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                    [Title] => Mirant eyes Napocor bidding
                    [Summary] => Mirant Philippines Inc., the largest private power producer in the country, is looking at the possibility of participating in the bidding of National Power Corp. (Napocor). 


"We are interested in the privatization of the power plants of Napocor. We are looking at every opportunity in the country’s power sector," Mirant Philippines president J.R. Harris said. 


Harris said they might consider the coal or natural gas power facilities of the state-owned power firm.


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                    [Title] => Mirant IPO not likely in near future
                    [Summary] => Mirant Philippines Inc. is not seeing the possibility of offering its shares to the public in the very near future, the company’s top official said over the weekend.


"We would like to have the IPO (initial public offering) but I would say today it is a little bit hard for us with the current condition of the market," Mirant Philippines president J.R. Harris said.


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                    [Title] => Iloilo confident of trouble-free Palaro
                    [Summary] => ILOILO CITY — Notwithstanding the reported water shortage in the various billeting schools around the city, organizers of this year’s Palarong Pambansa are confident of a smooth staging of the multi-sports event which fires off tomorrow here.


"On a scale of one to 10, I rate our preparedness at nine," said Division of Iloilo Schools superintendent Raymundo Lapating, executive director for this year’s Palaro, during a press conference Friday.


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                    [Title] => Mirant still keen on P18-B IPO
                    [Summary] => Mirant Philippines Inc. (MPI) is still keen on offering its 10-percent stake to the public worth roughly P18 billion, a ranking company official said. 


MPI president Edgardo Bautista told reporters yesterday that the company is currently preparing the organization for such an offering which is "probably going to happen this year." 


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                    [Title] => Mirant admits IPO  not ready this year
                    [Summary] => Mirant Philippines Corp., the country’s largest private power producer, has admitted it cannot push through with its initial public offering (IPO) this year. 


During the memorandum of agreement (MOA) signing for the two new power plants to be put up in Aklan last Wednesday, Mirant Philippines president Edgardo Bautista said the company is not yet ready to undertake the public offering this year. 


But Bautista reiterated that they have been preparing for such a move for the past months now. "We’re not ready but we’re working on it," he said. 


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                    [Title] => Metrobank-Mirant tieup with Panay Power seen to boost power supply in the region
                    [Summary] => Claredon Towers Holdings Inc., the new owner of Panay Power Corp., is being eyed to help solve the power supply problem in Panay Island, Energy Secretary Vincent Perez said Monday. 


"I call on the Claredon-Mirant joint venture to support the Department of Energy’s call for the private sector to address the looming power shortage in Panay, by investing in additional generation capacity in the region," Perez said. 


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                    [Title] => Kepco’s 100-MW plant in Panay to use clean local coal — Perez
                    [Summary] => Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez has made the assurance that the 100-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant to be put up by Korea Electric Power Corp. (Kepco) in Panay Island will use clean and indigenous coal. 


"It has to use modern clean coal technology," Perez said, noting that the company is eyeing to source its coal requirement from either the Semirara Island or somewhere in Zamboanga. 


Perez also clarified that Kepco will not be entering into a new power purchase agreement (PPA) with the National Power Corp. (Napocor). 


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"We are interested in the privatization of the power plants of Napocor. We are looking at every opportunity in the country’s power sector," Mirant Philippines president J.R. Harris said. 


Harris said they might consider the coal or natural gas power facilities of the state-owned power firm.


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"I call on the Claredon-Mirant joint venture to support the Department of Energy’s call for the private sector to address the looming power shortage in Panay, by investing in additional generation capacity in the region," Perez said. 


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"It has to use modern clean coal technology," Perez said, noting that the company is eyeing to source its coal requirement from either the Semirara Island or somewhere in Zamboanga. 


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