The Philippine Stock Exchange has slipped 3.26 percent year-on-year so far this 2025, leading investors to look for defensive stocks that combine stability with cash-flow visibility. Energy stocks have answered that demand.
The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) has yet to find clear direction this year. So far, it has slipped by 3.26 percent year-to-date and extended the weakness that started last year.After a volatile market last year, driven by ...
Erik Lim’s Top Line currently dominates the B2B fuel segment in Cebu and Central Visayas, serving over 200 clients and capturing 10 percent of the region’s white station or independent market. This week, Top Line Business Development Corp is going public with the goal of raising up to P732 million through its listing on the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Erik Lim stands at the forefront of a new generation of Filipino entrepreneurs reshaping the nation's fuel and infrastructure sectors.As co-founder and CEO of Topline Group of Companies, Lim has transformed a modest startup into a diversified conglomerate engaged ...
Top Line Business Development Corp will be the fourth company to make its debut in the PSE this year.
Top Line Business Development Corp. can proceed with its planned initial public offering for up to P2.87 billion after the Securities and Exchange Commission gave it the go-signal.In a news release on Wednesday (October 9), the SEC said it ...
Independent oil players have taken a bigger share of the local fuel market away from the so-called Big 3 in recent years. Here’s one of those players from Cebu run by three siblings that have announced plans to open as many as nine new retail fuel stations this year.
When the local oil industry was deregulated in 1998, it paved the way for smaller independent players to compete against the so-called Big Three oil companies-Petron, Shell, and Caltex. New players entered the market and pumped more than P30 billion ...
Mober offers sustainable logistics services with its all-electric vehicles.
Mober, an electric vehicle startup in the Philippines, is set to expand its fleet after securing an investment of $6 million (P350 million) from the Southeast Asia Clean Energy Facility II (SEACEF II). The funding allows the company to increase the number ...
The Anti-Bill Shock loan allows power distributors to spread out incremental increases in customers’ bills by up to nine months.
Facing due dates is like beating deadlines at work, except you spend money to pay for your bills. For a lot of people, it could be stressful and frustrating, especially when you know you've been consuming so much - whether that's ...
The power giant says it is looking to adopt nuclear energy to address supply problems.
Hot weather pushing up demand for electricity is normal, especially during the summer. But the scorching heat we've been experiencing the past few weeks, triggered by both the dry season and El Niño, has become unbearable-to the point people ...
Strong numbers still come secondary to bringing light to underserved communities and a balanced approach to energy.
Aboitiz Power Corp. showcased robust financial performance in 2023, maintaining its strong upward trajectory that began three years ago, as it doubled down on its purpose of transforming energy for a better world. The listed energy generation and distribution firm capped the ...
Natural gas is among many options being explored as alternatives to fossil fuels, which some fear may run out later on or may become too expensive to produce after it reaches the peak oil level.
Geologists from the University of the Philippines may have found a source of natural gas in the Manila Trench, located some distance west of Luzon. In a press statement posted recently on the UP Diliman College of Science web page, researchers Elisha ...
It would be nice if solar and wind could give us all the power we need, but we’re going to need nuclear. Here’s what it could look like—and what’s standing in the way.
We'd all like to live in the world of fairytales and gumdrops where all our power comes from the wind and the sun. But when you talk to people who know what they're talking about, one thing becomes clear: Wind ...
Geothermal energy is clean and cranking 24/7. It could be a fascinating factor in our low-carbon future.
Geothermal energy is an ancient technology that's on the cutting edge in the here and now. It's clean, it's cranking 24/7, and it's potentially hugely abundant. This is harnessing the heat emanating from deep in the Earth ...
Among the energy-related stocks in the market, Synergy Grid is one of the most promising to recover strongly.
Energy-related stocks have been one of the hardest-hit sectors in the stock market since inflation and interest rates began to rise early this year.The total market capitalization of listed energy companies in the Philippine Stock Exchange has lost as ...
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