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Location of the Philippines. The Philippines is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It is a founding member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the East Asia Summit.
San Miguel Corporation. San Miguel Pale Pilsen, SMC's flagship product. San Miguel Corporation ( Tagalog pronunciation: [sɐn miˈgɛl] ), abbreviated as SMC, is a Philippine multinational conglomerate with headquarters in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. The company is one of the largest and most diversified conglomerates in the Philippines.
Ayala Corporation (Spanish: Corporación Ayala, formerly Ayala y Compañía (Ayala & Company)) is the publicly listed holding company for the diversified interests of the Ayala Group. Founded in the Philippines by Domingo Róxas and Antonio de Ayala during Spanish colonial rule, it is the country's oldest and largest conglomerate.
Chairman ( San Beda University) Chairman (Cardinal Santos Medical Center) Manuel Velez Pangilinan, CL GCrL (born July 14, 1946), also known as Manny Pangilinan or sometimes by his initials MVP, is a Filipino businessman and sports patron. He is the managing director and CEO of First Pacific Company Limited, a Hong Kong-based investment ...
John Robinson Lim Gokongwei Jr. ( traditional Chinese: 吳奕輝; simplified Chinese: 吴奕辉; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ E̍k-hui; pinyin: Wú Yìhuī; 11 August 1926 – 9 November 2019) [ 2] was a Filipino banker, businessman, investor, and philanthropist. His conglomerate company JG Summit Holdings, Inc., had an extensive panoply of business ...
The Manila Electric Company (PSE: MER), also known as Meralco (/ m ɜːr ɑː l k oʊ /, Tagalog: [mɛˈɾalkɔ], stylized in uppercase), is an electric power distribution company in the Philippines. It is Metro Manila 's only electric power distributor and holds the power distribution franchise for 39 cities and 72 municipalities, including ...
Sia was born in Iloilo City in 1977 and grew up in Roxas City, the eldest of three siblings having parents from both Capiz and Iloilo. [6] He was nicknamed "Injap", a portmanteau of "Intsik" (the Filipino/Tagalog term for Chinese) and "Japanese"; as his father, Edgar Sr., is a Chinese Filipino, while his mother, the former Pacita Jaruda, is a Japanese Filipina (Japanese surname Haruda, 春田).
The Philippine Commonwealth was established in 1935, as a 10-year interim step prior to full independence. However, in 1942 during World War II, Japan occupied the Philippines. The U.S. military overpowered the Japanese in 1945. The Treaty of Manila in 1946 established the independent Philippine Republic.