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Philippine conglomerate bolsters industrial park with college campus

The company the Lopezes gave up Meralco for: EDC, from oil crisis child to takeover target

If the Energy Development Corporation was built and once held in the name of the Philippines' energy security, should it simply be priced and traded like any other asset?

Cosiquien charts own path as home builder

MANILA, Philippines — It was in a quaint, family-owned hardware store in Libertad that a young Michael Cosiquien got his start in construction. It was decades before becoming one o...

Holcim selling Philippine unit for $807M

MANILA, Philippines — Switzerland-based cement giant Holcim Group is selling its Philippine business to China’s Huaxin Building Materials in a deal valued at about $807 million, th...

Holcim to sell Philippines unit to China’s Huaxin in $807 million deal

Proceeds to fund M&A, further investment in existing business Sale expected to complete in first half of 2027 Biggest disposal since $1 billion Nigeria sale to Huaxin in 2024 S...

Ayala opens doors to more global brands through ACX Retail

MANILA, Philippines — Ayala Corp. is expanding its consumer footprint with the launch of ACX Retail, a new platform that will bring more international brands to the Philippines thr...

From Economic Strength to Political Voice: Philippine Cooperative Movement Unites to Drive National Governance

Representing millions of member-owners across 16 Regional Coop Chambers from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) to CARAGA, the

Philippines fast-tracks critical minerals, raising Indigenous, environmental concerns

The Philippines is moving to accelerate critical-mineral development across millions of hectares of land, raising concerns that expanded mining and faster permitting could put pres...

BIZ BUZZ: Uy wants in on Pax Silica

MANILA, Philippines — Pampanga-based tycoon Dennis Anthony Uy has long been known for investing back in his hometown of Angeles, so it’s perhaps no surprise that he is taking an in...

Tubig Pilipinas backs Bataan Freeport growth with 25-year water infrastructure partnership

Central Luzon’s economy expanded by 4.5% in 2025, with industry contributing 41.8% of regional output, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. Sustaining that growth, and...

Philippines: Rights Advocates in Mining Areas Face Prosecution

Click to expand Image Edgardo Balgos (in blue shirt) and Fidel Santos (in cream shirt) i...

PLDT looks south for biggest data center site in PH

MANILA, Philippines — PLDT Inc.’s data center arm Vitro Inc. is looking at southern Luzon as a viable site for its next expansion, which could become the largest data center yet fo...

[OPINION] Will Pax Silica be another proverbial fish that got away for the Philippines?

Pax Silica cannot be treated as a leisurely long-term development masterplan. It must lock in binding corporate commitments, sign multilateral joint ventures, and physically break...

Pax Silica could reshape the Philippine economy, the real question is who benefits

A few years ago, selecting a location for a technology facility could be framed mainly as a commercial exercise: compare labour costs, infrastructure, incentives, logistics and mar...

Telcos back rules on shared fiber conduits

MANILA, Phiippines — The head of a Philippine telecommunications group has backed proposed rules that would require telco and utility operators to share common underground conduits...

Go: MIC likely partner of Pax Silica investors

MANILA, Philippines — Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC), the country’s sovereign wealth fund manager, could serve as a potential local joint-venture partner for foreign companies se...

Positioning the Philippines for the next cycle of global capital

MANILA, Philippines — Southeast Asia had a strong year for foreign investment in 2025, with regional inflows passing $240 billion, up from roughly $222 billion. According to the Un...

Philippines’ Pax Silica AI hub plan slammed for mineral ‘plunder’

On a 1,620-hectare (4,000 acres) site north of Manila, Philippine and US officials are pitching a hi-tech hub as a global gateway to AI, semiconductors and critical minerals. For c...

Philippines Energy Company Junk Coal Plant & Break Ground on Latest BESS

Coal is dying a slow death in the central Philippines, and giant batteries are moving into the neighborhood to take its place. The Visayas power grid has suffered from chronic reli...

Philippines’ First Gen eyes take-private deal from KKR at P165.44 billion valuation

A mandatory offer from KKR KKR.N to buy Philippines-based First Gen Corp FGEN.PS would value it at around P165.44 billion  ($2.70 billion), the power producer and its parent First...

[Vantage Point] PNB Holdings is going public without asking for public money

Most companies arriving on the exchange effectively say: give us your money and we will show you what we can build. PNB Holdings is saying, here is the balance sheet and tell us wh...

As Lopez firms postpone elections, who signs off if Barito’s $5-B offer for EDC gets serious?

A US$5-billion offer arrives, but who at the Lopez group can even say yes?

Philippines’ gross foreign reserves rise to $104.8 billion at end-August

MANILA — The Philippines’ gross foreign reserves PHFXR=ECI rose to $104.8 billion at the end of August from $103.3 billion at the end of July, the central bank said on Monday, citi...

Philippines gross foreign reserves at $103 billion at end-July

MANILA — The Philippines‘ gross foreign reserves PHFXR=ECIdropped to $103.4 billion at the end of July from $104.7 billion a month earlier, the central bank said on Friday, citing...