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THE THIRD TELCO

Finally, the Philippines will have a third telephone company (third telco).  It will be tycoon Dennis Uy’s Mislatel Consortium in partnership with China Telecom. China Telecom is big.  China Telecom is China’s biggest landline telephone […]

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GLORY DAYS WITH LANDOIL AND BASIC, WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE PHILIPPINES-CHINA EXPLORATION IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA OR SCS

By Jose de Venecia, Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Speech at Basic Energy Corporation’s 50th anniversary.  Basic  was founded in 1968, among the Philippines’ pioneer oil exploration firms and which discovered commercial oil in the […]

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FILIPINO BILLIONAIRES

Forbes Magazine has listed the world’s billionaires for 2017. Included are 14 Filipino billionaires, ranked, worldwide, from 94th (Henry Sy with $12.7 billion estimated wealth) to 1795th (Roberto V. Ongpin with an estimated $1.1 billion […]

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SMC REDEFINES ITS VISION, MISSION

In January this year, San Miguel Corporation drastically recast its vision and mission statements. The new SMC vision says: “We are San Miguel.” “Guided by a strong sense of social, environmental, and economic responsibility, our […]