ERC tells constituents to keep within emergency procurement rules
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) reminded distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) that an emergency power procurement may be immediately implemented provided their...
CALAX project now 67 percent done; builder eyes 2024 completion
MPCALA Holdings Inc. projects completing the entire 45-kilometer Cavite-Laguna Expressway project by next year.
However, this was premised on government success at resolving all right-of-way...
Quick LGU action credited to significant improvement in internet speed tests
The country’s fixed broadband speed continued to improve in February as telecom companies ramped up the construction of cellular towers and lengthening the fiber...
Meralco subsidiary eyes exporting power to Singapore
Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) subsidiary, PacificLight, is planning a power plant in Indonesia whose output will supply Singapore.
Jaime Azurin, MGen president and chief executive officer,...
Mining outlook, particularly on nickel, looking sanguine
Domestic mining activities this year are looking sanguine, including those for nickel which is closely tied to how China, which is the mineral’s main...
