Business Columns

Credit to Author: ROBERT SIY| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:15:06 +0000

IN the field of transportation and mobility, we need to ask ourselves if we are all working with the same goals and vision, and if we are pursuing a future where most Filipinos move around in private cars. With the level of congestion on our streets now, any increase in the number of motor vehicles […]

Credit to Author: Lee-Anne Tobias| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:14:43 +0000

THE “Ber” months phenomenon doesn’t just concern Filipinos in terms of the harried shopping, reunions and bumper-to-bumper traffic. It has a ripple effect on them, especially business owners. Last Christmas, inflation in the preceding quarter did not stop Filipinos from having a merry Christmas filled with lots of food and booze. While 43 percent of […]

Credit to Author: Emeterio SD. Perez| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:14:57 +0000

BOUGHT. Robert MacGregor, executive director and chief investment officer of Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. (AEV), bought 49,000 shares for P51.30 each on Nov. 19, 2019. This increased the number of the AEV common shares he holds to 221,400 from 211,141. That day, AEV common shares opened trading at P51.25, which was also the stock’s high, then […]

Credit to Author: Emeterio SD. Perez| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 16:37:37 +0000

A public ownership report (POR) as of Sept. 30, 2019 listed San Miguel Corp. (SMC) with 904,752,537 treasury shares out of 3,288,649,125 issued shares, leaving the conglomerate with 2,383,896,588 outstanding common shares. The POR showed two principal stockholders as holding 1,946,724,136 SMC common shares, or 81.65 percent of the total. Top Frontier Investment Holdings Inc. […]

Credit to Author: KELVIN LESTER LEE | Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 16:29:10 +0000

THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently celebrated its 83rd anniversary. I am proud to share some of its significant accomplishments this year. First, the Revised Corporation Code (RCC) was finally signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte on February 20, thanks to the efforts of the House of Representatives, the Senate and advocates in […]

Credit to Author: Ben Kritz| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:16:13 +0000

ACCORDING to the news over the weekend, Malacañang is “studying” the latest genius non-solution to “solve” the traffic crisis, the implementation of a voluntary four-day workweek for the balance of the holiday season for non-critical government personnel and the private sector. The idea has some merit in a general sense, but in terms of its […]

Credit to Author: Rey Elbo| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:12:42 +0000

MANY of us learned it from the Japanese who, if they’re inclined to say “no,” would not want to say it directly to your face. Instead, they would play around with confusing, beautiful words that make you think they’ve approved your idea. Sometimes, they would say “hai, hai” to manifest they’ve understood what you’ve said, […]

Credit to Author: ROBERT SIY| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:18:59 +0000

THERE have been calls to review the National Building Code and update engineering standards, especially in the wake of the recent earthquakes in Mindanao. Another component of the law that needs updating is the provision on parking space requirements — “parking minimums”— detailed in its implementing rules and regulations (IRR). The IRR requires that: — […]

Credit to Author: Lee-Anne Tobias| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:17:02 +0000

THERE was much noise over digital platforms in the previous weeks about the 11.11 Sale. Certainly, only a small segment of the population was able to escape from the pervasive online and billboard advertisements about it. Filipinos used their breaks to look for the best deals and save their finds in time for checking out […]

Credit to Author: KELVIN LESTER LEE | Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:27:43 +0000

Part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) mandate is to encourage investments and more active public participation in the affairs of private corporations and enterprises. In line with this, the SEC works to protect the integrity of the market by combating securities fraud such as insider trading and manipulative practices. Section 3.8 of Republic […]