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1 week ago | 
malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said its wheeling rates for March which are due for billing to customers this April have increased by 4.81 percent. NGCP Head of Revenue Management Department Julius Ryan Datinggaling said transmission wheeling rates, or what the company charges for its primary service of delivering power, rose to 55.05 centavos per kWh in March 2025 from 52.52 centavos per kWh in February.
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1 week ago | 
malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal
THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seeking public comments on its pro-posed reserve prices for the fourth round of Green Energy Auction (GEA-4) in the country.
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1 week ago | 
malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal
San Miguel Corp. (SMC) power arm San Miguel Global Power Holdings Corp. becomes the sponsor and shares security grantor of the omnibus loan and security agreement worth up to P50 billion by its affiliate Mariveles Power Generation Corp. In a filing dated April 14 at the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp.
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1 week ago | 
malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal
ACEN Corp. said that its subsidiary, ACEN Australia, has completed its AUD750-million portfolio debt financing for its operating renewables assets and financing for new projects in Australia. The company said in a statement on Tuesday, April 15, the transaction was supported by a group of leading Australian and international lenders including ANZ Banking Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, CTBC Bank Co. Ltd.
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1 week ago | 
malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal
Fuel retail prices will drop significantly from today, April 15, as crude oil prices fell on global markets due to the deepening trade war between the US and China, the retailers announced. Pump prices per liter of gasoline will drop by P3.60, diesel by P2.90 and kerosene by P3.30. Retailers Seaoil and Jetti will adjust their prices per liter of gasoline, diesel and kerosene at 6 am. Caltex will adjust its pump prices at 6:01 am.
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1 week ago | 
malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued a special order (SO) to create a program management group (PMG) and a technical working group (TWG) that will implement the country’s Sustainable Potato Program (SPP). The SO 596 series of 2025 was signed on April 10, 2025, but was only made public Monday, April 14.
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2 weeks ago | 
malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal
The Philippine’s soybean meal (SBM) imports for 2025-2026 marketing year are expected to rise on increased local feed demand, with the local copra meal not deemed a perfect substitute to SBM in making feeds, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in Manila, said in a report.
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2 weeks ago | 
malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal
Vivant Corp. through its subsidiary Vivant Hydrocore Holdings Inc. (Vivant Water) signed a 25-year joint venture agreement with the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) for the supply of potable water in Metro Cebu. The company said in a statement on Thursday its desalination plant in Cordova, Cebu, which can produce up to 20 million liters of clean, potable water per day, will supply the water to MCWD which, in turn, distributes to customers.
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2 weeks ago | 
malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued a special order (SO), creating a technical working group (TWG) that will lead the review, revision and updating of the national program to prevent and control African swine fever (ASF) to keep it in line with the latest scientific discoveries and technologies.
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2 weeks ago | 
malaya.com.ph | Jed Macapagal
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has inaugurated a vaccine unit at the Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (CenTrAD) in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija that targets the production of vaccine prototypes for the protection of livestock by 2028. In a statement released yesterday, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel called the project the government’s commitment to “a stronger and healthier future” for the livestock and poultry industries.
