Telecommunications giant PLDT Inc. and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have expanded renewable energy (RE) capacity sourcing from Lopez-led First Gen Corporation to power additional six of their network facilities. According to First Gen, a major PLDT facility that will...
With additional revenues to be drawn from geothermal assets that are coming on commercial stream, Lopez-led First Gen Corporation is expecting overall profit boost this year, according to a top executive of the company. First President and COO Francis Giles B. Puno indicated that at least 83...
As it seriously takes its share of the burden on the global decarbonization goal, property developer Arthaland Corporation has signed a new power supply agreement (PSA) with Lopez-led First Gen Corporation for energy services that will ramp up its usage of renewable energy (RE) resources. According...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos likes to go on a quiet vacation during her birthdays. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel B. Pabalate) Her husband, President Marcos, revealed this when asked how they celebrated the First Lady's birthday on Wednesday, Aug. 21. "Ang birthday, si First Lady...
President Marcos took to social media his greeting for First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos who is celebrating her 65th birthday. On her special day, the President said the First Lady deserves to "slow down" and be celebrated. "To my beautiful wife Liza Marcos, on this day, you deserve to slow down and...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation will supply geothermal-generated electricity to global cement firm Holcim for the operation of its manufacturing plants in Mindanao. That green power supply draw will be a key component of the latter’s decarbonization journey. In the power supply agreement (PSA)...
The regulator-approved pass on of the deferred charges of First Gen Corporation on its gas use for power generation and capital recovery on liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility investment will hike Meralco rates by P0.32 to P0.33 per kilowatt hour (kWh) starting in its October billing to...
First Metro Investment Corporation (First Metro) and First Metro Securities (FirstMetroSec) of the Metrobank group have been recognized by Hong Kong-based financial publication, Finance Asia for their excellence in investment banking and navigating the financial markets. In a statement, First Metro...
Lopez Holdings Corporation reported a five percent improvement in attributable net income to P3.41 billion in the first half of 2024 from the P3.25 billion earned in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its unaudited consolidated revenues...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation is stepping up competition in retail market space of the power industry, as it is strategically gearing up to reign as ‘green solutions provider’ to commercial and industrial (C&I) end-users that are advancing their net zero and sustainability goals. At the...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian (center) joins former Senator Joey Lina (left) and former Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma (right) at the Kapihan sa Manila Prince Hotel media forum on Monday, August 12, 2024, in Ermita, Manila. (Photo by Arnold...
At least 1,500 patients in Rizal province have benefitted from the free medical services under the Lab for All program of First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos. Lab for All program (Photo courtesy of Liza Marcos) The First Lady brought the free medical services program to Rizal province on Thursday, Aug....
