Foreign food and beverage (F&B) investors remain interested in expanding operations in the Philippines despite political uncertainties and global supply concerns, according to Food Industry Asia (FIA).
The Luzon and Visayas power grids remained under red and yellow alerts on Thursday as electricity demand continued to exceed available supply due to power plant outages and extreme heat-driven consumption.
Vivant Corp. kept first-quarter core earnings largely steady as resilient on-grid power assets and a growing water business helped offset weaker performance from its off-grid operations.
Philippine Seven Corp. is accelerating its nationwide expansion and is on track to hit the 5,000-store milestone this year, with growth in the Visayas and Mindanao driving the company’s next phase of expansion.
Thailand’s Gunkul Engineering has partnered with local developer SunAsia Energy for a $1-billion floating solar project at Laguna Lake, set to deliver 1,000 MW capacity as Southeast Asia’s biggest of its kind.
The Department of Energy (DOE) is moving forward with plans to bring electricity to more than 100,000 currently unenergized households across the Philippines, through an upcoming competitive bidding process for microgrid services.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is leading a major drive to expand the palm oil industry, aiming to cut the country’s heavy reliance on imports and build a local supply base that can also serve as feedstock for cleaner fuels.
The National Dairy Authority (NDA) and Central Philippines State University (CPSU) have partnered to develop a 50-hectare dairy stock farm in Barangay Camingawan here, aiming to strengthen production, breeding, research and training across the Negros Island Region.