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    Malacañang to make permanent  joint memo facilitating quick telco tower construction

    The Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) has convinced Malacañang to make permanent a soon-to-expire joint agreement making it easier for the telecommunications companies to build telco towers helping speed up the country’s drive towards the digitalization of transactions.

    Philippine Business Bank Completes P1.25B Private Placement, Gears Up For P500M Rights Offer

    Philippine Business Bank said on Friday that the subscription to 125 million shares that were privately placed last year with the bank’s principal shareholders have been completed, setting up the second part of a plan to raise its authorized capital by P1.75 billion and increase lending activity.

    SMC unit to provide 350,000 Bulacan households affordable drinking water by Q1 2025 

    San Miguel Corporation (SMC), through its Luzon Clean Water Development Corp. (LCWDC), will make available affordable water from the Angat reservoir to more than...

    Global trade growth seen decelerating further this year

    Governments in emerging-market and developing economies (EMDEs) need to forge stronger cooperation to increase cross-border trade as global trade growth is seen to decelerate...

    Manuel M. Lopez Passes Away

    Manuel M. Lopez, a former Philippine envoy to Japan and former chairman of Manila Electric Co., passed away on Thursday. He was 80.

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    The Department of Energy (DOE) is calling on insurance providers to offer more reasonable premium rates for coal-fired power plants, warning that disproportionate insurance costs threaten the operational stability of power sources crucial to the national energy mix.

    MSpectrum, Landers expand solar partnership with Cebu, QC Projects

    MSpectrum Inc., the renewable energy arm of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), is deepening its collaboration with Southeast Asia Retail Inc., the operator of Landers Superstore, with the rollout of two new solar rooftop installations in Cebu and Quezon City.

    FNI Q1 profit soars on higher shipments, nickel prices

    Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc. (FNI), one of the country’s leading nickel producers, posted a 1,567 percent surge in net income for the first quarter of 2025 totaling P177.3 million, from just P10.63 million a year earlier, as higher shipment volumes and stronger nickel prices buoyed performance.
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