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Manila Electric Co., the country’s biggest power distributor, is setting aside P154 billion in capital expenditures from 2016 to 2020 to expand its distribution and generation business.
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Manila Electric Co., the country’s biggest power distributor, is setting aside P154 billion in capital expenditures from 2016 to 2020 to expand its distribution and generation business.
Two upcoming grassroots events of the Philippine Sports Commission will be discussed in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday, November 5, at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
Lyceum of the Philippines University will try to claw its way back into Final Four contention as it battles a scrappy San Sebastian College in Tuesday’s resumption of NCAA Season 100 at the Filoil EcoOil Arena.
To pull even with TNT, Barangay Ginebra did something that’s not been done throughout the PBA Governors’ Cup – send the defending champions tumbling to back-to-back losses.
Ending with a flourish, the Philippines bagged the overall title in the ICF Dragon Boat World Championships here on a calm, sunny Sunday morning at the course overlooking the Puerto Princesa Baywalk here.
The Philippines smothered Hong Kong, 9-2, yesterday to complete a sweet sweep and a five-peat feat in the East Asia Baseball Cup at The Villages Sports Center in Clark, Pampanga.
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