BACOLOD CITY – Nine stalls were hit by a fire at the Central Maao Market in Barangay Don Jorge L. Araneta, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 10. FIREMEN combat a fire at Central Maao Market in Barangay Don Jorge L. Araneta, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 10. (Photo...
Consumers who are filling up their vehicles with gasoline products will be the happiest in their drive to the petroleum pumps next week, as the price of this commodity is projected to have a rollback of more than P2.00 per liter. Based on the result of four-day trading in the regional market, the...
A substantial financial breather may finally come at the pumps next week for consumers who are filling up their vehicles with gasoline products, as the price of this commodity is anticipated having a rollback in the vicinity of P2.00 per liter. Based on the outcome of three-day trading in the...
The electric bills to be dispatched by power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and other power utilities will practically be knocking on forbidden doors this May – but consumers will have no choice but to finally face the ‘fear factor’ of soaring expenses for electricity...
Generation output boosted by the commercial operations of new solar and wind farms had prompted 27% rise in the net income of Ayala-led ACEN Corporation in the first quarter to P2.7 billion versus P2.0 billion in the same period last year. That escalation in profitability, the company emphasized,...
As coal prices in the world market cooled, the net income of Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) dropped 28% to P6.5 billion within first quarter this 2024 from a relatively robust P9.0 billion earnings in the same three-month period last year. “Global coal indices declined due to weak...
The estimated rollback at the pumps next week will offer more substantial relief to the pockets of consumers next week as this already turned heftier into the vicinity of P1.00 per liter as of end of trading day on Friday (May 3), according to the industry players. Based on the outcome of five-day...
With high anticipation that electric bills will drastically spike during the summer months, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) sounded off this early that it will prod the private distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) on staggered billing on the resulting radical rate...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered suspension of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) - but only after two weeks from the incursion of yellow and red alerts in the Luzon and Visayas grids, hence, consumers are being warned of forthcoming bill shocks. Referencing on data...
In the absence of readily available capacity that it can procure via power supply agreement (PSA) underpinned by competitive selection process (CSP), power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) indicated that it will be left with no choice but to secure 260 megawatts (MW) of its required...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to the public regarding the purchase and use of medical devices that have not undergone its evaluation process. Photo from FDA website In an advisory on Wednesday, April 24, FDA identified eight medical devices that are not considered safe....
As global oil prices softened in the last two trading days, the estimated rollback for diesel and kerosene prices have gone heftier to P1.00 per liter level, based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry players, the price of diesel will likely be trimmed by P0.80 to...
