October 3, 2017
| Business | Developments | Environment | Zambales
MANILA, Philippines – The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is pushing through with its bid for a controlling stake in a 600-megawatt (MW) coal power plant in Masinloc, Zambales owned by AES Corporation. Photo by: thelifeinapinkbackpack.wordpress.com US electricity giant AES Corporation is selling its entire 51% interest in the Masinloc power facility, which it bought from Read More
September 23, 2017
| Accommodation | Business | Developments | Environment | Leisure | Tourism
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Buoyed by accessible natural tourist attractions and a conscientious program of special events that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors annually, the hotel industry in the Subic Bay Freeport has been experiencing an unprecedented growth in the past five years. In Photo: Subic Bay’s iconic boutique hotel, The Lighthouse Marina Along Subic’s Read More
September 22, 2017
| Business | Finance | Information Technology
New investment pledges in the IT-BPM industry registered through various promotion agencies fell 34 percent in the second quarter from a year ago, continuing the decline in one of the country’s top dollar earners that the trade chief had partly attributed to the uncertainty in US policy. photo by: blog.philippinesbusinesstours.com Collecting the pledges registered through Read More
September 21, 2017
| Business | Opinion | Policy | Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT: A Subic locator that opposes the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority’s (SBMA) imposition of Common Use Service Area (CUSA) fees has asked the government agency to stop charging it for payment, citing a court ruling that annulled the practice. In a letter dated August 22, 2017 addressed to SBMA Chairman Martin Diño and Read More
September 20, 2017
| Business | Developments | Hanjin | Korean
REPRESENTATIVES of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines (HHIC-Phil) and leaders of the workers’ union Alyansa ng Manggagawang Organisadong Pilipino-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (AMAPO- TUCP) have agreed on a venue for the conduct of a certification election of the three company unions. Photo by: hhic-phil.com This after a series of talks failed to Read More
