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ERC affirms NGCP’s compliance with ownership rules
National Grid Corp. of the Philippines complied with the dispersal of ownership requirement under Section 8 of Republic Act No....
Peso rises to end eight-day slump
The peso briefly breached the 55-per-dollar level on Monday, but closed stronger to snap an eight-day depreciation since the US...
Next tourism chief seeks LGU participation
Incoming Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco underscored the importance of national and local government cooperation to stimulate the growth and recovery...
Transpacific proposes micro-satellite project
Transpacific Broadband Group Int’l Inc. said Monday it plans to submit a proposal to the government to build a micro-satellite...
Stock market advances; SPNEC, URC lead gainers
Stocks rose Monday, the first day of “floorless” trading in the Philippines, following a strong performance on Wall Street as...
Elmau Castle: Fairytale venue with dark past for G7 summit in southern Germany
Elmau Castle, Germany—G7 leaders convened Sunday in a quintessentially German venue handpicked by former chancellor Angela Merkel and recycled by...
Central bank chiefs meet to discuss inflation
Sintra, Portugal—Central bank chiefs and economists will gather Monday evening at their annual forum in southern Portugal to discuss the...
DOE asks incoming gov’t to pursue WPS oil projects
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said over the weekend the incoming administration will decide on oil and gas exploration activities in...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.