The Philippine government has tapped San Miguel Corporation (SMC) for its new packaging solution that will prolong the shelf life of local milk. SMC’s packaging unit, San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corp. (SMYPC), recently signed an agreement with the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), an attached...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has approved the joint venture between the City Government of Manila and developer Waterfront Manila Premier Development, Inc. (Waterfront Manila) for their planned Manila Bay reclamation project. The parties have proposed to build “Manila...
Local business groups have strongly called for the passage in Congress the amendments to the Public Service Act (PSA) stressing this will help local firms recover from the pandemic, contradicting concerns of some Senators that the bill will pose a threat to domestic industries. In a joint...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has defended the Department of Trade and Industry’s imposition of safeguard measures and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) on certain imports to protect domestic industries, but the country’s anti-trust watchdog also equally stressed that such legitimate...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), the country’s anti-trust watchdog, has favored the opening of last mile logistics (delivery services), a sector that is primarily dominated by small Filipino ventures in the country’s bustling logistics industry. PCC Chairman Arsenio Balisacan...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has approved the acquisition by Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) of shares in Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Maxim), resulting in a merger of the two US-based semiconductor makers. In its Commission Decision, the PCC merger review found that the...
The Philippines is urged to open its logistics sector to more foreign competition and remove rules granting preferential treatment only to certain firms to reduce the high cost of logistics and realize the crucial economic role in the sector, which has an estimated $11 billion market size. ...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has made inflation adjustment to its schedule of fines, effectively raising by 10 percent the administrative penalties for violations of the competition law . In its Memorandum Circular No. 21-001 published today, (Jan. 25, 2021), the PCC has...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has approved the acquisition by Scatec Solar ASA (Scatec Solar) of 100 percent of SN Power AS (SN Power) from the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund). SN Power has investments in hydro-power businesses in the Philippines...
The National Competition Policy (NCP), which has been adopted by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), is just awaiting approval by Malacanang for its implementation via an administrative order. The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) reported the pending Malacanang approval of...
PCC rules The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has indicated that ‘gas transmission pipelines’ shall not be considered as “public utility’, hence, these investments will not be needing franchise from Congress. This was stated by Atty Christina Faye Condez-De Sangon, legislative and...
The ‘investigative powers’ being exercised by the Department of Energy-Department of Justice (DOE-DOJ) task force over abuses in the downstream oil sector was proposed to be transferred to the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) to ensure non-discriminatory handling of cases. The...
