[Vantage Point] The Villar Land scandal now has a gatekeeper problem
The Villar Land affair began as a valuation scandal. It became a disclosure and market-integrity scandal. It now has a potentially more material issue.
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Who can use the Lido name? SC cancels ‘Lido Cocina Tsina’ trademark
(1st UPDATE) Years after the falling out between old partners, the Supreme Court says the trademark still belongs to the partnership they left behind
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For GCash’s early private equity backers, record IPO will be ultimate payday
GCash’s blockbuster IPO could turn years of paper gains into billions for its early private equity backers. For the retail investors buying in now, the question is how much growth still remains.
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[Vantage Point] Villar Land: Follow the P1.3-trillion paper trail
The documents I have in possession establish the acquisition, revaluation, and recognition of enormous accounting gains. They also establish that Villar Land subsequently carried an extraordinary stock-market valuation.
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SM Harrison Plaza opening by end-2027 with entire floor for Gen Z
Harrison Plaza’s new look will be taking cues from a Gen Z-focused SM concept in China packed with streetwear, one-off cafés, a DJ booth, space for TikTok creators, and even a skate park
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Reevaluating the latest re-rating upgrade of Megawide
Megawide offers investors a heavily de-risked, structurally protected entry into the most explosive infrastructure growth story in the market
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Meralco rates dip slightly in September despite higher generation costs
For a household consuming 200 kWh, that translates to savings of about P8 on the monthly electricity bill
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[Finterest] Meet the young Filipina teaching AI to read crumpled payslips for loans
Built to help lenders make sense of messy financial records, Carmel Limcaoco and Rhea Malhotra’s Kita has processed over $130 million in loan volume and raised $4.5 million in seed funding
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The renovation is done. Now Ayala is changing the shops inside its malls.
As malls complete their glow-up, Ayala Land hopes it can ‘bring in the concepts to kind of match the new physical experience’
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[Vantage Point] Solar Para sa Bayan: When public privilege meets accountability
Senator Loren Legarda’s defense that ‘no public funds were involved’ does not fully dispose of the controversy. Public resources are not confined to money released from the Treasury.
