary stunt. Just a team showing up every day and refusing to let standards slip.