BizNewsAsia

Tonight, BizNewsAsia, my baby weekly business newsmagazine, celebrates its 24th anniversary. Meaning by midnight tonight, BizNewsAsia begins its 25th year, marking a quarter century of unrivalled and profound economic, business, political and social affairs journalism.

- TONY LOPEZ

BizNewsAsia’s pass-on circulation is as high as 350,000. That is based on the sale of BNA’s most popular issue, The Power 100 (The 100 Most Powerful and Influential Filipinos) which has sold 35,000 copies. Each copy is read by an average of ten readers.

Today also, I mark my 77th year of life on earth.

My obra maestra is BizNewsAsia. Tonight in the grand ballroom of a Makati hotel, the elite, the movers and shakers in governance, business and the economy have been extremely generous to confirm their presence to celebrate with BizNewsAsia the things that count - business, the economy, the Philippines, the three things that matter to us as a people and as a nation. They are also the main focus of BizNewsAsia’s journalism.

Honored guests are led by the First Lady, Louise Araneta Marcos, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto, Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, Speaker Bojie Dy, half a dozen Cabinet members led by the new economic czar Finance Secretary Frederick Go and scores of tycoons and taipans led by SMC chair and CEO Ramon S. Ang, BDO chair and SM Investments chair Tessie Sy Coson, RCBC and HI chair Helen Yuchengco Dee, SMIC chair Amando Tetangco Jr. and Chinabank chair Hans Sy, the 2025 Management Person of the Year of the Management Association of the Philippines.

The guest of honor, First Lady Louise Araneta Marcos, will award Italy-made golden excellence trophies to two dozen honorees in fields and areas of expertise like public service, management, finance, pharma, the professions.