BIZ BUZZ: Antonios go to Washington
Among those who will witness his return to power as the 47th president of the world’s largest economy are some of his old friends from the Philippines.
We’re talking about Century Properties Group founder and chair Jose EB Antonio and his wife, Hilda.
Going with them is their third son, Jose Roberto, who had just been appointed Managing Director of the J. Antonio Group Inc. In charge of resort-related projects.
It may be recalled that the Trumps and the Antonios struck up a friendship decades ago in New York when Trump was more known as a property developer, just like the Antonios. Some of their children also went to business school together.
And then, the Antonios also brought in the Trump brand into one of the office buildings in its Century City development in Makati City.
But the elder Antonio will be there not just as a personal friend invited by the Trumps to attend the inauguration but also to represent President Marcos as his ambassador-at-large tasked to invite more investments into the Philippines.
With a friend in the White House, the Antonios are confident that more investments as well as visitors will flow toward the Philippines.
