Amid growing market turbulence, PLDT Inc. has emerged as a top dividend play for 2025, according to the latest strategy note from Macquarie Capital. With the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PCOMP) dropping 4.3% to a new 52-week low of 5,822.85 as of April 7, investors are shifting focus toward stability and income—turning to companies like PLDT, whose steady dividends help offset the market’s growing unpredictability.

Cleanfuel is partnering with PLDT Enterprise to power its growing network of nearly 200 stations nationwide with PLDT’s high-speed fiber connectivity. Cleanfuel, a Filipino-owned fuel brand known for delivering high-quality and cost-efficient fuel solutions, has chosen PLDT’s Enterprise Broadband Connectivity as the backbone of its nationwide operations—ensuring seamless and uninterrupted service for its growing customer base.

​PLDT Inc. achieved a score of “B” or a “Management” rating in the 2024 CDP assessment, a notch higher than its previous “B-” rating, demonstrating continuing progress in its environmental disclosures and performance.

Globe Telecom reaffirms its leadership in environmental sustainability and corporate responsibility as it strengthens efforts to tackle climate change and preserve biodiversity across the country.

​Robinsons Hotels & Resorts (RHR), the hospitality arm of Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC), has officially broken ground on Summit Villas Siargao, its first resort on the island, marking the company’s entry into one of the country’s fastest-growing tourist destinations. 

Aboitiz Power Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a Registration Statement under the SEC’s shelf registration program for its fixed-rate retail bonds in the aggregate principal amount of P100 billion (the Bonds). The first tranche of the Bonds, with an aggregate principal amount of up to P30 billion, including oversubscriptions, is - subject to market conditions - expected to be issued during the second quarter of 2025. AboitizPower will issue subsequent tranches of the Bonds as needed.

​Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corp., the shipping and logistics arm of Udenna Corporation, held its virtual Annual Stockholders Meeting on April 28 with the theme Emerging Stronger which reflects more than just financial recovery, but its renewed focus on strategic digitalization and commitment to creating lasting connections to the communities it serves

​Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc.’s core earnings for the first quarter of 2025 stood at P1.2 billion, higher by 4.9% year-on-year, as the growth in operating income was complemented by lower interest expenses.

​SM Prime Holdings, Inc, one of Southeast Asia’s largest integrated property developers, posted a net income of P11.9 billion in the first quarter of 2025, up 11% from P10.7 billion in the same period last year. Attributable net income to equity holders likewise increased 11%, rising from P10.5 billion to P11.7 billion. The double-digit expansion was driven by steady revenue growth, margin improvement and disciplined cost management.

​Philippine Airlines and Qatar Airways have launched a strategic partnership to expand service between Manila and Doha, enabling greater connectivity for passengers from the Philippines traveling to Qatar and onwards to other regions of the world.

​Ayala Corporation is looking to build on its strongest year ever by sustaining efforts to work together as a more connected Group that delivers greater value to stakeholders.

​Cemex Holdings Philippines is now officially Concreat Holdings Philippines, Inc. following the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 25.

Philippine National Bank (PNB) posted a consolidated net income of P6.1 billion in the first three months of 2025, up by 15% against the same period last year.

​Unionbank of the Philippines generated P19.4 billion in revenues in the first quarter, translating to a year-on-year growth of 8.4%. Topline performance continues to be driven by a growing consumer business, expanding net interest margin, and increasing fee-based revenues.

​The Bank of the Philippine Islands (“BPI”) intends to offer and issue P5 Billion Peso-denominated fixed-rate BPI Supporting Inclusion, Nature, and Growth Bonds due 2026 (the “BPI SINAG Bonds”), with an option to upsize, marking the inaugural tranche under BPI’s P200 Billion Bond and Commercial Paper Program approved by its Board of Directors on October 16, 2024 (the “Offer”). The net proceeds of the Offer will be used for the financing or refinancing of eligible projects under BPI’s Sustainable Funding Framework consistent with the ASEAN Sustainability Bond Standards. The BPI SINAG Bonds, which will have a tenor of one and one-half (1.5) years, will carry the “ASEAN Sustainability” label, as affirmed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2025.