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Protecting Our Purchasing Power

I understand where the government’s economic managers are coming from when they underscored the need to “defend the peso.” The Philippine currency has already shed about 15 percent of its value against the US dollar since the start of the year.

Harbinger of the Holidays

It always gives me a laugh whenever people use Jose Mari Chan as a harbinger of the Christmas season. Toward the latter part of August, social media is abuzz with funny memes and posts about the transition to the “ber” months which inevitably starts the countdown to the longest Christmas season in the world. It is amazing how Filipinos get creative and funny on social media. Only in the Philippines indeed!

A United Front for Philippine Infrastructure

They are not the sogo shosha of Japan or the chaebol of South Korea. But Philippine conglomerates are leading the way to transform the Philippines into a modern economy, starting with their strong interest in developing the nation’s infrastructure network.

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News About MBV

PICC Forum Halls to be Converted Into Health Facilities

MANILA – Villar Group is working with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and EEI for the conversion of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum Halls 1 to 3 into a much-needed facility for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients in 10 days’ time.

Manny Villar and Enrique Razon Kick Off 2020 As The Philippines' Richest, According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Filipino business tycoons Manuel Villar and Enrique Razon are entering the new decade as the only Philippine billionaires to make it on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which lists the 500 wealthiest people in the world.

The index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest, and the figures and rankings are updated at the end of every business day after the trading floor closes in New York.

"I think we could have grown faster if our citizens had been entrepreneurs."—Manny Villar

With the release of the latest Forbes list of the wealthiest people in the Philippines, Manuel "Manny" Villar, Jr. now finds himself rising to the #2 spot—after tripling his net worth to US$5 billion, from $1.65 billion in 2017.

Entrepreneur, real estate tycoon, congressman, Speaker of the House of Representatives, senator, presidential candidate: Manuel Villar, Jr. has led a rich life—in more ways than one. We look back at this interview Villar did with Esquire Philippines in May 2015.

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