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10628 ILOILO CITY – Electricity consumers do not have to worry that their power lines would be cut off if they cannot pay their bills on time while Iloilo City is under Modified Enhance Community Quarantine (MECQ) status due to rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. “Sensitive to the concerns ....
BusinessWorld June 4, 2021 | 5:59 pm MANILA WATER Co. Inc. is now led by ports tycoon Enrique K. Razon, Jr. after his Trident Water Co. Holdings, Inc. completed its tender offer on June 3. In a stock exchange disclosure on Friday, Manila Water announced that Trident Water led by Mr. Razon now has 51% voting interest in the east zone water concessionaire. The water provider also disclosed that Mr. Razon was appointed as its director, chairman of the board of directors, president and chief executive officer, and chairman and member of the executive committee, effective June 3. In turn, Manila Water said Fernando Zobel de Ayala stepped down as its chairman of the board of directors, chairman and member of the executive committee, and member of the talent and remuneration committee. ....
Published May 12, 2021, 5:03 PM International Container Terminal Services Inc. and Alliance Global Group Inc. denied that there is any dispute between the two groups over the planned construction of a mega vaccination center on land owned by Nayong Pilipino at the Entertainment City. Allegations against the project include claims that it will cut down trees and that a casino will be built on the property. Both AGI and ICTSI’s Razon group own casino businesses. The ICTSI Foundation submitted an unsolicited proposal to the government last March to build a temporary mega vaccination center in aid of the government’s goal to inoculate as many Filipinos as possible to curb the further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and to achieve herd immunity by yearend. ....
The quarantine facility at the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) property in Entertainment City, Parañaque City, is already the biggest in Metro Manila, but the Department of Tourism has endorsed the further construction of a “mega vaccination” complex. - NAYONG PILIPINO FOUNDATION PHOTO MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Environment and heritage advocates are opposing a plan by the government to put up a “megavaccination centre” in an urban forest, saying the short-term use of the property of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) will result in long-term ecological damage. Lucille Karen Malilong-Isberto, the NPF executive director, resigned on Thursday due to a conflict with Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat over the project that would require chopping down about 500 trees at the NPF’s property in Entertainment City, the reclaimed area in Parañaque City known for its casinos. ....
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Secretary Joey Concepcion. (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Speaking during the Laging Handa public briefing, Concepcion noted 1.3 million of the UK-made vaccine will arrive in June. This will help some 100 companies that procured the AstraZeneca jabs for their employees, he said. Among the private companies are the International Container Terminal Services Inc., SM Group of Companies, Ayala Group of Companies, and Lucio Tan’s companies, which includes the country’s flag carrier, Philippine Airlines (PAL). Concepcion, Go Negosyo founder and one of President Duterte’s trusted advisers, added it also includes the Philippine Franchising Association and the Philippine Retailers Association. ....