The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will forge an alliance with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), and Insurance Commission (IC) to expedite the recovery of public funds allegedly misused in ghost flood control projects. DPWH Secretary...
A Singapore-based holding company is set to take over Indonesian retail giant PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk after receiving clearance from the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC). In a statement, the PCC said the deal was approved after the country’s antitrust body found no risk of reduced...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has cleared the proposed joint venture between Ayala Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp., stemming from the latter’s acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Ayala-led AC Ventures Holding Corp. In a statement on Thursday, July 31, the country’s antitrust body...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said that it is withholding the issuance of a Certificate of Conformity (COC) to the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) until it receives aligned findings from both the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). Energy Assistant...
The competition in the country’s free television industry has severely weakened since the non-renewal of ABS-CBN Corp.'s franchise in 2020, according to a new study by the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC). The study titled “Blocktiming Practices in the Philippine Free TV Industry.”...
In response to President Marcos' directive to go after smugglers and hoarders, the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) will be filing a case against 12 onion importers and traders engaged in anti-competitive practices. Unsplash In a memorandum for President Marcos coursed through Executive...
Meralco PowerGen Corporation, the power investment arm of Manila Electric Company, is eyeing to secure approval from the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) on the triarchy deal that it sealed for the $3.3 billion integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Batangas province. MGen...
CEBU CITY – The Manila Bulletin was feted at the Philippine Heart Association-Philippine College of Cardiology (PHA-PCC) Media Awards 2023 on Thursday, December 7, at The Westin Manila in Mandaluyong City. The 2,312-member PHA-PCC awarded nine journalists, 13 media entities, a singer-host, and a...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has raised an alarm over the series of deaths of government-owned buffalos that are loaned out to farmer organizations for their dairy production. It then asked the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) and the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) to conduct a probe. While...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (leftmost) gives comfort to cancer-striken children during the townhall meeting at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) on July 17, 2023. (Speaker’s office) As he spoke with and held cancer-striken children in his arms, House Speaker Martin Romualdez...
A joint task force of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) is being pushed, purposively to prosecute erring players in the restructured power industry. “What we’re trying to work out with the DOJ is the procedure … so we might form a task force to enforce the...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) is not keen on imposing a limit on the number of motorcycle taxis that would ply the country’s road once Congress approves the proposal to regulate and legalize motorcycles-for-hire. A representative of the PCC who participated in the recent joint...
