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PNOC-Alternative Fuels Corp. is ready to start building new biodiesel plants in its  530-hectare industrial park in Bataan, a top company official said.


PNOC-AFC president Peter Abaya said the Office of Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) has approved the entry of investors engaged in alternative fuels in its industrial park.


He said the OGCC has construed the construction of refineries of alternative fuels as a petrochemical-related activity. 


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                    [Title] => Petrochem workers may lose jobs due to smuggling
                    [Summary] => Thousands of workers in the local petrochemical industry may lose their jobs if the smuggling of imported petrochemical plastic resin goes on unabated, a spokesman for the industry warned yesterday.


Willie Paras, chairman of the Association of Petrochemical Manufacturers of the Philippines (APMP) said that local sales volumes have gone down due to the proliferation of cheap smuggled items which escape tariff payments.


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                    [Title] => South Korea charges RP before WTO with unfair trade practice
                    [Summary] => South Korea is lodging a formal complaint against the Philippines before the World Trade Organization (WTO) after the government ruled against 10 Korean resin exporters for dumping polymers into the country.


A top government official revealed yesterday that South Korea is accusing the Philippines of unfair trade practices before the WTO when it imposed a five-year dumping duty on imported polypropylene (PP) resin from South Korean exporters.


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                    [Title] => PNOC arm eyes 30% stake in naphtha cracker plant
                    [Summary] => The PNOC Petroleum Development Corp. (PPDC) is looking to acquire between a 30 to 34-percent stake in the country’s first naphtha cracker project, to be located in Limay, Bataan.


When commissioned, the $600-million project will have a capacity of 600,000 to 700,000 metric tons per year.


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                    [Title] => Gatchalian to pull out 25% stake in Air Phils
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It's the end of the airline partnership between two business tycoons and close
associates of President Estrada: Lucio Tan and William Gatchalian.

Just two weeks after the crash of an Air Philippines flight in Davao -- the
worst in local aviation history -- Gatchalian's Wellex Group said it would pull
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Arthur Ponsaran, corporate secretary of Air Philippines International Corp.
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PNOC-AFC president Peter Abaya said the Office of Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) has approved the entry of investors engaged in alternative fuels in its industrial park.


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Willie Paras, chairman of the Association of Petrochemical Manufacturers of the Philippines (APMP) said that local sales volumes have gone down due to the proliferation of cheap smuggled items which escape tariff payments.


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A top government official revealed yesterday that South Korea is accusing the Philippines of unfair trade practices before the WTO when it imposed a five-year dumping duty on imported polypropylene (PP) resin from South Korean exporters.


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Just two weeks after the crash of an Air Philippines flight in Davao -- the
worst in local aviation history -- Gatchalian's Wellex Group said it would pull
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Arthur Ponsaran, corporate secretary of Air Philippines International Corp.
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PNOC unit to start construction of new biodiesel plants in Bataan

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | February 5, 2007 - 12:00am

PNOC-Alternative Fuels Corp. is ready to start building new biodiesel plants in its 530-hectare industrial park in Bataan, a top company official said. PNOC-AFC president Peter Abaya said the Office of...

Business

Petrochem workers may lose jobs due to smuggling

January 12, 2002 - 12:00am

Thousands of workers in the local petrochemical industry may lose their jobs if the smuggling of imported petrochemical plastic resin goes on unabated, a spokesman for the industry warned yesterday. Willie Paras,...

Business

South Korea charges RP before WTO with unfair trade practice

By Des Ferriols | December 8, 2000 - 12:00am

South Korea is lodging a formal complaint against the Philippines before the World Trade Organization (WTO) after the government ruled against 10 Korean resin exporters for dumping polymers into the country. A top...

Business

PNOC arm eyes 30% stake in naphtha cracker plant

October 13, 2000 - 12:00am

The PNOC Petroleum Development Corp. (PPDC) is looking to acquire between a 30 to 34-percent stake in the country’s first naphtha cracker project, to be located in Limay, Bataan. When commissioned, the $600-million...

Business

Gatchalian to pull out 25% stake in Air Phils

By Christina Mendez | May 4, 2000 - 12:00am

It's the end of the airline partnership between two business tycoons and close associates of President Estrada: Lucio Tan and William Gatchalian. Just two weeks after the crash of an Air Philippines flight in...

Business