+ Follow Gokongwei Tag
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[Title] => JG Summit in talks for sale of petrochem unit
[Summary] => Multiple companies are in discussions with the Gokongwei Group’s JG Summit Holdings Inc. for the potential sale of its Batangas petrochemical plant.
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[AuthorName] => Richmond Mercurio
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[Title] => Strong earnings reap dividends for RLC, DoubleDragon REITs
[Summary] => Real estate investment trust companies of the Gokongwei family’s Robinsons Land Corp. and DoubleDragon Corp. – the listed property developer owned by Edgar “Injap” Sia II and Tony Tan Caktiong – are rewarding shareholders following sustained strong financial performances.
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[Title] => Was DBM clueless about budget mess until Marcos’ exposé?
[Summary] => Corruption thrives when the very agency tasked with ensuring the “equitable, prudent, transparent and accountable” use of public funds is kept blind to glaring budget anomalies.
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[Title] => Industrialized Philippines, an impossible dream?
[Summary] => The late retail tycoon John Gokongwei Jr. once had this dream of seeing the Philippines become an industrialized nation, along with the greats, perhaps Korea, Japan and maybe even US and China.
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[Title] => Robinsons Land sells block of RCR at 5% discount
[Summary] => Robinsons Land [RLC 15.26 unch; 22% avgVol] [link] has completed the block sale of its shares in RL Commercial REIT [RCR 7.80 Down 4.5%; 537% avgVol], raising P7.75 billion in an offering that drew “strong demand from high-quality institutional investors.”
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[Title] => No signal, no future: Why we need smart schools
[Summary] => Taking off from my previous column, which tackled the Gokongwei Group’s efforts in improving education in the country through the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, today, my pitch is for the Marcos administration to implement systemic reforms in education using technology.
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[Title] => A legacy of nation-building
[Summary] => At the Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s Terminal 3 last Monday, election day, check-in counters of Gokongwei-led Cebu Pacific were busier than usual amid the snaking lines of passengers.
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[Title] => Q/A with Gokongwei
[Summary] => I recently sat down for an hour-long televised interview with JG Summit Holdings Gokongwei Group CEO Lance Gokongwei, the affable Wharton-educated double summa (Finance and Applied Science). Excerpts:
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[AuthorName] => Tony Lopez
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[Title] => Gokongwei Group warns anew vs crypto scams
[Summary] => The Gokongwei Group has warned the public anew against a cryptocurrency scam using the name of tycoon Lance Gokongwei to entice investments.
[DatePublished] => 2024-08-23 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Richmond Mercurio
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[Title] => Gokongwei-led carrier expands Cebu hub with two new routes
[Summary] => Gokongwei-led carrier Cebu Pacific further expands its Cebu hub with the opening of two new destinations—Masbate and Bangkok via Don Mueang International Airport (DMK), allowing travelers from Queen City of the South to explore more places in the Philippines and Asia.
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[Title] => JG Summit in talks for sale of petrochem unit
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[DatePublished] => 2026-05-15 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Richmond Mercurio
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[Title] => Strong earnings reap dividends for RLC, DoubleDragon REITs
[Summary] => Real estate investment trust companies of the Gokongwei family’s Robinsons Land Corp. and DoubleDragon Corp. – the listed property developer owned by Edgar “Injap” Sia II and Tony Tan Caktiong – are rewarding shareholders following sustained strong financial performances.
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[AuthorName] => Richmond Mercurio
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[Title] => Was DBM clueless about budget mess until Marcos’ exposé?
[Summary] => Corruption thrives when the very agency tasked with ensuring the “equitable, prudent, transparent and accountable” use of public funds is kept blind to glaring budget anomalies.
[DatePublished] => 2026-02-10 00:00:00
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[Title] => Industrialized Philippines, an impossible dream?
[Summary] => The late retail tycoon John Gokongwei Jr. once had this dream of seeing the Philippines become an industrialized nation, along with the greats, perhaps Korea, Japan and maybe even US and China.
[DatePublished] => 2026-01-15 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
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[Title] => Robinsons Land sells block of RCR at 5% discount
[Summary] => Robinsons Land [RLC 15.26 unch; 22% avgVol] [link] has completed the block sale of its shares in RL Commercial REIT [RCR 7.80 Down 4.5%; 537% avgVol], raising P7.75 billion in an offering that drew “strong demand from high-quality institutional investors.”
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[Title] => No signal, no future: Why we need smart schools
[Summary] => Taking off from my previous column, which tackled the Gokongwei Group’s efforts in improving education in the country through the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, today, my pitch is for the Marcos administration to implement systemic reforms in education using technology.
[DatePublished] => 2025-05-22 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1804708
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[Title] => A legacy of nation-building
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[Title] => Q/A with Gokongwei
[Summary] => I recently sat down for an hour-long televised interview with JG Summit Holdings Gokongwei Group CEO Lance Gokongwei, the affable Wharton-educated double summa (Finance and Applied Science). Excerpts:
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[ArticleID] => 2379803
[Title] => Gokongwei Group warns anew vs crypto scams
[Summary] => The Gokongwei Group has warned the public anew against a cryptocurrency scam using the name of tycoon Lance Gokongwei to entice investments.
[DatePublished] => 2024-08-23 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Richmond Mercurio
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[Title] => Gokongwei-led carrier expands Cebu hub with two new routes
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September 24, 2025 - 9:00am