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.
Aboitiz Power clean energy unit Aboitiz Renewables Inc. has begun building the 239-megawatt Luna solar facility in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. Set to open in 2028, it involves a 65 MW battery system that will lift the group’s total solar capacity in the province to 471 MW. This is its largest solar project in the Visayas.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in 2025 cleared a key regulatory path for Apple Pay by classifying it as a technology service provider rather than an operator of payment systems. Because the platform processes payment credentials through contactless technology without directly handling, settling, or holding customer funds, the central bank confirmed it does not need to register as a payment system operator. Central bank officials noted that once this regulatory distinction was established, the decision on when to roll out the service rested entirely on the readiness of local financial institutions.
Student safety today goes far beyond school grounds, covering physical security, mental health, and responsible online behavior as one closely linked system.
The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) has cautioned regional wage boards against automatically following Metro Manila's latest minimum wage increase, arguing that wage adjustments should reflect local economic realities rather than establish a nationwide template.