Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao is a Filipino politician and former professional boxer. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He previously served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.
Trusted Media Brands, Inc. (TMBI), formerly known as the Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (RDA), is an American multi-platform media and publishing company that is co-headquartered in New York City and in White Plains, New York. The company was founded by husband and wife DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace in New York City in 1922 with the first publication of the magazine Reader's Digest.
The Manila Bulletin is the Philippines' largest English language broadsheet newspaper by circulation. Founded in 1900, it is the second oldest extant newspaper published in the Philippines and the second oldest extant English newspaper in the Far East. It bills itself as "The Nation's Leading Newspaper", which is its official slogan.
Wilfredo Buendia Revillame, popularly known as Willie Revillame, is a Filipino television host, comedian, drummer, singer, songwriter, actor, and businessman.
Beethoven Del Valle Bunagan, known professionally as Michael V. and also known as Bitoy, is a Filipino actor, comedian, and recording artist, who appears in the GMA Network show Bubble Gang and Pepito Manaloto.
Maria Jessica Aspiras Soho is a Filipino broadcast journalist affiliated with GMA Network. She is the host of the news magazine program Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (2004–present) on GMA, and was the news anchor for State of the Nation on GTV from 2011 to 2021.
Manuel Bamba Villar Jr. is a Filipino businessman and former politician. He previously served as senator from 2001 to 2013 and as the President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2006 to 2008. Before his stint in the senate, he represented the district of Las Piñas–Muntinlupa from 1992 to 1998, and Las Piñas's at-large district from 1998 to 2001. He also became the speaker of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2000; in this term, he presided over the impeachment of President Joseph Estrada. From 2019 to 2022, Forbes magazine named Villar as the richest individual in the Philippines, with an estimated net worth of $8.3 billion.
Cynthia Aguilar Villar is a Filipina politician currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines. She was a member of the House of Representatives for the Lone District of Muntinlupa from 2001 to 2010 before winning a seat in the Senate in 2013, placing tenth. Villar topped the Senate race with 25 million votes, the most votes in election history until it was surpassed by Robin Padilla in 2022, and was re-elected for a second term in the Senate and got first in the results of the 2019 elections.
The AIA Philippines Life and General Insurance Company Inc. is an insurance company based in the Philippines. The company in 2020, came among the largest life insurance companies based on asset and net worth.
Century Properties Group is a real estate company involved in real estate development, marketing, and property management services. As a company it started operations in 1986 and was listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange under the ticker CPG:PM in 2012. More recently, through a business expansion program into allied sectors of real estate, CPG has diversified from being primarily engaged in in-city vertical residential developments to horizontal affordable housing in key growth cities outside Metro Manila and the commercial leasing of retail and office spaces.
SBI Cards & Payment Services Ltd., previously known as SBI Cards & Payment Services Private Limited, is a credit card company and payment provider in India. SBI Card launched in October 1998 by State Bank of India and GE Capital. In December 2017, State Bank of India and The Carlyle Group acquired stake in the company. SBI Card is headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana/Delhi NCR. The company is the only publicly listed pure-play credit card issuer in India.
Jose Roberto "Robbie" Antonio is a Filipino businessman and real estate developer. He is the son of José E. B. Antonio, one of the Philippines' 40 richest people.
The Jose P. Laurel Residence, also known as Villa Pacencia and Laurel Mansion, is a historic house located at 515 Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. The three-story house was built in 1957 and was one of the three houses owned by the President of the Second Republic of the Philippines, José P. Laurel.
Filinvest Development Corporation is the publicly listed holding company for the various firms in the Filinvest group. It was established in 1955 in the Philippines by Andrew L. Gotianun Sr. and his wife, Mercedes Gotianun, as a used-car financing company. It has holdings in real estate development and leasing, the sales of housing units, and hotel and resort management, banking and financial services, sugar and power. It is based in Metro Manila, Philippines, and is owned by the Gotianun family.
The following is a list of notable events and developments that are related to Philippine sports in 2016.
Douglas Errol "Migo" Dreyfus Adecer is a Filipino-Australian actor, singer and host. He was the "Ultimate Male Survivor" of the sixth season (2015) of the talent competition show StarStruck. He has since appeared on several of GMA's teleseryes.
All Day Convenience Store is a convenience store division of All Value Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of MBV Group of Companies owned by a Filipino entrepreneur and a former Philippine senator, Manny Villar. All Day Convenience Store was the former Finds Convenience Store Inc., an experimental business of Villar which was established in 2008 with an initial 40 branches in Metro Manila.
Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc. also known as simply Vista Land, is a property developer in the Philippines engaged in the real estate and retail industries. The company is part of the Villar Group of Companies associated with Manny Villar, along with the Starmalls, Inc. and Golden Haven, Inc.
Globe Asiatique Realty Holdings Corp (GARHC), simply known as Globe Asiatique, is a Philippine real estate corporation.
