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The Gokong-Way

By Iris Gonzales | September 2, 2022 - 12:00am
It wasn’t a thing that happened overnight.
Business
fbtw
My ‘cousin’ John, dearest Iya

My ‘cousin’ John, dearest Iya

By Nikki Coseteng | November 17, 2019 - 12:00am
In family conversation, it was never “John Gokongwei.” He was always fondly referred to as “Iya” while...
Sunday Lifestyle
fbtw
Ave Atque Vale

Ave Atque Vale

By Roberto R. Romulo | November 16, 2019 - 12:00am
My favorite Latin couplet was used by the poet Gaius Valerius Cattulus when his younger brother passed away. Translated it...
Business
fbtw
Dad lessons from Eddie Garcia, Nards Jimenez & John Gokongwei, Jr.

Dad lessons from Eddie Garcia, Nards Jimenez & John Gokongwei, Jr.

By Wilson Lee Flores | June 16, 2019 - 12:00am
It is sad that one of the Philippines’ best award-winning actors, 90-year-old Eddie Garcia, who has portrayed innumerable...
Sunday Lifestyle
fbtw
URC, DA partner for potato production

URC, DA partner for potato production

By Louise Maureen Simeon | November 11, 2018 - 12:00am
Universal Robina Corp., the food and beverage arm of tycoon John Gokongwei, has partnered with the Department of Agriculture...
Agriculture
fbtw

Changes in John Gokongwei’s empire

By Iris Gonzales | May 31, 2018 - 12:00am
It’s not quite a major changing of the guard just yet, but the changes, which took three years to implement, are meant to help taipan John Gokongwei’s empire survive the changing times.
Business
fbtw
Most of Philippines’ 12 wealthiest endured hardships, 7 are self-made

Most of Philippines’ 12 wealthiest endured hardships, 7 are self-made

By Wilson Lee Flores | March 12, 2018 - 12:00am
With Fortune magazine no longer publishing its own list of the world’s wealthiest people, which once included even political...
Lifestyle Business
fbtw
Henry Sy still richest Filipino in 2018 — Forbes

Henry Sy still richest Filipino in 2018 — Forbes

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | March 7, 2018 - 10:11am
Mall tycoon Henry Sy Sr. remains the richest man in the Philippines and the wealthiest in Southeast Asia in 2018,...
Business
fbtw
Forbes: 14 Filipinos on 2017 world billionaires list

Forbes: 14 Filipinos on 2017 world billionaires list

By Patricia Lourdes Viray | March 21, 2017 - 10:33am
Fourteen Filipinos returned to the recently released Forbes magazine's annual billionaires list.
Business
fbtw

John Gokongwei, Jr. returns to Cebu for mall launch, and will focus on philanthropy when he turns 90

By Wilson Lee Flores | December 12, 2015 - 9:00am
It was a poignant homecoming for one of Asia’s legendary “rags-to-riches” business taipans on Dec. 10, when 89-year-old industrialist John L. Gokongwei, Jr. returned here with his entire family...
Sunday Lifestyle
fbtw
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