Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna, Vice Mayor Yul Servo announce reelection bid
MANILA, Philippines – Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna and Vice Mayor Yul Servo have announced their bid for reelection, aiming for a second term as the city’s top officials.
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Maynilad President sees IPO 'after the elections in 2025'
Maynilad Water Services (MWS) President Ramoncito Fernandez said that MWS has a “franchise that requires [MWS] to list on or before January of 2027” [link], and that all of the group’s efforts (including a P15 billion bonds sale) have resulted in “the momentum building toward an IPO.” Mr. Fernandez said that “timing is crucial” and added, “the ideal window would be after the elections in 2025, or if not, then 2026. So it’s likely between the second half of 2026 and the first quarter of 2026.”MB BOTTOM-LINE: Nothing much to say about this. Sure, this is a potentially market-altering IPO that will be between P40 billion and P56 billion, but we’ve been talking about it in the “maybe late next year” context for nearly three years now. MWS has until January 2027 to actually get listed, so who’s to say Q1/26 doesn’t slip a few quarters more? I just hope that when they do list, it’s not similar to the clumsy legal apparatus that we got with the Synergy Grid [SGP 9.00 unch; 856% avgVol] legislative listing. Fingers crossed for a clean listing vehicle.
Press Release - PRIB: Senate okays August 1 as Bacoor Day
The Senate on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2690 or the Bacoor Assembly of 1898 Act.
Marcos stresses role of media amid fake news, misinformation
PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. yesterday highlighted the role of the media amid the proliferation of fake news, misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation.
Comelec delists 693,558 voters for 2025 polls
MANILA, Philippines — Close to 700,000 names have been removed from the official list of voters for the May 2025 midterm elections, the Commission on Elections reported yesterday.
Aspiring voters have until Saturday to register anywhere
MANILA, Philippines — Aspiring voters have only until this Saturday, the end of the month, to avail themselves of the Commission on Elections Register Anywhere Program (RAP).
Comelec deletes 694K registered voters
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has deleted almost 694,000 registered voters to cleanse the voters' list ahead of next year's midterm elections.
Registration of nearly 700K voters cancelled
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has deleted the records of nearly 700,000 registered voters as part of its ongoing efforts to cleanse the voters list ahead of the May 2025 national and local polls.