TO GO WITH AFP STORY "Philippines-Spain-

TO GO WITH AFP STORY "Philippines-Spain-business-company-Aboitiz,FOCUS" by Cecil Morella Erramon Aboitiz, chief executive of century-old Aboitiz and Co. conglomerate poses for a photo in front of his office in Cebu City, central Philippines on March 1, 2010. The Basque tongue died a natural death in the Philippines soon after the last global war, but the smarts of a people who created much of the modern world live on in the house of Aboitiz. Founded by an immigrant rope fibre trader in the late 19th century soon after Spain lost its Southeast Asian colony of 333 years, the sprawling Aboitiz and Co. conglomerate today is the face of economy of the central and southern Philippines. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images)