Dupinga Mini Hydro Corp. (DMHC) has secured a Certificate of Compliance (COC) from the Energy Regulatory Commission for its 5-megawatt Dupinga Run-of-River (ROR) Power Plant, paving the way for the facility’s commercial operations.
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said its pending rate reset application before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will move forward after regulators denied a bid by consumer advocacy group National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms Inc. (NASECORE) to stall the proceedings.
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) announced a modest decrease of P0.0151 per kWh in electricity rates for May, bringing the typical household rate to P14.3345 per kWh, down from P14.3496 in April.
A private consortium is ramping up rural electrification with a P2.1-billion investment to deploy one of the Philippines’ largest portfolios of off-grid microgrids, targeting underserved island communities.
SteelAsia Lemery Works Inc. has secured investment incentives for a P19-billion project in Batangas that will produce medium steel sections locally, marking a shift in government policy toward using incentives to fill specific gaps in the domestic industrial base.
The Philippines is pitching itself to Polish investors as an emerging production and technology hub in Southeast Asia, highlighting opportunities in semiconductors, digital services, food processing, renewable energy, shipbuilding, and other industries as companies seek to diversify supply chains.
The Philippines needs to move more homegrown innovations from laboratories and prototypes into commercial use to raise productivity and sustain economic growth as the country moves into upper-middle-income status, government officials said Thursday.
Retirement is no longer a signal to slow down. For many Filipinos aged 60 and above, life after leaving the workforce opens a new chapter—one filled with travel, time with family and grandchildren, community involvement, small business ventures, or continued work on their own terms. Savings, built over a lifetime of effort, remain the foundation of this freedom.