A nearly seven-year-old policy that froze new Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) ecozone approvals in Metro Manila may need to be revisited as compliant office space in key central business districts (CBDs) becomes increasingly scarce, according to property consultancy Colliers. In a May 19...
ILOILO CITY – Relief for consumers here amid high oil prices. MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) reduced electricity rate by P0.27 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for May. From P12.14/kWH in April, MORE Power’s residential rate dropped to P11.8710/kwH this month. MORE Power’s commercial...
MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), backed by tycoon Enrique K. Razon Jr., is providing financial relief to its customers through reduced electricity rates for May. MORE Power reported that its residential rate for May dropped to ₱11.8710 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), down from ₱12.14/kWh in...
Razon-led MORE Electric and Power Corp. has commissioned Iloilo City’s first fully unmanned 30-megavolt ampere substation, a step in the utility’s multiyear effort to digitize the local power grid and accommodate surging economic demand.
In a statement on Tuesday, May 12, More Power said the...
ILOILO CITY – The sole electricity distributor in Iloilo City has introduced its first fully unmanned substation, a landmark initiative in the energy sector in Western Visayas. More Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), in a news release on Monday, said the 30 megavolt-ampere substation is...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Paolo Marcoleta was misgendered and then personally misattributed a popular quote from actor Piolo Pascual in one fell swoop Wednesday, April 29 during the House Committee on Justice 's impeachment hearing on Vice President Sara Duterte. It all started when justice panel...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Energy (DOE) cited Iloilo-based MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) and Negros Electric and Power Corp. (Negros Power) in central Negros for their role in enabling better grid monitoring, outage prevention, and policy reforms. The two utilities under...
Groundbreaking for the planned United States (US) economic security zone in the Philippines could take place within the current Marcos Jr. administration, with the project expected to generate hundreds of thousands of jobs once fully developed, Philippine investment officials said. Officials from...
In a bid to address a backlog of more than 144,000 classrooms, the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have strengthened their partnership to speed up classroom construction nationwide. DepEd reported that as of January 2026, there is a backlog of...
Amid the fuel crisis due to the war in the Middle East, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Tuesday, April 14, simultaneously rolled out DENR’s “Permitting on Wheels” across the country to bring their services closer to the public, especially to micro, small, and...
The interagency Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) has allowed registered business enterprises (RBEs) in economic zones and freeports to temporarily adopt work-from-home (WFH) arrangements of up to 90 percent of their workforce, following the declaration of a national energy emergency. In a...
ILOILO CITY – Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Sharon S. Garin lauded programs of Razon-owned MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power). Garin noted that MORE Power was able to implement the expanded Lifeline Rate Subsidy Program (LRSP) designed by DOE and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)...
