AC Energy’s Cagayan solar JV to add 100 MW to power portfolio
FACEBOOK.COM/OFFICIALACEN AC ENERGY Corp. said its planned joint venture to develop a solar power project in Lal-lo, Cagayan, will add around 100 MW to its generation portfolio. The company's management has given the green light for AC Energy enter into the joint
Covid delays and driver shortages hit Diwali preparations
People celebrating Diwali have seen their preparations hit by delays due to Covid and a shortage of lorry drivers. The festival will be celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains on Thursday. Sital Raja-Arjan, who runs a Hindu one-stop store in Bolton, relies
Future of work and workers
MACROVECTOR-FREEPIK (Part 3) For the foreseeable future, as we saw in the last article, the service sector will account for a high percentage of both our GDP and employed force. For better or for worse, our economy already has the structure of
Tell me who your friends are: Why we should all be outraged about Malampaya
BW FILE PHOTO This smells like Pharmally all over again -- only on a grander, longer-term scale. Sometime in September we were alarmed to note that the Malampaya gas field temporarily shut down its operations weeks before a scheduled preventive maintenance work.
Why are investments low and how can the country increase investments to generate jobs and recover from the pandemic?
(Second of two parts) Given these reasons on why the investment climate is quite poor, what are the solutions? Among these solutions are: 1. Open up the economy. Opening up the economy means removing those restrictions to foreign investment that made
Open Finance: A case study for the regulatory sandbox approach
VECTORJUICE-FREEPIK On June 17, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) issued Circular No. 1122, which set out guidelines for the adoption of the Open Finance Framework. Open finance is part of the BSP's Digital Payments Transformation Roadmap for 2020-2023, which aims
China urges families to hoard daily necessities ahead of winter
WOMEN are seen in front of a supermarket in Qinzhou, Guangxi province, China, April 12. -- REUTERS SHANGHAI/BEIJING -- The Chinese government has told families to keep daily necessities in stock in case of emergencies after unusually heavy rains caused vegetable
Biden unveils crackdown on methane
A 3D printed oil pump jack is placed on dollar banknotes in this illustration picture, April 14, 2020. -- REUTERS/DADO RUVIC/ILLUSTRATION/FILE PHOTO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION on Tuesday was scheduled to unveil a plan to slash emissions of the greenhouse gas methane
Japan to ease border curbs for business travel
REUTERS JAPAN is considering easing its COVID-era entry restrictions for visitors on short business trips, foreign students and technical trainee workers, the Nikkei reported without citing how it obtained the information. The changes would shorten quarantine restrictions from 10 days to three
Astros prepared to push World Series to limit in Game Six versus Braves
ASTROS take Game 5. -- DANIEL SHIREY/MLB PHOTOS THE Houston Astros picked a fine time to hand the Atlanta Braves their first home loss of the postseason. Fresh off overcoming a grand slam in the first inning, the Astros will aim to