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MANILA, Philippines - Newly listed supermarket chain Puregold Price Club Inc. is planning to acquire, or merge with, sister company S&R Membership Shopping. Both firms are controlled by businessman Lucio Co.In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Puregold said its board has approved the request of the management …

MANILA, Philippines - European firm Alstom has bagged the contract for the repair of the 150-megawatt (MW) Bacon-Manito (BacMan) geothermal facility of the Lopez-owned Energy Development Corporation."EDC has awarded the repair of both Unit 1 and Unit 2 generator rotors to Alstom," the company has noted in its disclosure …

MANILA, Philippines -  Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) is hoping to enter into a partnership with the 300-bed Capitol Medical Center Inc. (CMC) “at the appropriate time,” according to a top company official.

BUTUAN CITY, Philippines - An appeal was aired Sunday by the Mindanao business community and the island's 33 electric cooperatives for President Benigno S. Aquino III to look into the power shortage that has resulted in regular and massive brownouts in the South.

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has entered into an agreement with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) to consolidate small sugarcane farms into one whole block that will increase farm productivity by about half.DAR Secretary Gil De los Reyes said the …

MANILA, Philippines - As review of the 2012 Investment Priority Plan (IPP) is underway, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with the support of major industry players and stakeholders, has called on the Board of Investments to retain the Energy Sector, or at least power supply projects, especially those located …

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are now on the final stretch of their fast-tracked, nationwide P67.1-billion network transformation program.

MANILA, Philippines - Up to 70 percent discount on selected domestic and international tickets is being offered by Philippine Airlines (PAL) exclusively at the 19th Travel Tour Expo 2012, to be held February 17-19 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.One way, domestic tickets will go as low as P777 to any PAL destination …

MANILA, Philippines - To upgrade teachers' competence in teaching learners with a hearing impairment, the Department of Education (DepEd) will hold a series of training programs on sign language across the country.Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the training is in line with DepEd's "thrust to make education truly …

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers (PIChE), the country's largest organization of chemical engineers, opens its 73rd National Convention today with the theme "Advancing and Harnessing Chemical Engineering for Humanity" in Surigao City.

MANILA, Philippines - State weather forecasters said improving weather condition is expected Tuesday as the low pressure area (LPA) that brought rains over most parts of the country last weekend had dissipated.According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the LPA …

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned Sunday that two weather systems - a low-pressure area (LPA) and the tail-end of a cold front - over the country may trigger floods and landslides in the entire Southern Luzon, Visayas, and parts of Northern …

MANILA, Philippines - Consumers may have to bear an additional burden by helping shoulder the higher power rates in missionary areas.