SANMIGUEL.COM.PH THE SUBSIDIARIES of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower), and San Miguel Corp. (SMC) have finalized their $3.3-billion deal to build an integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Batangas. In separate announcements, the energy giants said that Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen), Therma NatGas Power, Inc. (TNGP), and San Miguel Global Power […]
URC.COM.PH THE SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) is tracking 16 potential companies that may go public, according to its chairman. “As for public listing, we currently have 16 leads, which we are still monitoring together with the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE),” SEC Chairperson Emilio B. Aquino said during his keynote message at the last leg […]
PHILIPPINE STAR/BOY SANTOS THE SENATE on Tuesday approved on second reading a bill that seeks to extend Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) franchise for another 25 years. Under House Bill No. 10926, Meralco will be allowed to continue to construct, operate, and maintain its electric distribution systems in areas such as Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, […]
1 of 3 IT WAS a revelation of cultural and historical significance that no one at the Vienna City Library had been aware of for over a century. Jose Rizal’s letter in 1887 to Johannes Nordmann, an Austrian writer introduced to him by his friend Ferdinand Blumentritt, had never been read by anyone else, until […]
An airplane is seen landing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, March 7, 2024. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RUSSELL PALMA By Ashley Erika O. Jose, Reporter THE LISTING of over 15 billion shares by flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL), operated by PAL Holdings, Inc., on the stock exchange may spur investor interest as it is expected to […]
1 of 4 AS A platform for fresh and unseen pieces of writing, fragments of artworks, loose experiments, and literary digressions, local press Exploding Galaxies’ newly launched journal e.g. aims to fill a gap. The works featured in it span early iterations that would otherwise not be accepted in other publications. Edited by Nicole CuUnjieng […]
BW FILE PHOTO THE GOVERNMENT made a full award of its dual-tranche Treasury bond (T-bond) offer on Tuesday as both tenors’ rates were below secondary market levels amid strong market interest, a decline in US yields, and expectations of a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) cut next month. The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) raised […]
REPUBLIC BISCUIT Corp. (Rebisco) expects modest double-digit revenue growth despite concerns about rising raw material costs, a company official said. “We’re looking forward to this year being a good year, especially with the usual support and boost from all our wonderful people in politics,” Rebisco Vice-Chairman Jonathan C. Ng told reporters on the sidelines of […]
FREEPIK (Part 9) If we accept the truth that human sexuality, marriage, and family cannot be analyzed in purely materialistic, hedonistic, or consumerist terms, then sexuality education itself must be an education in the ultimate purposes of life, love, sexuality (manhood and womanhood), and sex itself. This is the approach taken by an 11-volume guidebook […]
1 of 7 Katrina Cuenca exhibit at Galerie Joaquin UNTIL Jan. 31, artist Katrina Cuenca is displaying Tetrachromacy, a collection of experimentations in material, form, and color with several pieces on round canvas at Galerie Joaquin. The circular shape, a symbol of wholeness and good fortune, embodies the artist’s desire for new possibilities and creative […]