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  • Energy gap flagged amid Meralco-Eeri supply agreement setback

    MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Energy (DOE) has expressed concern over Meralco’s 1,200-megawatt (MW) supply deal with Excellent Energy Resources Inc. (Eeri), whose natural gas plant is still grappling with fuel supply issues and commissioning delays. In a virtual briefing on Monday, DOE Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan said some units of Eeri were still

  • PH vehicle sales growth revved up to 7.6% in March 

    MANILA, Philippines – Local vehicle sales grew at a faster pace of 7.6 percent in March as strong demand for trucks and buses made up for the slack in the passenger car market. A joint report by Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. and Truck Manufacturers Association released on Monday afternoon showed that

  • Manny Villar, campaign manager

    MANILA, Philippines – Property tycoon Manuel Villar Jr. may be ranked by Forbes as the country’s richest Filipino, with an estimated net worth of $17.2 billion as of April 1 this year. But to Camille Villar, who is gunning for a Senate seat in the coming mid-term elections, what’s more important is that he is

  • Neda: Tariff war puts 8% ʼ25 GDP growth in peril

    MANILA, Philippines – The upper-end of the Marcos administration’s 6 to 8 percent target range for economic expansion this year might not be realistic anymore due to uncertainties, the state’s top socioeconomic planner said amid heightened trade protectionism that’s stoking global recession fears. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Secretary Arsenio Balisacan of the National Economic

  • Trump considers pausing his auto tariffs

    WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains. “I’m looking at something to help some of the car companies with it,” Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office.