The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975,it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the second-oldest continuously operating professional basketball league in the world after North America's NBA.
San Miguel Corporation,abbreviated as SMC,is a Philippine multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mandaluyong,Metro Manila. The company is one of the largest and most diversified conglomerates in the Philippines. Originally founded in 1890,San Miguel has ventured beyond its core business,with investments in various sectors such as food and drink,finance,infrastructure,oil and energy,transportation,and real estate.
Ayala Corporation is the publicly listed holding company for the diversified interests of the Ayala Group. Founded in the Philippines by Domingo Róxas and Antonio de Ayala during Spanish colonial rule,it is the country's oldest and largest conglomerate. The company has a portfolio of diverse business interests,including investments in retail,education,real estate,banking,telecommunications,water infrastructure,renewable energy,electronics,information technology,automotive,healthcare,management,and business process outsourcing. As of November 2015,it is the country's largest corporation in terms of assets ($48.7B).
San Miguel Brewery,Inc. (SMBI) is a subsidiary of San Miguel Food and Beverage,Inc. and jointly owned with Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. The company is the Philippines’largest brewery with a market share of over 95% as of 2008,notably producing San Miguel Pale Pilsen. The company also operates in China and Southeast Asia.
Eduardo "Danding" Murphy Cojuangco Jr. was a Filipino businessman and politician. He was the chairman and CEO of San Miguel Corporation,the largest food and beverage corporation in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. He served as a Philippine ambassador and governor of Tarlac. In 2016,his personal wealth was estimated at US$1.16 billion,and it was estimated that at one time,his business empire accounted for 25% of the gross national product of the Philippines.
PLDT,Inc.,formerly known as the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company,is a Philippine telecommunications,internet and digital service company.
Equitable PCI Bank,Inc. was one of the largest banks in the Philippines,being the third-largest bank in terms of assets. It was the largest bank before it was overtaken by Metrobank in 1995. It is the result of the merger of Equitable Banking Corporation and Philippine Commercial International Bank or PCIBank. It was known for a wide range of services from savings to insurance and,through its wholly owned subsidiary Equitable Card Network,was the largest Philippine credit card issuer. The bank merged with Banco de Oro Universal Bank in early 2007,and is now branded as BDO as its new identity as part of the new Banco de Oro Unibank,Inc.
TV5 is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is headquartered in Mandaluyong,with alternate studios located in Novaliches,Quezon City. TV5 serves as the flagship property of TV5 Network,Inc.,which is owned by MediaQuest Holdings,the multimedia arm of PLDT,a telecommunications company. The network is commonly referred to as "The Kapatid Network",using the Filipino term for "sibling",a branding introduced in 2010.
Washington Z. SyCip, PLH BOLk RNO1kl was a Chinese-Filipino-American accountant. He was the founder of the accounting firm EY SGV &Company and the Asian Institute of Management.
Petron Corporation is the largest oil refining and marketing company in the Philippines,supplying more than a third of the country's oil requirements. It operates a refinery in Limay,Bataan with a rated capacity of 180,000 barrels per day (29,000 m3/d). From the refinery,Petron moves its products mainly by sea to 32 depots and terminals throughout the country.
The Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway (TPLEX),signed as E1 of the Philippine expressway network and R-8 of the Metro Manila arterial road network,is a controlled-access toll expressway that connects the Central Luzon region with the Ilocos Region. From its northern terminus at Rosario in La Union to its southern terminus at Tarlac City,the expressway has a length of 89.21-kilometer (55.43 mi),cutting through the various provinces in northern Central Luzon. Despite that the name only stating the provinces of Tarlac,Pangasinan,and La Union,the expressway also passes the province of Nueva Ecija,but without any exits.
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) is a Philippine-based unit investment holding company of First Pacific Company Limited through Metro Pacific Holdings,Inc. MPIC through its subsidiaries,provides water,sanitation,and sewerage services and also operates in real estate,and infrastructure projects. It also invests in some hospitals in the Philippines.
Bank of Commerce,commonly known as BankCom,is a universal bank in the Philippines and licensed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). BankCom is the banking arm of diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC). It has a total network of 140 Branches and 260 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) located nationwide,as of December 31,2020. As of 2022,BankCom is the fifteenth largest bank in the Philippines in terms of assets.
The Coco Levy Fund Scam was a controversy in the 1970s and 1980s in the Philippines involving former President Ferdinand Marcos and his cronies. It was alleged that Marcos,Danding Cojuangco,Juan Ponce Enrile,and others conspired to tax coconut farmers,promising them the development of the coconut industry and a share of the investments,but on the contrary used the collection fund for personal profit,particularly in the purchase of United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) and a majority stake in San Miguel Corporation (SMC),to name a few.
Nine Media Corporation is a Filipino-based media company. Formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation (SEC),a multimedia television and film company of the Tieng family,it is now solely owned by the ALC Group of Companies of the late Amb. Antonio Cabangon-Chua. Nine Media is currently an affiliate of Aliw Broadcasting Corporation. Its headquarters are located at the Ground Floor of the Worldwide Corporate Center,Epifanio de los Santos Avenue corner Shaw Boulevard,Mandaluyong,sharing with its former parent Solar Entertainment.
TV5 Network,Inc.,commonly known as TV5,is a Philippine media company based in Mandaluyong. It is primarily involved in radio and television broadcasting,with subsidiaries and affiliates dealing in various media related businesses. TV5 is owned by MediaQuest Holdings,an investee company of Philippine telecommunications giant PLDT,through its Beneficial Trust Fund,and headed by business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan.
San Miguel Food and Beverage,Inc. is a Philippine food and beverage company headquartered in Pasig,Metro Manila. It is the largest food and beverage company in the Philippines,with nearly 3,000 employees deployed in a nationwide network of offices,farms,manufacturing,processing and distribution facilities. The company is a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation (SMC).
Top Frontier Investment Holdings,Inc. is a Philippine holding company based in Makati,Metro Manila,majority-owned by Iñigo U. Zóbel of the Zóbel de Ayala family. Through two primary holdings,the company is active in mining,packaging,real estate,food and beverage. In 2017,the company was ranked 1228th on the Forbes Global 2000. The company was incorporated on March 11,2008 with Zóbel as chairman. The company went public in 2014.
New Manila International Airport,also known as Bulacan International Airport,is an international airport under construction on the coastal areas of Bulakan,Bulacan,35 km (22 mi) north of the capital Manila. The project was proposed by the San Miguel Corporation (SMC) and is set to help decongest Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA),the main gateway to the capital for air travelers.
Gilberto "Jimmy" Roy Duavit Jr. is a Filipino businessman,philanthropist,producer,and writer. He is the president and chief executive officer of GMA Network Inc.,one of the largest media networks in the Philippines. Duavit inherited the position from his father,Gilberto "Bibit" Duavit Sr.,who was the network's founding chairman. Duavit first became involved with GMA in 1993 as a film producer for the network's production company,GMA Pictures,which was then named Cinemax Studios and later GMA Films. He produced some of the company's most successful films,including JoséRizal (1998) and Muro-Ami (1999),both of which won the Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Picture successively. After his promotion as the network's vice president in 2000,Duavit became involved in the network's television production,having created the shows Liwanag ng Hatinggabi (1999–2000),Ang Iibigin ay Ikaw (2002–03),and Hanggang Kailan (2004).
