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MANILA — The Department of Energy said on Friday it has approved a $67-million LNG import terminal project, the country's seventh such facility, as it

Leading clean energy firm First Gen Corporation has partnered with the Climate Change Commission (CCC) to help local government units (LGUs) on climate change adaptation, particularly in executing mitigation plans and strategies to abate the planet’s warming. The memorandum of agreement (MOA)

The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading House Bill 5404, or a 25-year renewal of the legislative franchise of the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corp. (IBC), a state-owned television network under the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO). The bill will extend the IBC franchise validity to 2050. Its existing…

The partnership with First Gen Corporation aims to capacitate representatives local governments in enhancing Local Climate Change Action Plans (LCCAPs).

The Climate Change Commission (CCC) and First Gen Corporation (First Gen) have forged ties to capacitate local government units (LGUs) in mainstreaming climate change and accessing the People's Survival Fund (PSF). Photo from the Climate Change Commission The ceremonial signing of the Memorand

Spanning a media conglomerate that brought to millions of Filipinos opioids like Ang Probinsyano, the well-loved tearjerker Maala Mo Kaya, famous celebrities like Anne Curtis; a once-upon-a-time power monopoly; a water utility company and many other businesses including the now forgotten BayanTel, the Lopez business empire used to be the most powerful conglomerate in the country.

Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko on Saturday, Jan. 14, condoled with the family of the late former Philippine Ambassador to Japan Manuel “Manolo” Lopez, who passed away due to an undisclosed reason. Former Philippine Ambassador to Japan Manuel Lopez (Photo from Philippin

Manuel “Manolo” M. Lopez, former chairman and CEO of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) passed away on Thursday, Jan. 12, at the age of 80, the family has announced. Lopez, who is widely known in business circles as well as to Meralco employees and executives as “MML”, was t

Another factory shifts energy use to RE By MYRNA M. VELASCO Mc Bride Corporation, which is into PET bottles manufacturing, is the latest to join the bandwagon of corporates which had shifted its power use to renewable energy (RE), as catered to by Lopez-led firm First Gen Corporation. Base

The Department of Energy (DOE) has indicated that the propounded "gas swapping deal" to enable the operation of the Ilijan gas-fired power plant during the summer months is not firmed up yet. In a statement to the media, the energy department emphasized that “the possible arrangements cannot y