DOE scraps coal bid, plans rebid in weeks as Semirara contract nears expiry
‘We’ll rebid in a few weeks. New rules, new bidding,’ Energy Secretary Sharon Garin tells Rappler as Semirara’s contract nears its July 2027 expiry
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[Inside the Newsroom] Making sense of Pax Silica
Reporting on the US-backed AI initiative reveals a story that stretches beyond technology — to protests, geopolitics, and the fight over the narrative
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Pax Silica, El Niño: Environmental issues for SONA 2026
From landfill crises to water supply concerns surrounding Pax Silica, which environmental issue do you think should be mentioned in this year’s SONA?
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Maharlika Fund: A top taxpayer with billions barely invested
Three years after its creation, the overwhelming majority of Maharlika’s capital still sits in banks collecting interest, though the sovereign wealth fund has cautiously started investing in ports, power, and mining
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MGB: No Chinese firms dredging in Zambales for island building in West PH Sea
Dredged materials from Zambales go to the Bulacan airport and Manila Bay reclamation, says the regional director of Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Central Luzon
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[OPINION] Will Pax Silica be another proverbial fish that got away for the Philippines?
Pax Silica cannot be treated as a leisurely long-term development masterplan. It must lock in binding corporate commitments, sign multilateral joint ventures, and physically break ground while it possesses maximum geopolitical value to its Western allies.
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Riding the clean energy and AI wave: Marcos wants to go beyond ore exports
President Marcos’ critical minerals policy means tapping more mineral reservations as his administration envisions a robust processing industry
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DPWH halts Laguna de Bay reclamation in Taguig | The wRap
Today’s headlines: Reclamation project, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., EJ Obiena
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As Atlas Mining leaves by 2027, SMIC expects 2GO, renewables to fill gap
The planned Atlas transfer is less a Sy family exit from mining than a reshuffling of where those assets sit, though the departure of this crucial earnings driver will leave a hole for SMIC to fill in its portfolio
