Wholly-owned Filipino franchising firm Goldmine is targeting to close as much as 100 franchise deals this year to bring its total outlets to 110 this year. Goldmine President and Founder Orlando Manuntag said their Goldmine Farm to Market franchising concept has gotten several...
More than 700 franchise concepts from different sectors are seeking to expand their businesses in the upcoming Franchise Asia Philippines (FAPHL), according to the industry’s top official. 700 FRANCHISE CONCEPTS -- Chris Lim, chairman of the Philippine Franchise Association, announces...
SMNI logo The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure seeking the franchise revocation of controversial network Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI). Embodied in House Bill (HB) No. 9710, the measure was approved during the...
(Meralco logo) A ranking congressman is seeking the grant of a new 25-year franchise to power distribution giant the Manila Electric Company (Meralco). Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda filed for this purpose House Bill (HB) No.9793, which...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has asserted that the failure of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to expand and upgrade the country’s power grid is “reason enough for the Congress to consider recasting, if not revoking, its franchise”. In a statement on...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook) No less than President Marcos' son in the House of Representatives wants the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) franchise probed over the widespread power interruption in Western...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Did the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) violate its congressional franchise when it comes to the required annual submission of it operation reports? A vice chairman of the House Committee...
A vice chairman of the House Committee on Legislative Franchises says controversial television network SMNI is likely to lose its operating franchise. "There is a really big possibility [of] revoking [the franchise]," Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny...
SMNI logo Television network SMNI's top officials declined on Thursday, Nov. 30 to put their congressional franchise on the line after Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez challenged them to prove the allegation that Speaker Martin Romualdez spent P1.8...
Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez (Screenshot from YouTube live) A ranking congressman is calling on the House Committee on Legislative Franchises to probe allegations floated by an SMNI television network program that Speaker Martin Romualdez has a...
Terry Ridon (Facebook) A former congressman has raised concern over the possible negative message that the proposed splitting of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) franchise could impart to foreign investors. Terry Ridon, Infrawatch PH convenor and former...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed franchise of the Negros Electric and Power Corporation (NEPC) has inched closer to passage in the House of Representatives after it gained preliminary approval at the committee level....
