Blog Entries

A good start in the year of the Water Dragon

support@itgroup.com.ph — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0100

It's full steam ahead for Energy Development Corporation's (EDC's) global expansion as it goes to Latin America!

EDC boldly ventures into its first international concession area near the Chilean capital. Backed by its vaunted "35-year head start in geothermal power development," the company will carry out this 2012 the "pre-work activities that will tell you where you should drill, so you can maximize your chances of getting good wells," revealed presid [...]

End of another year

support@itgroup.com.ph — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:19:03 +0100

And so we come to the end of another year. It is true what they say: the older you get, the faster time flies, or seems to. But that’s neither here nor there. Right now what matters is Christmas, one of the reddest of red-letter days in the calendar. As we write this, there are only three weeks to go. How are you planning to celebrate Christmas this year? Before we get too caught up in the minutiae of surviving the season, let’s take the time to ponder on the messages of our leaders in the L [...]

Spreading the good word

support@itgroup.com.ph — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:00:00 +0100

We never tire of spreading the good word about Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig's advocacy of cleaning and rehabilitating the Pasig River. With Gina Lopez at the helm, we are confident that the vision of a "salamin ng langit" just might come true in our lifetime. If the Singaporeans did it with the Singapore River, then we can definitely do it. But more than talking about it, or reading about it, we can do our part by running for it! Sign up for the run on November 20, 2011-let's help make it bigg [...]

A Kick for the last quarter of 2011

support@itgroup.com.ph — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:00:00 +0100

An economic shot in the arm is in the offing for the country as Pres. Benigno Aquino III returned from a trip to Japan last month with a total of $1.4 billion infresh investments in the energy, manufacturingand services sector. It's no meanfeat in as Japan is itself still recoveringfrom the economic blow dealt by the March 11 quake and tsunami.

Ambassador Manuel M. Lopez no doubt has done a lot to boost the Philippines' image in Japan and to earn that country's goodwill. A couple of m [...]

Ber Month Celebration!

support@itgroup.com.ph — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0100

Two milestones we’re celebrating as the end of 2011 approaches are the 10th year of Asian Eye and the Zero In museum consortium. If you haven’t been there lately, you’ll be delighted to know that the country’s premier eye center carried out a “refresh” and now sports a more streamlined, patient-friendly look and feel. But more than just cosmetic changes, Asian Eye has put patient focus at the forefront of its priorities. Stressing that this is “really meant, first and foremost, for [...]

DZMM on its silver age

support@itgroup.com.ph — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:00:00 +0100

DZMM Radyo Patrol 630, our August cover feature, was one of the media outfits that rose out of the ashes of post-martial law Philippines. Although it was around as a classical music station a couple of decades earlier, DZMM was reincarnated in 1986 with a bias toward public service, thus its taglines through the years: "Ang Himpilan ng Malayang Mamamayan" in 1986 and "Una sa Balita, Una sa Public Service" beginning on its 15th anniversary in 2001. As it celebrates its latest milestone with Silve [...]

Lopez Group on Second half of 2011

synetixsuite@gmail.com — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:00:00 +0100

Faced with digital's encroachment into print, ABS-CBN Publishing Inc. (API) came up with digital editions of some of its prized titles, including flagship title Metro and the groundbreaking men's magazine Vault. These digital doppelgangers on iTunes and Zinio carry the company's hopes for a global presence, one of the items on its "to-do" list.

It helps that, for the first time in several years, API is fully loaded in terms of the right personnel, noted company head Ernie L. [...]

Lopez Group leading the track

support@itgroup.com.ph — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:00:00 +0100

We cheer chairman emeritus Oscar M.Lopez (OML) for reaching yet anotherapex, literally. This summer, OML and several family members including FRL summited Mt. Kinabalu in Malaysia. At 13,435 feet, it is one of the world's tallest mountains.

A much anticipated presence at the Lopez Service Awards Night on May 31 was Amb. Manuel M. Lopez, who had celebrated his birthday only a few days earlier. Amb. Lopez made time to attend the event, wherein 12 employees were feted this year.

Lopez Group on First Quarter of 2011

support@itgroup.com.ph — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:00:00 +0100

The numbers are in and, as expected,the Lopez Group ended 2010 on extremely solid financial ground. To cite a couple of examples, First Gen's attributable net income to parent increased by 319%, while ABS-CBN's consolidated net income improved by 87%. These are impressive performances by any standard, made even more so by the challenging economic environment in which these milestones were carved. Check out the complete numbers in our financial roundup on page 2.

Meanwhile, first-time [...]

World Earthquake Preparedness

support@itgroup.com.ph — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:00:00 +0100

THE February 22 earthquake in New Zealand was still making newspaper headlines when March 11 happened. The Philippines, along with other nations, rushed to the aid of Japan as it reeled from the most destructive natural disasters it had suffered in decades, which also majorly damaged a nuclear plant. This early, the 9.0-magnitude quake is being described as “the world’s costliest natural disaster,” even as the physical and economic toll continues to rise as the days go by.

Lope [...]

Lopez Group Winning Circle

support@itgroup.com.ph — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:00:00 +0100

WHERE were you on February 25, 1986? Those of us who were born in the 1980s and earlier can still conjure up the joy, jubilation and pride of that Tuesday when the dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his family were finally ousted in the peaceful revolt that awed the world.

Twenty-five years later, we see “EDSAs” taking place all over the world, in places like Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Iraq and Jordan. And even as we speak, Libya is the cynosure of the world as the citizen [...]

Kiong Hee Huat Tsai and Happy Valentine's Day, Kapamilya!

support@itgroup.com.ph — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:00:00 +0100

KIONG Hee Huat Tsai! Welcome to our first issue in the Year of the Metal Rabbit! We hit the ground running when January rolled around. Most of what keeps us busy are related to the Lopez Credo, which is front and center among our many initiatives this year.

In his State of the Union message last month, US President Obama e [...]