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Ayala Corp profits down 17% in Q1 2020 as pandemic batters economy
'This unprecedented health crisis has resulted in a radical transformation of societies, economies, and businesses, including the Ayala group,' says Ayala president and COO Fernando Zobel de Ayala

Qualimed Sta Rosa to be converted into coronavirus hospital
Qualimed Hospital in Sta Rosa City, Laguna, will have a triage holding area, a building with a laboratory capable of testing, and inpatient beds for exclusive use of COVID-19 patients

SM Group, Ayala Corp donate to fight coronavirus
The conglomerates pledge protective equipment and medical supplies for government hospitals

Ayala Land nets P33.2 billion in 2019
Ayala Land also surpasses its P100-billion capex target for 2019, as it continued to invest in mixed-use developments across the country
SM-Ayala consortium breaks ground on Cebu SRP project
Cebu City Mayor Edgar Labella says the project is expected to generate over P316 billion in investments and 2 million direct and indirect jobs

Duterte threatens to reveal individuals behind 'onerous' water deal
'The people should know.... Putangina, pag hindi, babarilin ko yung bayag mo,' says President Rodrigo Duterte as he amps up threats against the Ayalas and businessman Manny Pangilinan

Look back: Duterte's tussles with big business
Going from threats to defying an international court order, President Duterte proves more and more that he will use every presidential power to pressure some of the country's biggest firms

IN PHOTOS: Ayala unveils Maxus vehicles in the Philippines
Maxus targets families and companies looking for spacious vehicles. It aims to sell over 500 units in 2019.
Ayala's AC Health to build Philippines' first cancer hospital
Ayala Corporation's health unit will invest some P2 billion for a cancer specialty hospital in Metro Manila

Ayala Corp aids Pampanga residents affected by Luzon earthquake
From water to telecommunications, various companies under the Ayala conglomerate are reaching out to affected communities in Pampanga

Ayala Corp posts single-digit net income growth in 2018
Ayala Land, Globe Telecom, and AC Energy boost parent company Ayala Corporation's net income to P31.8 billion, up by 5% in 2018

Ayala-Aboitiz consortium bids for national ID system
Ayala Corporation, AC Infrastructure, Aboitiz InfraCapital, and Unisys Philippines aim to design and develop the infrastructure for the national ID system
Ayala Corp net income up 16% in 2017
The net income of the Ayala Group's holding firm hits P30.3 billion in 2017, with Ayala Land leading the subsidiaries

Ayala Corp acquires U.S.-based solar tech firm
Ayala's AC Industrials now has a controlling stake in Merlin Solar Technologies, with plans to establish manufacturing facilities in the Philippines in the future

Yuchengcos, Ayalas plan merger of education businesses
Yuchengco-owned iPeople Incorporated, operator of Mapua University, will be the surviving entity in the merger

Conglomerates form ‘Super Consortium’ to propose NAIA upgrade
The Ayala, Aboitiz, Gokongwei, Gotianum, Metro Pacific and Andrew Tan groups will submit their unsolicited bid to the Department of Transportation

Conglomerates in talks for 'super consortium' to upgrade NAIA
Andrew Tan's Alliance Global and Lucio Tan's LT Group confirm there are talks with other business groups, though no formal agreements have been reached

Sy, Zobel still in, Aboitiz out of Forbes' list of Asia's richest families
Two prominent Filipino clans are included in the magazine's annual list of the 50 wealthiest business dynasties in the region

Ayala Corp net income up 39% to P8.2B in Q3 2017
The result means that AC’s net income for the first 9 months of 2017 is up 18% to P23.2 billion, primarily because of the strong performances of Ayala Land and AC Energy

Metro Pacific group eyes P20 billion for MRT3 takeover
This would be P7.5 billion higher than its initial investment projection to take over and rehabilitate the Philippines' most congested mass transit railway

After a decade, construction of MRT-LRT Common Station to begin in September
The coveted project has seen 3 transportation secretaries come and go. Finally, the construction will start on September 29.
Pangilinan-Ayala group poised to bag MRT3 original proponent status
Other private groups will be able to submit competing offers under a Swiss challenge, while the original proponent, the Pangilinan-Ayala group, would be given the right to match them

UN honors Zobel de Ayala as pioneer of sustainable development
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala becomes the first business leader from the Philippines and Southeast Asia to be recognized by the United Nations for efforts in championing sustainability

DBP open to unload MRT3 interests
A new owner and operator for Metro Rail Transit Line 3 MRT3 is in the books of the Philippine government This is to give the railway proper upgrade and maintenance

Pangilinan-Ayala group eyes MRT3 takeover by early 2018
The group hopes to operate maintain and rehabilitate the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 for 32 years Will its unsolicited proposal be approved?

Ayala Corp net income up 9.1% to P15.1 billion in 1st half of 2017
BPI is the Ayala Group s top earner for the period followed by Ayala Land

Ayala to join Metro Pacific in MRT3 rehab proposal
The two conglomerates are also partners in the operations maintenance and upgrade of LRT1

Ayala acquires German auto parts manufacturer
The P1 49 billion investment is part of AC Industrials expansion spree

8 Philippine companies among world's largest listed firms
SMIC BDO JG Summit Ayala Top Frontier Metrobank Aboitiz and Meralco – with a combined market value of 72 4 billion – make it to Forbes 2017 Global 2000 list

SM Prime, Ayala to defy China's slowdown
While SM Prime plans to increase its investments in China Ayala is in talks with several Chinese firms that are interested in venturing into Philippine infrastructure

12 ASEAN brands that have gone global
Some familiar brands in the Southeast Asian region are making their mark around the world

Can conglomerates foster inclusive development in PH?
The country faces a dilemma in development as it strives to achieve growth and progress amid distress and poverty

Ayala, SM team up for alternate to EDSA
The proposed P25 billion elevated expressway will be owned by both firms and built at no cost to the government

Ayala Corp nets P26B in 2016, eyes power and digital for the future
The conglomerate sets up a slew of energy and e commerce investments although the bulk of its earnings still comes from traditional sectors

Ayala Corp takes 43.3% stake in Zalora PH
This acquisition is part of Ayala s strategy to invest in innovative businesses especially in the digital space

Jack Ma's Ant Financial invests in Globe's Mynt
The deal represents the Alibaba group s first investment in the Philippines and gives Mynt access to the digital payment giant s technology to improve its GCash service

Senators convinced 'best' location achieved for MRT-LRT common station
But the Senate committee wants someone to be held liable for the P200 million naming rights contract of SM Prime which caused the almost 8 year delay of the project

Ayala Corp enters health tech via ePharmacy startup
The conglomerate through subsidiary AC Health invests in MedGrocer which allows users to buy medicine online and have items delivered to them

LOOK: The newly-renovated LRT1 Doroteo Jose Station
Light Rail Manila s directive is to rehabilitate the 20 stations and train cars of LRT1 in 18 months and extend the line from Baclaran to Bacoor Cavite

LRT1 operator to start Cavite extension in late February
LRMC the operator of LRT1 takes on French companies Bouygues Travaux Publics and Alstom Transport Private Limited to help build the LRT1 Cavite extension

AC Energy eyes another renewable energy investment
We are building up our RE platform so we re looking for acquisitions in the Philippines says AC Energy president John Eric Francia

Duterte hosts intimate dinner for top businessmen
The 3 hour dinner is organized by former president and now Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Presidential Consultant for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion

Commercial operations for MRT-LRT Common Station eyed in April 2019
Rarely seen together the country s top businessmen come to agree on the final location of the Metro Rail Transit MRT Light Rail Transit LRT Common Station project

Ayala to build, operate $150-M Indonesia wind farm
With a generating capacity of 75 megawatts MW the Sidrap Project is the first greenfield offshore investment of AC Energy

MRT-LRT common station to be done in 2.5 years – DOTr
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade says the signing of the compromise agreement on the common station is expected before 2016 ends

Ayala, 3 foreign airline operators team up for NAIA PPP
The people who are joining us are coming from a particular core competency and expertise that can add to the project says the president and CEO of AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation

Ayala eyes infra proposals to help ease Metro traffic
Our mandate is look for an area where we can do something to alleviate the difficulties the pain points and the congestion says Rene Almendras chief of AC Infrastructure Holdings

Ayala to government: It's time for CARS 2.0
In response Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez says his department will look into creating a CARS type incentives program for electronics

Informing and inspiring students through books
Ayala Foundation celebrates National Reading Month by raising 200 000 storybooks for 200 public schools

Tugade accepts DOTr Undersecretary Kintanar's resignation
Kintanar a former Ayala executive says he would like to give Tugade a free hand in addressing misconceptions or doubts as to the impartiality and independence of the DOTr
