A week from now, President Marcos returns to the SONA podium for what is essentially the home stretch of his term. Expect the usual familiar themes, predictable applause, and perhaps a standing ovation from the gallery. Most likely, we will also hear another replay of the greatest hit on the...
The Department of Energy plans to resume the competitive auction for the country’s largest coal reserve on Semirara Island before the end of July, following a regulatory pause to draft new guidelines for brownfield assets. Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said the government has temporarily put the...
Consunji-led Semirara Mining & Power Corp. has turned to the judiciary to shield its proprietary operations, asking a Makati court to block energy regulators from disclosing highly sensitive commercial data to potential rivals. In a petition filed against the Department of Energy (DOE), the...
Access to affordable, reliable electricity is indispensable to economic growth, business competitiveness, and the daily lives of Filipino households. Yet for many consumers, the monthly electricity bill has become an increasing source of financial strain. The recurring experience of "bill shock,"...
Aboitiz Power Corp.’s renewable energy arm plans to build a ₱8.4 billion wind farm in Ilocos Norte, expanding its clean energy footprint as the government pushes to transition away from fossil fuels. Based on documents submitted to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR)...
If there is one thing that has united consumers in recent months, it is not a national holiday or a collective celebration: it is the shared shock and frustration of opening their electric bills. For the millions of subscribers of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), every billing cycle has become an...
Businesses are built with an end in mind. Although its legacy does not announce itself at the moment it is built, it reveals itself over time through choices and sustained consistency, which are eventually entrusted to whoever comes next. Those choices are usually the visible, controllable ones:...
Maco, Davao de Oro - Therma Marine, Inc. (TMI), a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation, was recognized as the top real property taxpayer and second largest business taxpayer in Maco, Davao de Oro for 2025 during the 59th Araw ng Maco celebration last June. With an estimated P23 million real...
A power outage struck the Sandiganbayan on Tuesday morning, July 7, forcing those attending the trial of former lawmaker Zaldy Co before the Sixth Division to briefly leave the courtroom. Meanwhile, businessman Aristotle Baluyot Viray, co-accused of Senator Rodante Marcoleta in a plunder case, was...
If you look closely enough, today’s landscape tells a rather unsettling and ironic story: hillsides and mountainous terrains are being shaved bare, while fertile farmlands are steadily turned into endless rows of solar panels—as if we can run a country entirely on sunshine and somehow expect...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has relieved a police officer caught in a viral video allegedly mishandling a June 30 confrontation between a motorcycle rider and Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) rally participants along EDSA near the People Power Monument. QCPD director Police Brig. Gen. Randy...
The Ayala Group’s Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) reinforced its leadership in sustainable finance, supporting some of the country’s largest and most transformative renewable energy (RE) projects through a series of landmark financing deals worth a total of ₱376 billion. Helping advance...
