Author: Lala Rimando

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  [2009] Meralco’s boardroom saga wont be decided in stockholders meeting

  NOTE: This was a story I wrote a year as part of my coverage of how the Lopez family lost control of a ‘crown jewel,’ Meralco. This was published on May 25, 2009

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  [2009] Lopez family: Sale of Meralco stake ‘a business decision’

  This was among the few times the Lopez family members admitted publicly the pain and rift behind-the-scenes in the deals involving Meralco, the business power company in the country they once controlled. This was published in 2009 on the news sites of ABS-CBN and Newsbreak, both of which are now dead links. Reposting the story’s…

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  [2008] The inside story: How San Miguel worked its way into Meralco’s board

  NOTE: This was a story I wrote piecing together the inner workings of a business deal announced to a shocked Manila business community in 2008. From various interviews, I learned how Ramon Ang’s weekend visit to Cebu to charm Winston Garcia of state pension fund GSIS resulted in last minute changes on who the Lopez…

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  [2008] San Miguel changes hands with GSIS: The end of the Meralco saga?

  NOTE: This was a story I wrote a year as part of my coverage of the Lopez family’s battle against a hostile Arroyo government in 2008. The family business was under attack due to the conglomerate’s media arm ABS-CBN’s news coverage that was critical of the then Arroyo government. This story is a post-mortem of…

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  [2008] Changes in Meralco board underway

  NOTE: This was a 2-part exclusive explainer series I wrote as part of my comprehensive coverage of how the Lopez family handled an adversary, GSIS chief Winston Garcia, in the boardroom of a ‘crown jewel,’ Meralco. The first part discussed the personality differences and gripes between the two camps, while the second part is a…

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  [2008] Meralco board saga: Classic case on how to win a war

  NOTE: This was a story I wrote a year as part of my coverage of the Lopez family’s battle against a hostile Arroyo government in 2008. The family business was under attack due to the conglomerate’s media arm ABS-CBN’s news coverage that was critical of the then Arroyo government. This story is a post-mortem of…

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  The INQUIRER story

  This Inquirer story is about leadership and the messy business of letting go.

• LALA’s BOOK NOTES: ‘CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping’

  Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, relies on his personal narrative and emotional mobilization, rather than just wealth, to secure his true political power. He enforces absolute Party supremacy through ruthless anti-corruption campaigns, pursuing pragmatic economic modernization strictly without Western democratic values to achieve the “China Dream”

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  Francis Lim’s new role as SEC chair has been a long time coming

  Francis Lim’s appointment as SEC chair has been a long time coming, with many twists, turns, and bends in between. Back in 2011, Lim has already been considered for this post. But President Aquino chose another: Teresita Herbosa, Lim’s colleague at ACCRA law firm.