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Some powerful lessons from Switzerland

By Roman Floresca | October 27, 2014 - 12:00am

Switzerland can provide some powerful lessons in terms of water resources utilization.

Business

Meralco prepays P4.9-B debt

By Iris Gonzales | July 4, 2014 - 12:00am

Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s biggest power distributor, has successfully prepaid P4.9 billion in debts last month.

Business

Aboitiz Power ends 2013 with P18.6B net income

March 14, 2014 - 12:00am

Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower) saw its bottom line amount to P18.6 billion in 2013, a 24% year-on-year (YoY) drop from P24.4 billion in 2012. This translated to earnings per share of P2.53.

Freeman Cebu Business

AEV posts P21-B profit in 2013

By Neil Jerome Morales | March 13, 2014 - 12:00am

The weakness in the power business dragged the performance of conglomerate Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. (AEV) last year.

Business

Use of solar power urged to lower oil dependence

By Iris Gonzales | May 27, 2013 - 12:00am

Harnessing solar power in the Philippines can decrease the country’s  dependence on the increasing and volatile prices of fossil fuels as bulk of the country’s supply of crude and finished petroleum...

Business

Meralco power sales up slightly in January-July

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | August 28, 2009 - 12:00am

Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s largest power distribution firm, reported an improvement in its energy sales in the first seven months of the year.

Business

AEV reports P1.4-billion net income in 1st quarter

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | May 9, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines – Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. (AEV), the listed holding firm of the Aboitiz family, posted a net profit of P1.4 billion in the first quarter this year, 20 percent higher than the previous...

Business

Napocor sales up 2% in H1

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | October 27, 2008 - 12:00am

Despite a drop in demand, state-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor) recorded a slight increase in its energy sales in ...

Business

Meralco, Aboitiz remain top customers of Napocor

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | January 20, 2008 - 12:00am

Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) remained as the National Power Corp.’s (Napocor) biggest customer with energy sales to the Lopez-owned utility of 14,197 gigawatt-hours (gwh) in 2007.

Business

Napocor sees need for additional capacity in Visayas

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | July 4, 2006 - 12:00am

The National Power Corp. (Napocor) sees a need to install additional capacity in the Visayas region soon as the growth rate in the area in the first quarter of 2006 was twice as high as the projected 5.5 percent...

Business