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...
Grab Philippines said it was already working to implement the remaining P6.66-million reimbursement to users following the issuance of a Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) resolution directing the transport company to complete reimbursements totaling P25.4 million. In a statement following the...
Grab Philippines said it was surprised by the decision of the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) to impose a new penalty on the remaining refund for its customers and is evaluating its legal options on the fine. "We are surprised at PCC's decision to fine us - given that we've been proactively...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has slapped a fresh P9-million peso fine on Grab Philippines amid its failure to fully refund its customers more than three years after the anti-trust body first ordered the reimbursement. In a statement, PCC said that the latest fine is on top of the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has admitted weakness in investigating anti-competitive behavior, especially for company participants that are trading their generated capacities in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM). Given this difficulty in its market policing power, ERC...
