First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos has vowed to extend support to Filipino families in India whose children are undergoing life-saving medical procedures unavailable in the Philippines. The First Lady said this as she visited pediatric Filipino liver transplant patients at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi...
Lopez-led First Gen Corp. (FGen) is urging the government to accelerate the rollout of renewable energy (RE) projects to reduce the nation 's heavy reliance on coal. Speaking at the 3rd Philippine Renewable Energy Conference, FGen President Francis Giles Puno said that coal-fired power still...
In the late 2000s, Philippine business saw an intense corporate war as two of the country 's most aggressive conglomerates, Metro Pacific Investment Corp. (MPIC) of Manuel V. Pangilinan and San Miguel Corp. (SMC) of Ramon S. Ang, went to war for a single asset: Manila Electric Co. (Meralco)....
SORSOGON CITY – Lopez-led First Gen Corp. (FGen), through its renewable energy subsidiary Energy Development Corp. (EDC), launched the 22-megawatt (MW) Tanawon geothermal power plant on Friday, Aug. 1, to bolster the country 's clean baseload capacity. “This is not only a proud achievement...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation (FGen) is set to modernize several of its aging geothermal power plants in the Visayas region to boost baseload power generation with newer technology. Francis Giles Puno, First Gen president said they plan to rebuild the over 700-megawatt Tongonan geothermal power...
With a lot of hoopla surrounding its release, we finally get this second reboot of The Fantastic Four, and it’s the first film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 6. And if you’re still counting, it is the MCU’s 37th film. Without a doubt, there’s strong curiosity about this film,...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos shared emotional moments from her working visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after meeting Filipino mothers and distressed women staying in shelters. In a series of Instagram posts, the First Lady said she was deeply touched by the resilience and sacrifices of the women...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos is on a working visit to Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to meet overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and spearhead initiatives for their welfare, Malacañang said. In a press briefing, Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the trip from July 17 to 20...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa on Thursday, July 17, called the latest issue hurled against him regarding his possible arrest through an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) a diversionary tactic by people from Malacañang. This was after a report came out wherein Executive...
Months after Razon-led Prime Infrastructure Capital Inc. (Prime Infra) moved to acquire a majority stake in the gas business of Lopez-led First Gen Corp. (FGen), both parties are now awaiting the green light from the anti-trust watchdog Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) to complete the deal....
In an effort to address the rapid increase in demand for electricity in Visayas, Lopez-led Green Core Geothermal Inc. (GCGI) is setting its sights on upgrading its Palinpinon 1 geothermal plant in Negros Oriental. According to GCGI, a subsidiary of Energy Development Corp. (EDC), the proposed...
The consortium led by the Aboitiz conglomerate emerged victorious on Friday, July 4, as it won the right to take over the 797-megawatt (MW) Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (CBK) hydroelectric power plants in Laguna—a prime Luzon energy asset—from the state-run Power Sector Asset and Liabilities...
