Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2019
Court order concerning shares held by heirs of former associates
The Sandiganbayan Third Division ordered 15 heirs of Jose L. Africa and Manuel H. Nieto Jr. to surrender their ETPI shares. The decision was upheld in the following year and formed part of the continuing legal history surrounding Marcos-era corporate assets.
1986
Sequestration over Marcos-era ownership connections
After the People Power Revolution, the Presidential Commission on Good Government sequestered ETPI because of its association with business figures identified as Marcos-era cronies. The company subsequently became part of lengthy ownership and asset-recovery proceedings.