family business – Lala Rimando

[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…

[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…

LALA’s BOOK NOTES: Escaño – A Family Portrait

Chronicled in the book, the Escaño family built a historic Philippine shipping and power monopoly. Today, they remain highly relevant through strategic dynastic alliances and diversified modern enterprises. They co-manage the Visayan Electric Company alongside the Aboitiz family, while their Lhuillier branch operates the massive Cebuana Lhuillier network.

JAZA on mentor Xavier Loinaz: An extraordinary influence to Ayala group

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala pays tribute to a key non-family member who mentored him way back when he was still learning the ropes of the family conglomerate

[2009] Lopez: Meralco needs gov’t support to be profitable

NOTE: This was a story I wrote a year after the Lopez family ‘sacrificed’ their stake in Meralco. 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 captured the sentiments of the patriarch then, Oscar Lopez. This…