The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched the Philippines’ first solar-powered on-farm cold storage demo unit in collaboration with Filipino firm Next Agri Corporation Philippines and Indian firm Ecozen Solutions Private Ltd. On Friday, Agriculture Secretary William Dar led the inauguration...
Four major foreign banks will finance businessman Dennis Uy’s $460 million acquisition of the 45-percent stake of Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) in the Malampaya gas field facility. Highly placed sources from Singapore...
ERC hints ‘pricing play’ The country’s giant power firms have been tagged as the culprits in last week’s rotational brownouts with “forced outages’ of their power plants going beyond the time allowance prescribed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). In a Congressional hearing on...
Another notice-to-proceed (NTP) permit was granted by the Department of Energy (DOE) for the installation of an offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility for a total of six ventures approved so far. Approved is Vires Energy Corporation, which was acquired last year of Filipino listed...
Security Bank Corporation has sealed a deal with its global partner MUFG Bank, Ltd. (MUFG) that will allow MUFG’s corporate clients to gain access to the bank’s cash management system, DigiBanker. In a statement, Security Bank said “The agreement aims to provide MUFG’s clients...
Redco Transit Development Pte Ltd. (Redco) of Singapore has terminated its planned acquisition of shares in Makati City Subway Inc. (MCSI) from Philippine Infradev Holdings Inc. (PIHI) and Hong Kong Binjiang Industrial Limited (HK Binjiang). The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) on March 9,...
To help address the rise of online counterfeiting and piracy, e-commerce platforms Lazada and Shopee today, March 1, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with various global and local brand owners to fight the alarming increase in counterfeit and pirated products sold online. On the part of...
One generating unit of the 632-megawatt GNPower Mariveles Center Ltd. Co. (GMEC) coal-fired plant of the Aboitiz-Ayala joint venture suffered ‘forced outage’ due to technical glitch in its boiler. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Aboitiz Power Corporation indicated that unit 1...
ABS-CBN Corporation has appointed of Aldrin M. Cerrado as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of ABS-CBN Global Ltd., which oversees all of ABS-CBN's international subsidiaries and manages its global flagship brand, The Filipino Channel (TFC). In a statement, ABS-CBN said Cerrado succeeds Olivia...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has green-lighted the country’s first crowdfunding platform that will connect small, medium and emerging enterprises with banks and other lenders. A joint venture between Filinvest Development Corporation and Investree Singapore Pte. Ltd., Investree...
Arran Investment Pte. Ltd., an affiliate of Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC Private Limited, has formalized its 17.5-percent equity acquisition in AC Energy Philippines Inc. (ACEN), a deal which primarily covered P20 billion private placement as part of the ownership take. GIC’s entry...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation, through its corporate vehicle FGEN LNG Corporation, has formally shortlisted three prospective bidders on its procurement of floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) for its interim liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility in Batangas. The company announced...
