Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be accelerating its fleet electrification to 25-percent by the turn of the decade, and this is a way for it to help speed up the country’s overall bid for electric mobility. Ferdinand O. Geluz, first vice president and chief commercial...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the petition filed by FCF Minerals Corporation (FCF) -- a firm engaged in the exploration, development, and commercial operation of mineral claims -- to refund the P57.8 million taxes it paid for its imported equipment. In 2009, FCF and the government...
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) reported that its planned voluntary delisting will now push through after the bidders have obtained enough shares from a tender offer to bring down the firm’s public float to less than five percent. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange...
Parts of Makati, Manila, and Quezon City will experience water disturbance this week, according to East Zone concessionaire Manila Water Co. Inc. Starting Wednesday, Sept. 6 to Friday, Sept. 8, Manila Water will undergo line maintenance activities and strainer declogging in the areas. These service...
Manila Water Company is providing more barangays in the East Zone concession area with desludging service at no additional cost this month of September. As part of the company’s intensified desludging program, Manila Water’s desludging trucks will be present in a total of 65 barangays from nine...
BACOLOD CITY – Sugar Regulatory Administration Administrator Pablo Luis "Paul" Azcona visited the Victorias Milling Company (VMC) in Barangay 17, Victorias City, Negros Occidental, a day after its raw sugar warehouse was razed by a fire on Sunday night, August 27. SUGAR Regulatory Administration...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is leading the race on compliance to the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) with 1,880 megawatts of contracted renewable energy (RE) already secured in its supply portfolio. The power firm indicated that it was able to surpass its initial...
Some portions of Rodriguez and Cainta, both in Rizal Province, will experience water service interruption for six to eight hours until Friday, Aug. 18, due to the scheduled repair and maintenance works by Manila Water. The east zone water concessionaire said there will be seven hours of...
After terminating its 330-megawatt fixed priced power supply agreement (PSA) due to the recently rendered verdict of the Court of Appeals, a subsidiary of SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. has offered a replacement power supply deal to power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco). Meralco...
FPM Power Holdings (Singapore) Ltd., an affiliate of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), will be joining the tender being carried out by the Singaporean government for its planned capacity shoring up to meet future energy demand growth. According to Meralco Chairman and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan, the...
We could see a very different Santa Fe soon, and based on these initial photos, it’s a very radical departure from its predecessor. This Santa Fe, now the fifth-generation, boasts of a new nature-meets-city style. The midsize SUV’s new look was shaped by big data around the latest outdoor...
When we talk about the local luxury furniture scene, it is hard not to think of Kenneth Cobonpue. With his keen eye for detail, passion for design, and knack for all the beautiful things that make Filipino culture ever so vibrant, the Cebuano industrial and furniture designer was able to make a...
