Three brothers, one covenant.

In the ruins of World War II, brothers Pablo, Lorenzo, and Feliciano Sarmiento — who had lost their father early, and much of the family's property in San Jose, Bulacan — vowed to always care for one another and build businesses that would benefit the communities around them.

Seven decades of building

Family & enterprise

The story of the Sarmiento brothers — Feliciano, Lorenzo, and Pablo — is inseparable from their bond as a family. They made major decisions consultatively, and even as their businesses grew and split into separate corporations, they kept a joint hand on the whole. In the early days they worked and lived together, sharing risk and profit equally.

Feliciano and Pablo were imprisoned by occupying forces during the war and took part in the escape from Muntinlupa in February 1945, while Lorenzo kept the family's interests alive — an experience that only deepened their bond. That collaborative spirit and shared vision built a group that ranked among the country's top 50 corporations by 1990.

Our history & experience

SARBRO (1948) was the brothers' first venture — import-export and general merchandising, chiefly used clothing. L.S. Sarmiento & Co. (1958) began as highway engineering and construction before branching into logging and sawmilling; its projects include the Davao City Waterworks System, the Bacolod–Pontevedra Highway, the Simulao River Dam, the Davao City Diversion Road, and the Batoto-Saug River Dam.

Vitarich (1950), originally the Philippine American Milling Company, is a leading Philippine producer of animal feeds, poultry, and processed meats. Sarmiento Industries, on 24 hectares in Barrio Sarmiento, Parang, Maguindanao, became one of the country's most expansive integrated wood-processing operations — two plywood plants, a sawmill, and lumber finishing mills serving markets in the US and China via Hong Kong.

Banco Davao (1965, originally Davao City Development Bank) partnered with the Development Bank of the Philippines. Sarmiento Engineering (1968) became a leading truck-body manufacturer for Pepsi-Cola, San Miguel, Fortune Tobacco, MMTC, and the AFP. Sarmiento Securities (1969) offered consulting services; Manila Machinery & Supply (acquired 1972) worked across mining, sugar, coconut, and alternative energy; Sarphil Corporation (1978) focused on agricultural development; and Mindanao Rattan became the Philippines' largest rattan furniture exporter.

Today the third generation carries the covenant forward through the PS Group of Companies — from Bulacan to BARMM: property development, construction and agriculture, and community building through the Primosa Foundation. The story has found no ending.