FEBRUARY 2019 www.lopezlink.ph Say it with dinner @ Oscar’s Details on page 11. http://www.facebook.com/lopezlinkonline www.twitter.com/lopezlinkph Adtel on the moveTurn to page 6 ADTEL Inc. is on the lookout for its next big thing. Strength KEITECH trainee ‘Buzzer-beating’ in unity …page 9 …page 12 …page 2 never gave up gifts Lopezlink February 2019 Biz News Lopezlink February 2019 At the 2019 budget conference First Balfour division ABS-CBN starts 2019 strongly Lopez Group wins Strength in unity rebrands as T1 Rentals as PH’s No. 1 network By Kane Choa By Carla Paras-Sison ABS-CBN opened 2019 on a higher than GMA’s 25%; and comeback of “Minute to Win FIRST Balfour’s Plant and high note as viewers nationwide in Total Mindanao with 55% It: Last Man Standing” (22.6%) LOPEZ Group chairman Equipment Division (PED) re- tuned in to its news and enter- compared to GMA’s 26%. earned its place in the top 10. big at ASR 018 cently announced the launch of Manuel M. Lopez (MML) told tainment shows, making the ABS-CBN programs ruled the Completing the list is “Wansa- top Lopez Group executives at its new corporate brand iden- THREE Lopez Group compa- Corporation was awarded with a network hit an average audi- top 10 list of most watched pro- panataym” (22.4%). nies bagged big wins at the Asia gold rank, the statement said. the annual budget conference tity, name and tagline. ence share of 45% in January, 15 grams in January with “FPJ’s Ang Meanwhile, ABS-CBN won Sustainability Reporting (ASR) The ASR Rating is conferred on January 31 that the group’s Now known as T1 Rentals, points higher than GMA’s 30%, Probinsyano” (39.1%) on top. across all time blocks, particularly strength lay in its “unity and de- PED has made a name for itself Rating 2018 in Bandar Lam- on companies that have suc- based on Kantar Media’s data. Also part of the top 10 are in prime time where it earned an pung, Sumatra, Indonesia. cessfully communicated their termination to succeed.” in the equipment rental industry - Angel Locsin’s “The General’s average audience share of 50%, 21 ABS-CBN led in Mega Ma In a statement, the Lopez sustainability performance to Although the stock market as a pioneer in providing a full nila where it scored 37%, beat- Daughter” (32.8%) and reality tal- points higher than GMA’s 29%. has largely discounted share range of equipment that includes Group said three of its compa- stakeholders through sustain- ing GMA’s 28%, and in Metro ent show “World of Dance Phil- The Kapamilya network also nies brought home recognition ability reports. prices of ABS-CBN Corpora- earth-moving, lifting, industrial Manila where it registered an ippines” (30.8%), followed by “TV conquered the morning block tion and Lopez Holdings Cor- rental, and transport and hauling from the ASR 2018 held by the “The recognition awarded to average audience share of 44% Patrol” (30.2%). “Ngayon at Kai- with an average audience share National Center for Sustainabil- First Philippine Holdings, First poration in the last two to three solutions through its subsidiary against GMA’s 23%. lanman” (28.7%) ended strongly of 37% compared to GMA’s Therma One Transport. ity Reporting in collaboration Gen Corporation and Energy years, MML noted that First ABS-CBN likewise led in and “Maalaala Mo Kaya” (24.3%) 27%, the noontime block with with the Institute of Certified Development Corporation vali- FPH chairman Federico R. Lopez Philippine Holdings Corpora- “Over the past seven years, Total Luzon where it garnered continued to rule its time slot. 42% versus GMA’s 31% and we have built a strong reputa- Sustainability Practitioners. date the extensive efforts we have tion and First Gen Corporation Lopez Group chairman Manuel M. ABS-CBN chairman emeritus 40% versus GMA’s 32%; in To- “Halik” (23.2) sustained the afternoon block with 44%, First Philippine Holdings been putting into ensuring we sustainability has been weaved outperformed the Philippine Lopez Eugenio Lopez III tion for quality service and re- tal Visayas with 54%, 29 points its high viewership, while the beating GMA’s 33%. Stock Exchange (PSE) in 2018 liability,” said T1 Rentals head Corporation (FPH) was awarded have sustainable operations,” FPH into our business operations as with increases of 4% and 18%, east Asia, measuring 23.04 me- irritated at being blamed for Clarence Carlos. “While we equipment to complement its tomers we serve will not change, the platinum rank, while its sub- chairman and chief executive offi- we do our part in mitigating respectively, while the PSE index ters by 4.32 meters, and digitally spreading disease because they wanted to maintain our affinity fleet and meet its clients’ grow- there is incredible potential to sidiary First Gen Corporation cer Federico R. Lopez said. the effects of climate change,” declined by 13% year-on-year. controlled lights. It can seat as had not washed their hands. with First Balfour in the new ing requirements. grow. This new branding posi- bagged the silver rank. Mean- “Climate change is the big- he added. (Excerpted from news. MML believes taking Energy many as 600 for banquets and Semmelweis was posthu- name, we also wanted to enable It also opened a hub in tions us for new opportunities.” while, Energy Development gest threat to humanity, and abs-cbn.com) Development Corporation pri- can accommodate as many as mously and much later recog- opportunities to market the Mandaue City, Cebu to partici- Being still a division of First vate and the joint development 900 for cocktail events. nized as a pioneer of antiseptic organization for future growth pate in the booming construc- Balfour, T1 Rentals currently agreement with Tokyo Gas for Empathy for customers policy because the germ theory and expansion externally.” tion activity in the region and has owns nearly 600 units of con- Celebrating the 65th year of TV the LNG (liquefied natural gas) In his remarks at the end of the of disease developed only after Including a new tagline, “The plans to open hubs in Batangas struction equipment, machin- terminal project drove the favor- conference, Lopez Holdings vice his death from blood poisoning. Right Way to Make it Happen,” and Davao City within the year. ery and transport vehicles. It ABS-CBN unveils Bulacan soundstages able revaluation of First Gen. chairman and ABS-CBN Corpo- Lister suffered the same rejec- the rebranding is part of the or- “This is an exciting change for has more than 200 operators Tokyo Gas is a global gas utility ration chairman emeritus Eugen- tion when he first developed his ganization’s strategy to evolve its us and marks a strategic pivot in and mechanics certified by the ABS-CBN Corporation marks ABS-CBN chairman Mark better production. Through and a leader in the industry with io Lopez III (EL3) drew business sterile surgical method. Nonethe- business and create a foundation our future direction as an equip- Association of Carriers and its 65th founding anniversary L. Lopez added: “What I’m this we can show the world 50 years of experience in LNG. lessons from the stories of Hun- less, he lived to see the eventual for new opportunities. It under- ment rental provider,” said T1 Equipment Lessors and has with the inauguration of its most proud of about this proj- the best of the Filipino,” said He was also optimistic about garian obstetrician Ignaz Sem- acceptance of his new method. went a strategic reorganization Rentals marketing manager completed services in more brand- new soundstages in San ect is that we’re creating Holly- EL3. the prospects for Rockwell Land melweis (1818-1865) and British Drawing parallels in business, late last year to better leverage its Kevin Buenaseda. “While our than 20 cities and provinces Jose del Monte City, Bulacan in wood-level soundstages which The soundstages represent Corporation, especially with the Joseph Lister (1827-1912). EL3 said: “We see it as excruci- business and acquired additional commitment to the existing cus- across the Philippines. December 2018. puts us at par with the rest of the beginning of a plan to ABS-CBN president and the world.” establish a production hub “very good response” to its re- In 1847, Semmelweis in- atingly difficult to let go of past chief executive officer Carlo This project was the brain- with soundstages, backlots, sort project in Mactan. Work on stituted washing hands and success and seek new ways of ABS-CBN executives lead the covenant signing with representatives of ‘Halalan’ partner organizations the Power Plant Mall expansion medical instruments with soap solving a customer’s problem. L. Katigbak (CLK) said the child of ABS-CBN chairman production and postproduc- and Aruga Hotel are also “pro- and chlorine but was rejected We all work hard for our suc- two soundstages were built to emeritus Eugenio Lopez III tion facilities and offices that ceeding relatively smoothly.” by his peers. At that time, the cess and following that formula, 4th-gen Lopez launches ABS-CBN partners with ‘Manila Bulletin,’ support the company’s efforts (EL3), who saw that building will allow ABS-CBN and The conference was in fact existence of germs was not things become easier for us, safer towards expanding its audience the studios is the best way to Philippine-based produc- held at The Fifth at Rockwell generally known or accepted, and more comfortable. But bear YouTube and Twitter for ‘Halalan 2019’ and content output beyond the keep in step with the world’s tions to match production fa- on the fifth floor of Power Plant and the entrenched belief was in mind the day that formula no new children’s book Philippines and to foreign au- top entertainment companies, cilities found elsewhere in the ABS-CBN News unites with friends and I am also ecstatic and election monitoring groups diences.