Companies

Listed property developer Double Dragon (DD) targets to raise at least P6.5 billion from the issuance of the second tranche of its fixed rate retail bonds. 

By Riza Lozada  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended 104 erring lending companies in the first four months of 2017, and will revoke the primary licenses of those on this list that fail to have their suspension orders lifted by May 22. 

Cement firm Eagle Cement Corp. priced the initial public offer (IPO) of its shares at P15 each. 

Broadcast giant ABS-CBN Corp. reported P9.6 billion in consolidated revenue for the first three months as consumer sales grew by 10 percent to P4.7 billion while its first quarter airtime revenues were 13 percent lower compared to the same period last year. 

Home-grown hydropower generation company, Hedcor Inc., was recognized as ‘Employer of the Year’ at the Kapatiran sa Industriya (Kapatid) Awards by the Employers Confederation of the Philippines. 

By Riza Lozada Slowing revenues from its mobile services re­sulted in telecommu­nications giant PLDT Inc. posting a core income of P5.3 billion in the first quar­ter, down 26 percent from a year ago.

LT Group Inc. (LTG) reported an unaudited attributable net income for the first quarter of 2017 amounted to P2.25 billion, flat com­pared to the P2.23 billion reported in the first quarter.

The Department of Finance (DOF) is confident the tax-reform bill will pass before the House of Representatives adjourns on June 2, citing the measure’s “substantial progress.” 

By Riza Lozada  Asia’s economies over the past two decades have succeeded to improve corporate governance and develop regional mechanisms to ensure financial stability and avoid a repeat of the economic crisis that buffeted the region in 1997, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has said. 

Caltex’s multi-awarded Fuel Your School (FYS) program is now set to help fund projects in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for high-need public high schools in Bicol region.