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First Gen Corp. on Wednesday urged regulators to act promptly on the cost recovery mechanism of power companies using imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), saying the dilly dallying is causing financial pain and sends signals that only discourages the entry of more investors.

A recent deal that valued Globe Fintech Innovations Inc., better known as Mynt and the parent company of GCash, at USD5 billion has left PLDT and Smart chairman and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan thinking out loud about the performance of Maya Innovations Holdings—the group’s unit directly competing with GCash.

Manila Electric Co., the listed power distributor whose service area generates half of the country's economic output, said Monday power rates in August will rise by P0.0327 per kiloWatt-hour, lifting overall rate for a typical household to P11.6339 a kWh.

Manila Electric Co. subsidiary Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen), initially interested, has dropped its bid to acquire the Caliraya–Botocan–Kalayaan (CBK) hydroelectric power plant complex in Laguna that the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) aims to sell through public bidding.

 The Department of Agriculture will set up several livestock checkpoints across Luzon in response to the rapid spread of African Swine Fever in Batangas suspected to have been exacerbated by unscrupulous hog traders selling diseased pigs.