Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. (PSE: FNI), one of the country’s top nickel ore producers, earned a major regional honor after its legal team was named In-House Team of the Year (Construction and Real Estate) at the 2025 Asian Legal Business (ALB) Southeast Asia Law Awards held in Singapore.
Platinum Group Metals Corp. said it has dispatched its first nickel ore shipment for 2025, kicking off a promising operational year for the mining arm in Surigao del Norte of diversified and listed conglomerate Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc.
The Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) and the Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute (PERPI) have signed a three-year agreement to work together on studies aimed at making the country’s electricity market run better. The deal establishes a formal partnership for research, policy guidance and information sharing.
Amid more complex and linked online risks, the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has urged all sectors to work together to boost defenses against digital fraud. The call was made during its CyberProtect Conference held July 30 at Fairmont Makati with the theme “Defend as One: Building a United Front Towards Consumer Protection.”
The Department of Energy (DOE) has established a new Joint Task Force alongside the Energy Regulatory Commission, the National Electrification Administration, and electric cooperatives to help remove system loss charges and related value-added tax from power bills. Energy Secretary Sharon Garin emphasized the administration's stance that consumers should only pay for the electricity they actually consume, rather than bearing the cost of losses they did not cause.
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), in marking its 175th year as lender, rolled out a new feature making the opening of a bank account easier for all Filipinos. The improvement comes from a formal partnership with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), marked by the signing of a subscription agreement that adopts the National ID Authentication Services (NIDAS) for the BPI app.