IN BRIEF: • The mining and metals industry is facing heightened operational complexity due to ageing mine sites, regulatory pressures, and the need for…
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	The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said it is restarting the rate review process for all private distribution utilities (PDUs), implementing streamlined rules to address… 
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	By Justine Irish D. Tabile, Reporter THE quality of the workforce remains the main source of the Philippines’ competitive edge in the information technology… 
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	By Andre Christopher H. Alampay LOPEZ ECOFARM, a family business in Masbate, had been counting on the upcoming fruit and vegetable harvest before Typhoon… 
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	ECONOMY SECRETARY Arsenio M. Balisacan said the slowdown in luxury spending due to the public works corruption scandal could mean that consumption will be… 
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	THE DEPARTMENT of Energy (DoE) is looking to grant incentives for pioneering waste-to-energy (WTE) projects, including exemptions from the competitive selection process (CSP) and… 
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	THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it delivered production equipment to artisanal “budbud” salt makers in Iloilo. The equipment grant was… 
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	THE European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) said it will head to Cebu next week for discussions with the business community there.… 
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	THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is allocating P3.3 billion to procure 300 rice drying systems over the next three years, raising capacity… 
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	GERMANY views its trade relationship with the Philippines to hold much untapped potential, an embassy official said. The two countries’ views on international politics… 
