Ram Felix Rengel, Jr.
iKobo: The Surest Way to a Worldwide Money Transfer
iKobo is a global financial services company which provides online electronic payment and remittance services. iKobo's proprietary, web-based Global Integrated Funds Transfer System (GIFTS) is optimized for easy, fast and secure personal money transfer and e-commerce services for anyone, anytime, anywhere.
East Meets West at Chowking
Chowking Food Corporation was founded in early 1985, at a time when burger chains were the dominant players in the Philippine fast-food landscape.
Megaworld Philippines: Building the Future
Megaworld began as a high-end property developer, building residential projects that captured the imagination of the upscale market. In 1994, it spun off Empire East Land Holdings, Inc. and Empire East Properties, Inc. to answer the needs of the middle-and low-income market. Thus was born the country’s premier housing supermarket, catering to a wide range of customer budgets (from PhP 750,000 to 10 million), with housing options ranging from house-and-lot packages to duplex-type homes, townhouses, residential lots, high- and medium-rise condominium units and fully serviced residential suites.
The Legacy of San Miguel Corporation
San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly-listed food, beverage, and packaging company with over 26,000 employees in more than 100 facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific.
GLOBE: Connecting People
Globe Telecom has a long history of uniting people by forging strong links of communication throughout the country and with the world. Globe Telecom descended directly from Dollaradio, a ship-to-shore radio and telegraph company in the 1920s which was later renamed Globe Wireless Limited (GWL).
SMART: Simply Amazing
SMART is the Philippines' leading wireless services provider with 20.8 million subscribers on its GSM network as of end-June 2005.
Ayala Corporation: Pioneering the Future
Ayala Corporation's legacy is its adherence to the principles and ideals that wrought its existence. The Ayala tradition of excellence and integrity has run continuously through seven generations of one pioneering family aided by some of the best management talents in the country. It is among the oldest business houses in the country. From a fledgling company in 1834, it has become one of the largest, most respected, and most widely diversified conglomerates in the Philippines today.
National Book Store: Truly Pinoy
Luck is only a small part of National Book Store's success. Through the hard work and powerful leadership of Socorro Cancio-Ramos and the late Jose Ramos with their family, the company has evolved from its humble beginnings into the biggest and strongest bookstore chain in the Philippines.
Philippine Airlines: A Proud Heritage
Philippine Airlines (PAL) began life with a noble mission: to serve as a partner in nation-building. With this in mind, PAL took to the skies on 15 March 1941, using a Beech Model 18 aircraft amid the specter of a global war. It became Asia's first airline.
Metrobank: The Philippine's Biggest Bank
Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank) is the flagship company of the Metrobank Group. A universal bank, Metrobank provides a full range of banking and other financial services through its local and international branches.
Superferry: Sakay Na!
SuperFerry is the leading sea transport in the Philippines, sailing to 20 major ports / island destinations across the archipelago.
Cebu Pacific Air: Our Time is the New Filipino Time
Cebu Pacific (CEB), the second largest domestic carrier in the Philippines entered the market on March 1996 and pioneered the “low fare, great value” strategy in the local aviation industry. Serving almost 80 flights daily to 15 domestic destinations, CEB launched its International Operations on November 2001 and now fly to Hong Kong and Seoul, Korea. Flights to Korea though cannot be booked via this website. You may visit any of our ticket offices instead.
Pinoy Snack Food ng Bayan: Chippy by URC
Universal Robina Corporation is one of the largest branded food product companies in the Philippines with a growing presence in other Asian markets. It was founded in 1954 when Mr. John Gokongwei, Jr. established Universal Corn Products, a cornstarch manufacturing plant, in Pasig. The Company has since expanded and is now involved in a wide range of food businesses including the manufacture and distribution of branded consumer foods, flour milling, as well as, sugar milling and refining. In addition, the Company produces hogs and day-old chicks and manufactures animal and fish feeds, glucose and veterinary compounds. These businesses are operated through divisions and wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries that are organized into three core business segments, namely, branded consumer foods, agro-industrial products and commodity food products.
Business Tycoon Lucio Tan
Lucio Tan is the richest industrialist in the Philippines, with a personal net worth of at least $1.5 billion. Known to be shrewd but secretive and reclusive, Tan has extensive investments in China and Hong Kong.
Creating Wealth in a New Environment
A chilling breeze greeted me the moment I entered the door that leads to the main viewing area. The place was filled with local and foreign tourists, all quiet but the amazement in their faces were very visible as they enjoyed watching the breathtaking scenery of the entire Cebu City and neighboring towns.
Pinoy Malling at SM ShoeMart
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. is part of the SM Group of Companies, one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines with interests in commercial property development, shopping mall operations, retail/wholesale and merchandising, banking and financial services, and leisure/tourism and real estate development.
Pinoy's Langhap Sarap at Jollibee
Jollibee is one of the Philippines' phenomenal business success stories. Starting in 1975 as a two-branch ice cream parlor, it later expanded its menu to include hot sandwiches and other meals. With encouraging success, Jollibee Foods Corporation was incorporated in 1978 with seven outlets to fully explore the possibilities of a hamburger concept. Thus was born the company that revolutionized the fast food industry in the Philippines.
Le Spa Massage: Respite in the City
There is the sub-story in these beckoning images at Le Spa, an urban haven amidst the city's hustle and bustle. It is a yarn of battle flesh and spirit come alive because of the indulgent care of the city's undoubtedly posh-iest spa.
Some Outstanding Businessmen of the Philippines in 2005
It's admirable how indefatigable business people defied the nauseating political and economic crises and other problems and made a positive impact on the Philippine economy in 2005. Tycoons like Lucio Tan of Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Philippine National Bank, brothers Jaime Augusto and Fernando Zobel de Ayala of Ayala Land and Globe Telecom, Atty. Felipe Gozon of GMA Network Inc., and others have continuously invested in the Philippine economy. However, here is a list of inspiring mavericks – gutsy business people who were the most innovative – and audacious – in their 2005 investments. This list is not in any order of importance, seniority or degree of charisma.
Philippines Wooing Japan's Aged with Skilled, Low-Cost Care
In a spacious room at the Rose Princes Home, a nursing facility on the outskirts of Manila, a caregiver feeds an 81-year-old partially paralyzed Japanese man.
Comparative Study Between Thailand and the Philippines
In the early 1970s, the Philippines was a leading economic power of Southeast Asia with its growth overshadowing that of its counterparts in the region. One example of its economic predominance was its successful bid to bring in the Asian Development Bank, outplaying a competing bidder, Japan. Other international organizations followed suit by placing their Southeast Asian or Western Pacific regional headquarters in the country. In those days, with Thailand still dismal in its growth, the two countries projected a clear contrast in the state of their economies.
Doing a Manny Pacquiao on the Economy
How and when can the Philippine economy become as aggressive and as victorious as the world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, the formerly poor tailor and construction worker born in General Santos City, Mindanao? The day the value of the Philippine peso plunged to another historic low due to worries about military coups, the government budget deficit and political uncertainties, the 77-year-old founder of the country’s most diversified industrial conglomerate delivered a rare public speech in the country’s second biggest city, boldly calling for five major reforms to strengthen our weak, heavily-indebted and uncompetitive Philippine economy.
SM's Sy Bullish on RP Economy
Doomsayers hear this: one of the country's most successful businessmen is bullish on the Philippines' economic prospects for 2006.
Experiencing Finland-Made Sauna at Le Spa Massage
In most European countries where the sun almost never shine, its people use the most sophisticated equipment—a Sauna—to sweat out and release toxins from their bodies. And this is done entirely in the comfort of their homes while relaxing. But Boholanos need not go to Europe to experience the classiness and elegance of a sauna. That’s because, the first Finland-made sauna is now available in Bohol, specifically in Tagbilaran City at Le Spa Massage.
TOYM Awardee Francisco Bernardo III, Entrepreneur-At-Heart
He grew up in Tondo among people hungry for food and ideas. But this did not deter Francisco "Jay" Bernardo III from achieving success, which resulted in his inclusion in the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines awards.
The Philippines' New Gold Rush
Mining companies have long known that the Philippines is one of the most mineral-rich countries on earth. The archipelago sits atop the Pacific "rim of fire," a zone with more than its share of volcanoes and earthquakes, but also containing vast stores of gold, nickel, copper, silver, platinum, zinc, and more. The problem has been getting permission to actually dig the stuff out of the ground.
Despite a 1995 law allowing foreigners to own 100% of mines in the Philippines -- up from the previous limit of 40% -- challenges to the constitutionality of the measure kept all but the most adventurous foreign miners at bay.
Entrepreneurship According to John Gokongwei "the Great"
I was so inspired by John Gokongwei's speech before the Atenean Graduates of 2004, that I am posting here its full transcript. I hope that you can also learn from it.
