MANILA, Philippines – Five Filipino companies made it to this year’s Forbes Asia 200 Best Under A Billion list for having “remained resilient over the past year and, in many cases, thrived.”

These are holding firm A. Soriano (sales at $226 million), Apex Mining ($254 million), Converge ICT Solutions Inc. ($709 million), Figaro Culinary Group ($97 million) and Philippine Bank of Communications ($195 million).