BACOLOD CITY – Property totaling P7 million was lost in a fire that hit a public market in Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Monday, April 10. FIREMEN conduct mopping-up operation after the fire that razed 18 stalls in a public market in Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana,...
The summer heat will somehow be eased, as customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) are expected to enjoy reduction in their electric bills this month. There was preliminary expectation of a rate hike, but in the final computation, there were factors that ended up pulling down the overall cost...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has admitted weakness in investigating anti-competitive behavior, especially for company participants that are trading their generated capacities in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM). Given this difficulty in its market policing power, ERC...
Now open at 33 malls nationwide, from 7AM to 2PM, the SM Sunday Market has begun to offer fresh produce and fruits in season, flowers and plants grown by local farmers. The SM Sunday Market is a joint initiative of SM Supermalls, SM Cares, and the SM Foundation Inc. (SMFI) which spotlights its...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government launched free Wi-Fi at the public market here on Sunday, March 26. Mayor Benjamin Magalong led the switch-on ceremony. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong leads the launching of the free Wi-Fi at the Baguio City Public Market on Sunday, March 26. (JJ Landingin) Magalong said...
A spike in the secondary price cap for the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to the tune of P10,000 to P15,000 per megawatt hour (MWh) - or equivalent P10-P15 per kilowatt hour) - has been proposed by the generation companies (GenCos) to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), according to...
BAGUIO CITY – Vendors displaced by the public market fire here are back in business after the completion of the seven-day cleanup drive under the “Bangon Palengke” program on Monday, March 20. A WEARY volunteer rests during the Baguio public market cleanup. (JJ Landingin) Displaced vendors...
*Photo above shows (from left): Javier Marcalain, API Vice President for Marketing; Ria Ledesma, API Vice President for Corporate Shared Services and Administration;* Valeiry Flores, API Assistant Vice President for Commercial Leasing; and Lars Wittig, IWG Country Manager Lars Wittig. Photo...
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development has released cash assistance totaling P14.1 million to 1,410 vendors displaced by a fire that razed parts of the public market here on Saturday, March 11. THE Baguio City Public Market is slowly rising from the ashes of the fire on...
Ayala-led ACEN Corporation has inked a purchase and sale agreement (PSA) with American firm GlidePath for the acquisition of the latter’s eight operating wind projects with aggregate capacity of 136 megawatts in northern Texas. This will be the entry point of ACEN and its partner UPC Power...
BAGUIO CITY – Volunteers have joined hands to clean the public market here hit by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. VOLUNTEERS clean the Baguio City Public Market on Monday, March 13, after it was hit by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong has set a seven-day...
BAGUIO CITY – A fire hit parts of the public market here on Saturday night, March 11. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong (second from right) inspects parts of the Baguio City Public Market razed by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. (Zaldy Comanda) One-thousand, six-hundred forty-two out of the 3,900 stalls...
