The Department of Transportation is keeping its hands off on the impending modifications to the P125-billion Makati Subway project following the decision of the Supreme Court to transfer the 10 EMBO barangays to the jurisdiction of Taguig City.
The cost of electricity within the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) franchise area is seen higher in September. Initial indications point to a higher generation charge during the period.
The international e-commerce company Lazada Group on Wednesday said it is investing more in its Philippine operations to meet the rising demand from Filipino online shoppers.
Seven out of 10 Filipinos plan to travel abroad at least once in the next 12 months, according to GrabAds, the advertising arm of Southeast Asian (SEA) superapp Grab.
The Philippines suffers from a stagnant equities market often ignored by wealth-chasing foreign investors mostly on account of cost considerations rather than on the quality of company stocks traded at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).
A Negros Occidental lawmaker is pushing for an immediate increase in the country’s ethanol-blended fuel from 10 percent (E10) to 15 percent (E15), calling it a “practical and timely” solution to rising fuel prices and the worsening crisis in the sugar sector.
Mead Johnson, a United Kingdom-based nutrition company, is relocating its Philippine headquarters to Uptown Bonifacio in Taguig City, underscoring continued demand for premium office space from multinational firms.
Jobin-SQM Inc. (JSI), part of Nickel Asia Corp.’s clean energy unit Emerging Power Inc. (EPI), has handed over P4.44 million to the Peninsula Electric Cooperative (Penelco) to fund the expansion of power lines in Bataan.
Farmers in Camarines Sur now have a more affordable and reliable way to water their crops after the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) turned over P332 million worth of solar-powered irrigation systems.