Meralco power rates slightly up anew in March
MANILA, Philippines — The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will implement another power rate hike this month, the country's largest electric power distribution company said on Friday.
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Jokic books another triple-double as Nuggets trounce Celtics
LOS ANGELES – Nikola Jokic bagged his 20th triple-double of the season as the Denver Nuggets held off the Boston Celtics, 115-109, in their heavyweight NBA showdown on Thursday (Friday Manila time).
PNR to suspend Metro Manila operations to 'speed up NSCR project'
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Railways (PNR) will halt its Governor Pascual-Tutuban and Tutuban-Alabang operations starting March 28, 2024 to "accelerate" the construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project in Metro Manila.
PVL clarifies eligibility of Jaja Santiago, Jia De Guzman after overseas stints
MANILA, Philippines – The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) clarified the eligibility of former players Jaja Santiago and Jia Morado-De Guzman as they recently ended their respective stints in the Japan V. League.
Green Archers, Red Lions tagged as favorites in Aspirants’ Cup
MANILA, Philippines – Back-to-back reigning champion EcoOil-La Salle and runner-up Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda headline the cast as the PBA Developmental League ushers in its 2024 calendar with the Aspirants’ Cup on March 14 at the Filoil EcoOil Centre.
Record 660 players sign up in Southwoods Invitational golf tourney
MANILA, Philippines – The Manila Southwoods Invitational is set to kick off from March 13-16 at the Masters and Legends courses in Carmona, Cavite, featuring an impressive roster of 330 teams with 660 players hailing from diverse sectors such as business and sports.
Osaka off the mark at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, United States -- Naomi Osaka powered through on a third match point to advance to the second round of the ATP-WTA Indian Wells Masters on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Italian qualifier Sara Errani.
PLDT forms shared digital services company called Digico
PLDT [TEL 1278.00 ?0.9%] [link] said yesterday that it has created “a new digital entity” called Digico that will act as a “platform for a serious [MVP Group]-wide digitalization effort”. Digico will be co-owned by TEL, Smart, Meralco [MER 365.20 ?0.5%], and Metro Pacific Investments (MPI), which the disclosure referred to as the “MVP Group of Companies”. According to TEL, Digico is expected to facilitate “payments and rewards systems” for users and “be ‘the app’ for all Filipinos”. Referring to the Filipino people, Manny Pangilinan (MVP) said that “your growth is a priority for us”, and followed this up by saying that Digico “will serve as a catalyst that could unlock new revenue streams and drive incremental value.”MB BOTTOM-LINE: Lots of big companies have shared services teams like this, especially for IT assets and services. Why make each company spend the time and money to roll its own payment processing system when those efforts could be concentrated on delivering one system capable of handling the entire group’s needs? Makes sense on paper. Building this digital infrastructure also makes it easier for the MVP Group of Companies (is it just me, or is it kind of wild to refer to these companies in this way?) to grow new subsidiaries or pursue new customer-facing opportunities knowing that they’ve already got this part of the challenge solved: just plug the new company into the existing digital platform and away you go.