Business
EDUARDO M. COJUANGCO JR.
At 82, Eduardo M. Cojuangco Jr. seems to have run out of ambition. Not that he has failed. Nor achieved less than what he aimed for, from early in his business life. “I have achieved […]
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Business
EAGLE CEMENT SOARS
On Monday, May 29, Eagle Cement Corp. lists its shares for sale to the public for the first time. With the government spending P8.4 trillion during the Golden Age of Infrastructure over the next six […]
Business
ALPHALAND ON A ROLL
In the latest (2017) Forbes listing of the world’s 2,043 dollar billionaires, only 14 Filipinos made the grade, down from 20 in 2016. The 14 Philippine billionaires for this year are led by Henry Sy […]
Government
DE LIMA DESTROYED
At 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, Leila de Lima, 57, married but separated, was ushered into her detention cell at the northern suburban Quezon City Camp Crame national headquarters of the Philippine National Police. By […]
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BANKING FOR THE POOR
Nestor “Nesting” Espenilla Jr. is the 11th governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas or central bank. He took over July 2 to begin a six-year term. A veteran banking regulator and an economist, Espenilla, […]