Myrna M. Velasco
From ₱5.2B hike denial to ₱34B bill shock: The cost of ERC rejection?
March 23, 2025 9:47 pm
Could this be a case of “better to laugh with the sinners than weep with the saints?” Too bad for consumers—no laughter here, only swelling bills and bitter tears!
TotalEnergies assures continued Philippine operations after fuel business sale
March 20, 2025 12:16 am
French firm TotalEnergies has confirmed the sale of its downstream oil retail network to Filoil Corp. of businessman Raffy Villavicencio, but it indicated that it will continue its fuel trading activities as well as planned foray into renewable energy (RE) investments.
French energy giant TotalEnergies quietly pulls out of Philippine businesses
March 17, 2025 9:26 pm
Paris-headquartered multinational TotalEnergies is making full-scale retreat from its energy businesses in the Philippines, primarily from its venture in the downstream oil industry, a highly placed source has disclosed to Manila Bulletin.
Gates-backed TerraPower plans global rollout of nuclear reactor with storage
March 16, 2025 10:11 pm
TerraPower, a nuclear energy company founded by American billionaire Bill Gates, has announced a partnership with engineering solutions firm KBR Inc. to deploy its Natrium-based small modular reactor (SMR) technology to energy markets around the world.
Hyperscalers put their chips on nuclear power
March 16, 2025 10:11 pm
The world is going all-in on tripling nuclear power capacity by 2050, and at the forefront of this grand race are Silicon Valley’s hyperscalers and global corporate behemoths that have been wagering heavily on uranium-powered fleets to supercharge AI innovation and to power the explosive growth of data centers continually.