Iris C. Gonzales

2 days ago | philstar.com | Iris C. Gonzales

Around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Francis Lim, the incoming chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, called his soon-to-be predecessor, outgoing chairman Emil Aquino, to congratulate him for all that he had accomplished at the SEC, the country’s corporate regulator. Aquino was presiding over the regular SEC en banc meeting that afternoon in the SEC conference room when he received the call. He put Lim on speakerphone. “Pare, ang dami mong nagawa!” Lim told Aquino.

4 days ago | philstar.com | Iris C. Gonzales

MANILA, Philippines — Southlinks Estate, a new high-end residential community south of Metro Manila, advances toward its targeted completion in the second quarter of 2026. Located in Las Piñas within the Alabang neighborhood, Southlinks Estate is a flagship project of Height Realty and backed by the Philippine Bank of Communications through a credit facility agreement signed last year.

4 days ago | philstar.com | Iris C. Gonzales

It was quite a boardroom move, indeed, catching some in the business community by surprise. But tycoon Enrique Razon has always had impeccable timing and we saw that again last week after his Prime Infrastructure Capital Inc. moved to acquire a 60 percent stake in the gas business of Lopez-led First Gen Corp. for P50 billion. This will no doubt translate to a tectonic shift in the energy sector which will definitely change the game. Will it bring down prices of electricity to households?

6 days ago | philstar.com | Iris C. Gonzales

Did you ever imagine there would come a time when we have to prove we’re actually human? And I don’t mean this in the metaphorical or philosophical sense. This isn’t about a husband being loving and empathic as opposed to being a jerk, or a wife being kind instead of being a bitch, or a tycoon being compassionate instead of being a misogynist psychopath. No – not in that way. I’m referring to being human – literally.

1 week ago | philstar.com | Iris C. Gonzales

On a large-format, lined notebook – bigger than the standard size we use in schools – tycoon Ramon Ang writes down, with some illustrations, the improvements made at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the country’s main gateway. There will be more, he said during a recent afternoon chat at his office at the San Miguel Corp. headquarters in Ortigas. Ang is president of the SMC-led New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC), the private consortium now managing the airport.