-- Maria Cristina Gonzalez-Noguera, Executive Vice President, on May 01, 2026, sold 6,200 shares in Popular (BPOP) for $920,787. Following the Form 4 filing with the SEC, Gonzalez-Noguera has control over a total of 11,255 common shares of the company, with 11,255 shares held directly.
SEC Filing:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763901/000119312526204495/xslF345X05/ownership.xml
Wing Chi (HKG:6080) expects an attributable loss of around HK$19.2 million for the year ended March 31, compared with an attributable profit of HK$4.4 million a year prior, according to a Tuesday Hong Kong bourse filing.The construction engineering company attributed the forecast to substantial losses in various foundation and site formation projects, as well as a drop in gross profit.
Hong Kong's gross domestic product grew 5.9% year over year in the first quarter, faster than the revised 4% expansion in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to advance estimates released Tuesday by the Census and Statistics Department.On a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis, real GDP rose 2.9% in the first three months of 2026.Private consumption expenditure climbed 5% year over year in the first quarter, while government consumption increased 2.9%.A government spokesperson said the Hong Kong economy expanded "robustly" during the quarter, marking the strongest quarterly growth in nearly five years.Looking ahead, the spokesperson said Hong Kong's economic growth outlook remains positive. "However, persistent tensions in the Middle East pose downside risks to the economic outlook," the spokesperson cautioned.
Manila Electric, doing business as Meralco, the Philippines' largest power distributor, on Monday reported a 5% increase in consolidated revenues to 120.8 billion Philippine peso ($1.96 billion) for Q1, mainly due to drop in residential and industrial sectors.The company noted that despite a drop in these sectors, strong performance from its power generation arm sustained the utility giant's financial growth.Residential sales dropped by 3.4% as unusually cooler weather reduced the need for cooling appliances. Commercial sales also saw a marginal 0.8% decline.Similarly, industrial sales slipped by 1% as the sector grappled with steel raw material constraints and operational disruptions.The company powers a vast network encompassing 39 cities and 72 municipalities.