NOVEMBER 2013 www.lopezlink.ph Anong kwento mo ngayong Pasko? See story on page 4. http://www.facebook.com/lopezlinkonline www.twitter.com/lopezlinkph At the Lopez Achievement Awards Tears, laughs spice up LAA ceremony THEY laughed, they cried, they triumphed. No, it’s not an episode of “Maalaala Mo Kaya” or “Be Careful with My Heart,” although MMK host and ABS-CBN CEO Charo Santos-Concio and lovebirds Sir Chief and Maya were there. Turn to page 6 Comptrollers’KidZania ‘Honesto’ Power Plant Mall: Circle holds Manila to open goodness The place to be seminar …pageseries 2 …page 4 …page 12 …pagein 2014 2 Lopezlink November 2013 Biz News Biz News Lopezlink November 2013 Dispatch from Japan PH to shift to Japanese AMML meets with APA Group rep BY LYNDA JUMIllA AMBASSADOR Manuel businessmen, which is to China comply with interna- digital TV standard M. Lopez (AMML) met with employ staff who can speak tional laws.” APA Group representative Japanese. “The Philippines has PRESIDENT Benigno The President said he was The Philippine govern- Toshio Motoya in a friendly In reply to Motoya’s presented a case in an inter- Aquino is backing the adop- told by the National Telecom- ment is targeting to replace discussion about politics, query on sightseeing spots national court, saying that tion of the Japanese digital TV munications Commission its analog system with digital business and ways to deepen in the Philippines, AMML China’s claims are a viola- standard to replace the analog (NTC) there will be “one last broadcast technology by 2015. Philippine-Japan relations. mentioned the various fes- tion of the United Nations system in the country. hearing with stakeholders.” It has studied both Japan’s In- The APA Group is Japan’s tivals held throughout the Convention on the Law of In bilateral talks on the The NTC will formalize tegrated Service Digital Broad- largest hotel chain, with at year on the different islands, the Sea. The trial at the UN sidelines of the ASEAN Sum- the shift through a memoran- casting- Terrestrial (ISDB-T) least 230 APA hotels (in- beaches, diving spots, his- Court of Arbitration began mit in Brunei in October, dum circular for “Standard for and Europe’s Digital Video cluding partner hotels) from toric sites, golf courses and in July (2013),” AMML re- Aquino told Japanese Prime Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting-Terrestrial 2. ABS-CBN chairman Eugenio Lopez III (center) and Business Development head Paolo Pineda (leftmost) with (l-r) A CJ Hokkaido to Okinawa and the Banaue rice terraces, a plied. Minister Shinzo Abe that the (DTT) Broadcast Service” in Earlier, NTC Commis- O president Eddie Bak, CJ O Shopping CEO Harri Lee and CJ O Shopping global business executive Kim Young-Keun Federico R. Lopez (4th from right), chairman of SSCFI, leads ceremonies at the SMX Convention Center to unveil an six million members, mostly UNESCO World Heritage The conversation between Philippines is migrating to the November. This will “pave the sioner Gamaliel Cordoba said improved Sikat II in August. Also in photo are other Sikat II advocates (from left, in front), Roberto Tongo of Sunpower businesspeople. Site. AMML and Motoya was Japanese digital standard in way for the creation of a tech- the commission endorsed the Manufacturing Ltd., Tetchie Capellan of Philippine Solar Power Alliance, SSCFI trustee Tammy Lipana, JP Tuason of Motoya is interested in On the political front, published in Apple Town, the television. nical working group, which adoption of Japan’s ISDB-T ABS-CBN invests in TV home shopping Tuason Racing School, DLSU president Br. Ricky Laguda FSC, SSCFI president Henry Co and Arthur de Guia of FPH building an APA hotel in the Motoya suggested that Japan, monthly magazine of the Aquino said government will come up with the imple- standard since it is cheaper Philippines with a local part- the Philippines and Vietnam APA Group that is distribut- studies show the Japanese menting rules and regulations than the European standard. venture with CJ O Shopping ner. AMML advised him to “should join hands to prevent ed in its hotels, with a circula- standard was superior to the in December.” The NTC official said ABS-CBN Corporation is of success in the Philippine times of the day on Channel 2 follow a popular formula for China’s intrusions into their tion of 60,000 and readership others. The President is scheduled another advantage of the Sikat II zooms to 3rd investing at least P200 million market. and Studio 23. hotels catering to Japanese territorial waters and make of 500,000. “Ang pinaka-clincher, yung to go on a state visit to Japan Japanese standard is that it can in a joint venture project with “TV home shopping is ABS-CBN Business De- emergency broadcast capabil- also in December, where he also be used as an early warn- CJ O Shopping Corporation, nothing new to our group as we velopment head Paolo Pineda ity,” he said. “I was told it was is expected to give the formal ing mechanism during natural place in solar car race one of the world’s largest home opened Sky Mall in the 1990s. said ABS-CBN’s foray into TV used during the Fukushima approval for the shift to the disasters. (Source: www.abs- We closed it down a few years home shopping seeks to provide THE Philippines’ latest edi- Australia’s Aurora Vehicle Sikat II is a product of the Rockwell bond offering shopping companies, to intro- incident.” Japanese standard. cbnnews.com) after and walked away with a its viewers more opportunities tion of a locally assembled so- Association and Chile’s Anta- Philippine Solar Car project of duce a new TV home shopping valuable lesson—we need a for their lifestyle needs. He ex- lar-powered car finished third kari. De La Salle University (DLSU) lifestyle to Filipino consumers. strong and competent partner. pressed optimism for the ven- in the 2013 World Solar Chal- The race began in Darwin and the Sikat Solar Challenge The joint venture, called A receives ‘AA+’ rating CJ O Shopping Corporation, ABS-CBN is in the business ture as orders already started First Gen closes $250M bond offer lenge (WSC), a grueling 3,000- on October 6 and culminated in Foundation Inc. led by First of reaching audiences, so we coming in during O Shopping FIRST Gen Corporation interest rates. The transaction The bonds, which are priced kilometer race among solar cars Adelaide on October 11. Sikat Philippine Holdings Corpora- ROCKWELL Land Corpo- The agency said it looked at ing Rockwell Center as an up- combines the strength of the needed a partner in the busi- Channel’s test broadcast. reported that it successfully garnered strong interest from at 6.5% per annum, are traded from all over the world across II had started in pole position tion chairman Federico R. Lo- ration received an “AA+” issuer Rockwell’s “very strong pres- scale mixed-use community that two industry giants to empower ness of selling great products,” “I think that is evidence of closed its $250 million 10-year offshore accounts in Asia and on the Singapore Exchange the Australian outback. after placing first in the pre- pez. The foundation is backed rating for its planned sale of P5 ence in the top segments of the now includes seven residential Filipinos with information about EL3 said during the launch. Filipinos being ready for TV bond issue. Europe, pricing tighter than Securities Trading Limited and Sikat II competed against qualifying round with a time of by other groups that also include billion worth of bonds. property development market, condominium towers, two office reliable and world-class products ABS-CBN broadcasts the home shopping. When we In its disclosure to the Phil- initial guidance, it added. will mature on October 9, 2023. five other cars in the Adventure 2:30:53. First Gen Corporation and En- Credit Rating and Inves- impressive income growth and buildings, a graduate school, and that they can obtain through a South Korean firm’s O Shop- were only testing our signal, ippine Stock Exchange dated “The positive investor Deutsche Bank, HSBC Class, which is “primarily de- Jingo Badillo, the Philippine ergy Development Corporation. tors Services Philippines prudent fiscal management a shopping mall,” it said. time-saving purchasing process. ping program 24/7 on Chan- we already had people calling October 9, the company said response to our international and J.P. Morgan served as joint signed to allow teams with solar Solar Team’s media officer, said Sikat II, the successor to (CRISP) said in a statement policy” in assigning the com- Rockwell is expected to ABS-CBN chairman Eu- nel 11 of SkyCable and Global in to purchase our products,” the proceeds from the offering debt capital markets issuance lead managers and joint lead cars built for previous events to the WSC is not just about speed 2007’s Sinag and 2009’s Sikat that it has assigned Rockwell pany an “AA+” rating. strengthen its hold on the genio Lopez III (EL3) believes Destiny, as well as on certain he said. will be used for its power ven- highlights the strength of bookrunners for the transac- return, usually with new team but also about the efficient use I, was improved on by mechani- the highest credit rating with a Rockwell management’s high-end property market that unlike Sky Mall, their first tures as well as for corporate First Gen’s portfolio of power tion, while BDO Capital and members, for the adventure of of power. cal and electrical engineering “positive outlook” ahead of the deliberate strategy to focus with the completion in 2018 venture into TV shopping, O spending.