Lopez-led companies First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH) and First Gen Corporation (First Gen) have been honored by the Institute of Corporate Directors for their outstanding corporate governance at the 2024 Golden Arrow Award ceremony on Sept. 19, 2024. First Gen received two Golden Arrows, while FPH received one Golden Arrow. Other Lopez-controlled publicly listed companies, ABS-CBN Corporation and Lopez Holdings Corporation, were also recognized with awards, demonstrating the Lopez Group's unwavering commitment to exceptional corporate governance.
Lopez-led First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) broke ground on a three-story mixed-use hub inside its nearly 600-hectare space in Sto. Tomas, Batangas on September 10, 2024.
MANILA, Philippines — Lopez-led First Philippine Holdings Corp. has pledged support for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) that the Philippine government and a United Nations body will co-host next month in Manila.
First Gen Corp. has been tapped by Holcim Philippines to supply electricity from a geothermal energy source to run the latter’s Mindanao manufacturing plants.
Lopez-led ThermaPrime Drilling Corp. (ThermaPrime) is acquiring three more geothermal drilling rigs to support the geothermal expansion program of another Lopez-led firm, Energy Development Corp. (EDC).
Energy Development Corp. (EDC), a unit of First Gen Corp., earned three recognitions at the prestigious Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) 2024 held at the Hilton Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual commended the First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) for its significant contribution to the industrial growth and economic development.
MANITO, Albay—The Department of Energy lauded the completion of the 28.9-megawatt Palayan Binary Geothermal Power Plant (PBGPP) of Energy Development Corp,, the renewable energy arm of the Lopez-led First Gen Corp.
Clean energy leader First Gen Corporation and nonprofit sister organization ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. (AFI), have organized an 18-member team of citizen scientists in Lobo, Batangas, as an additional initiative in support of a long-term program, co-pioneered by both Lopez-led organizations, to help preserve the marine ecosystem in the Verde Island Passage (VIP).
First Balfour has been awarded the prestigious Platinum accreditation by Investors in People (IIP), the highest accolade that can be achieved against the IIP standard and is currently held by only 2% of IIP-accredited organizations. This achievement makes First Balfour the first and only IIP Platinum accredited engineering and construction company in the Philippines.
Lopez-led PiVOT, the Philippines’ leading local contract research organization (CRO), celebrated its fifth anniversary by gathering in one venue in Manila key players shaping the future of clinical research in the country.
The government, through the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) and the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), has turned over the ownership and operation of the Casecnan Hydroelectric Power Plant to First Gen Corporation subsidiary Fresh River Lakes Corporation (FRLC).
MANILA, Philippines — Lopez-led economic zone operator First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) has lined up various community-oriented initiatives to further improve conditions in the cities of Santo Tomas and Tanauan in Batangas and underscore its gratitude to the cities generously hosting the company’s operations.
MANILA — Multinational technology company Dyson said its soon-to-rise research and manufacturing "campus" in the Philippines, which will be the size of 92 basketball courts, will be its largest software center.
Making its mark in new thriving regions, Rockwell Land is now poised to unveil its signature lifestyle and curated shopping to Central Luzon, through Power Plant Mall Angeles. The arrival of Makati City’s beloved retail destination, will bring a new era of distinct sophistication to the heart of Angeles City.
First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH) and First Gen Corporation (First Gen) were once again awarded for their exemplary corporate governance at the prestigious Golden Arrow Awards, organized by the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), on September 28, 2023.
LOPEZ-led First Gen Corp. received the first delivery of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) last month, said its president, who is now considering a second shipment.
MANILA, Philippines — ThermaPrime Drilling Corp., a geothermal drilling company of the Lopez Group, has completed its drilling program for the SM Investments Corp.-owned Philippine Geothermal Production Co. Inc. (PGPC).
MANILA, Philippines — Energy Development Corporation (EDC), the all-renewable energy arm of Lopez-led First Gen Corporation, has received accolades anew for BINHI, its institutionalized regreening and reforestation program focused on rescuing and propagating endangered local tree species.
Lopez-led First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) and FIRST Industrial Science and Technology College Inc. (FIRST College) have opened a P1-million educational fund for the benefit of poor yet bright students from their two host cities in Batangas province.
The International Finance Corp. (IFC) and First Balfour will study the viability of an electric vehicle (EV) system in the First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) in Santo Tomas, Batangas.
LOPEZ-LED First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH), one of the country’s biggest conglomerates, has completed its acquisition of The Medical Services of America (Philippines) Inc. (MSA-Philippines) after officials from both companies signed the Deed of Absolute Assignment (DOAA) on Thursday, 25 May 2023.
MANILA - First Gen Corp said on Thursday it signed a deal with the Climate Change Commission to help communities and local government units prepare plans to adopt and fight climate change.
On behalf of First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH) and its subsidiaries, together with FPH’s parent firm Lopez Holdings Corporation, we would like to express our sincere thanks for the support, the prayers and all the sympathies we received from all of you over the passing of Amb. Manuel M. Lopez, our Chairman Emeritus at Lopez Holdings and our Vice-Chairman at FPH.
LOPEZ-LED First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPH) has signed an agreement to acquire the local subsidiary of Medical Services of America, Inc. (MSA) as part of its expansion plans in the healthcare industry.
First Philippine Holdings Corp. was honored by a United Nations body that champions women’s rights for the conglomerate’s own thrusts to uphold women’s equality and empowerment.
ECONOMIC zone operator First Philippine Industrial Park Inc. (FPIP) recently donated handwashing stations to 15 public schools in its two host cities in Batangas province as part of its support to help control the spread of Covid-19 and other infectious diseases, on top of promoting proper hygiene among schoolchildren.
Read the Remarks of Federico R. Lopez, Chairman and CEO of First Philippine Holdings Corporation at the DENR Multi-Stakeholder Forum last Oct. 5, 2022.
MANILA - First Gen Corp on Wednesday said its subsidiary FGEN LNG Corp and BW LNG seek to rename the floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) to "BW Batangas" from "BW Paris."
Pi Energy Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Philippine Holdings Corp., reached a cooperation agreement with uHoo, a climate technology company, to integrate energy and anti-indoor pollution services.
LOPEZ-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) said Monday it has won a competitive auction for the power requirements of electric cooperatives (ECs) in Bohol.
TDK Philippines Corp. is powering its entire manufacturing plant in Laguna with renewable sources after it signed up with Lopez-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) for geothermal energy supply.
ROCKWELL Land Corp. on Wednesday said that it is developing two projects in the Visayas this year, when it also set to launch another premium tower at its flagship center in Makati City.
MANILA, Philippines — Lopez-led First Gen Corp. has launched an integrated electric vehicle (EV) project to further reduce the company’s carbon emissions.
MANILA, Philippines — Clean energy leader First Gen Corp. earned two Anvil Awards during the recent 57th Gabi ng Parangal ceremonies held online by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP).
Lopez-led First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPH) is donating 100,000 additional Moderna anti-Covid-19 vaccines to various local government units (LGUs) and institutions around the country as part of the Lopez Group’s continuing efforts to help the government control the spread of the pandemic.
MANILA— The Lopez-led FP Island Energy Corp said Thursday it has brought round-the-clock electricity in 3 remote islands in Camarines Sur with the completion of its microgrid projects.
Lopez-led energy solutions provider Pi Energy has forged a landmark partnership with specialist investment and development company Climargy Inc. to develop for business establishments energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) projects, designed to remove massive amounts of excess, heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and help businesses save on cost.
MANILA - Converge ICT Solutions said it has tapped clean power provider First Gen Corp as the tech company switches to 100 percent renewable energy for its main office in Pasig City.
LOPEZ-LED Energy Development Corp. (EDC) said it is now supplying clean power from its geothermal plants to Cebu-based steel manufacturer Chioson Development Corp.
Three Lopez Group companies have reallocated 10,000 doses of their COVID-19 vaccines to the cities of Santo Tomas and Tanauan in Batangas province in support of government’s overall aim of controlling the spread of the dreaded virus.
A senior executive of Lopez-led First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPH) has been recognized by a United States-based governance, risk and compliance (GRC) company as one of the world’s top 100 GRC leaders for driving FPH’s efforts toward greater diversity, sustainable practices, and sharper insights for company leadership.
The residents of Barangay Puhagan, Valencia, Negros Oriental will no longer have to travel for at least 40 minutes to Dumaguete City to get free wifi, thanks to the wireless internet connection that First Gen-owned Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has provided with its partners Department of Information and Communications Technology, Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and the local government of Valencia, Negros Oriental.
Lopez Group companies under First Philippine Holdings Corp. are working together to introduce a hi-tech, zero-emission bus shuttle service project as part of a program for integration of more green technology and decarbonization efforts.
First Gen Corp. was recognized by the Institutional Investor Corporate Awards as one of Southeast Asia’s top companies in 2021. The company bagged the most number of awards in the Philippines by leading perceptions-based poll in Hong Kong measuring top companies’ performance in financial management, adherence to corporate governance, integrated reporting/ corporate social responsibility and investor relations.
FIRST GEN Corp. is supplying Philippine Bio-Industries Inc. (PBI)—one of the country’s biggest exporters of refined carrageenan blends—650 kilowatts of electricity to energize its production facilities in Calamba, Laguna.
THE Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) celebrates Manila Water's milestone in its landmark Novaliches-Balara Aqueduct 4 (NBAQ4) project as the tunnel-boring machine (TBM) being utilized for the project has already broken through at the La Mesa Reservoir, more than seven kilometers away from its entry shaft at Balara in Quezon City. The P5.5B NBAQ4 project, one of the largest MWSS-led water supply infrastructure projects undertaken by Manila Water, entails the construction of a fourth aqueduct from the La Mesa Reservoir to the Balara Treatment Plants (BTP) 1 and 2 to improve the reliability and security of the raw water transmission system.
The Lopez group’s power generation arm First Gen Corp. announced on Thursday that it will be supplying clean power to the Taguig-based Menarco Tower of Menarco Development Corp.
From the reefs up to the ridges, Lopez Group of Companies conducted several online and on-site activities in celebration of the Philippine Environment Month this June 2021, with the theme, “Pathways to Uniting Ecosystems and Society”. The month-long celebration primarily aimed to increase the environmental awareness of the stakeholders and grow with communities as we forward our conservation efforts towards a decarbonized and regenerative future. First Gen Corporation through its Corporate Social Responsibility group (First Gen - CSR) collaborated with ABS-CBN’s Bantay Kalikasan, Energy Development Corporation, and Oscar M. Lopez Center for this environment month marking.
Lopez-led First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH) started the rollout this week of its COVID-19 vaccines for employees and dependents as part of the conglomerate’s program to help assure the health of its workforce and support government’s overall aim to achieve herd immunity against the dreaded virus.
Clean energy leader First Gen Corporation has received an upgraded environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) rating from a US-based global finance company, mainly because of the Lopez-led power company’s low carbon risk exposure and the bright prospects of its renewable energy platform.
Rockwell Land Corp., the property development arm of the Lopez Group, on Wednesday said it expects earnings in the first half to exceed the P1.08-billion net income it posted in 2020.
The Lopez Group of Companies has kicked off its series of events in celebration of Philippine Environment Month this whole month of June, with the theme “Pathways to Uniting Ecosystems and Society” that highlights the efforts of the organizations under its arm to address current environmental challenges and how they all strive to achieve a regenerative and decarbonized future.
Lopez-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC), through its BacMan Geothermal Inc. subsidiary, on Wednesday broke ground on its P7-billion Palayan Binary Power Plant (PBPP) project.
MANILA, Philippines — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the plan of Lopez-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) to offer up to P15 billion worth of fixed-rate ASEAN green bonds.
LOPEZ-led geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) in collaboration with its newest Binhi partner, the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD), aims to rescue and propagate more Philippine native tree species endemic to Palawan island.
First Philippine Holdings Corporation bagged a gold award for its maiden entry to the 6th Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA) held by CSRWorks International, a Singapore-based sustainability services firm.
LISTED energy company First Gen Corp. said on Monday that it will be supplying 2.1 megawatts (MW) of clean power sourced from its unit’s hydroelectric plant to the Araneta group’s shopping center Ali Mall.
The Energy Development Corp. (EDC), in partnership with the Counselors for Immigration and International Studies (CIS), is taking its career internship program Sikat abroad to broaden career opportunities for its scholars.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the livelihood of many Filipinos, the First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) launched Kusina sa Barangay, a community pantry project aimed to help give residents from local barangays access to food, last April 30.
First Gen Corporation will be supplying power generated from a renewable energy resource to at least four upscale township and office-tower developments of real estate leader Megaworld Corporation.
First Balfour recently turned over the shelter-in-place (SIP) facility for the First Gen Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal Project in Batangas City. The second SIP project First Balfour completed for First Gen, the LNG SIP facility sits on a 20,000-square meter area where over a hundred 20-footer container vans were set up to serve as temporary shelters.
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation has selected Norwegian firm BW Gas Limited for its five-year time chartering of floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) relative to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility that it will be setting up at its Clean Energy Complex in Batangas.
MANILA, Philippines — Lopez-led First Philec Inc. will launch green transformers made from 100-percent recyclable and biodegradable materials to help power distributors bring down system losses and reduce carbon footprint.
MANILA, Philippines — Asian Eye Institute, the largest and most trusted eye center in the Philippines, officially unveiled its e-commerce website, the Asian Eye Shop on www.asianeyeshop.com.
The Novaliches-Balara Aqueduct 4 (NBAQ4) Project shifts to a renewable energy source through the 140 MW Bacman Geothermal Power Plant on 26 February 2021. In a contract signed in early February, the NovaBala Joint Venture Corp. (NBJVC) entered into an agreement with First Gen’s Bacman Geothermal, Inc. for the supply of 900 kilowatts of electricity per month to the project facility in Quezon City.
Europe-based Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) has extended its partnership grant with Lopez-led geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) for two more years to assess and conserve additional 200 Philippine endemic tree species and 470 near-endemic species.
MANILA, Philippines — Lopez-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) is launching today its maiden green bond framework to coincide with its 45th anniversary.
EDC is also seeking certification of the bonds under the ASEAN Green Bonds Standards adopted in the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines — Lopez-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) plans to issue green bonds worth P15 billion this year as part of its push for green and sustainable power development.
Touting that businesses can either be a destructive force or a powerful agent for regenerative change, Lopez-led First Gen Corporation is opting for the latter as it pushes for the developments of decarbonized, resilient and socially-inclusive infrastructure facilities; as well as on pioneering the integration of smart cities.
Lopez-led geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) and the country’s premiere state-university, University of the Philippines (UP), have formally continued its partnership as they inked the memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the expanded Biodiversity Conservation and Monitoring Program (BCMP) III on 29 January 2021.
MANILA, Philippines — Lopez-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) has tapped two companies of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group to provide equipment and local support for the expansion project of its Bacon-Manito (BacMan) geothermal power plant.
First Balfour has achieved the prestigious Gold accreditation from Investors in People (IiP), making it the first and only IiP Gold-accredited engineering and construction company in the Philippines. A global benchmark for companies that aim for business improvement through people management, this higher accreditation reflects First Balfour’s continued commitment to becoming one of the best employers to work for in the country today.
ILOILO City --- The Lopez Group of Companies through the Energy Development Corporation (EDC) fulfilled its commitment to help the City of Iloilo in its fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as it officially inked the deal and delivered the state-of-the-art Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) machine, RNA extractor, and test kits that it donated to the city’s Uswag Molecular Laboratory in San Pedro, Molo district here on January 21.
First Gen Hydro Power Corp. of the Lopez Group is investing P6 billion to develop the 120-megawatt Aya pumped-storage project in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija.
MANILA, Philippines — Lopez-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) has kicked off the construction of the P1.3-billion expansion of the Bacon-Manito (BacMan) geothermal power plant.
EDC has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the 23-megawatt (MW) Palayan Binary Balance of Plant (BOP) work package to construction firm First Balfour Inc., also a Lopez firm.
The Energy Regulatory Commission granted the motion for reconsideration filed by First Gen Hydro Corp. to implement the P5.1908 per kilowatt-hour rate under its power supply agreement with Manila Electric Co.
Lopez-led First Gen Corp. on Monday said it will accelerate the introduction of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the country to serve the requirements of its gas-fired power plants.
LOPEZ-LED First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) received the Green, Healthy, Smart, and Sustainable Ecozone Award from the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) for FPIP’s “notable commitment to promoting healthy industrialization and sustainably designed, smart, and green economic zone.”
“As you know, I turned 65 in January so I should really just fade away already. But the pandemic, obviously, is something you can’t just walk away from. We had no choice but to get everybody together and face this most difficult challenge ever,” Padilla said in a recent interview with the Inquirer.
And it so happened that this year, amid this unprecedented global crisis, Rockwell Land is also celebrating its 25th year of creating upscale world-class communities.
Lopez-led geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation’s (EDC) Baslay coffee program in Negros Oriental successfully bagged another award, this time for being the CSR Guild’s best Corporate Social Responsibility Project for Enterprise Development this year.
MANILA — The mayor of Iloilo City on Friday thanked the Lopez family and the Lopez Group of Companies for its proposed P5.5-million worth of medical donations for the Uswag Molecular Laboratory in Molo district, as the city boosts its efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19.
MANILA - The Lopez Group has no misgivings about its decision to keep coal-fired power plants out of its portfolio, and instead invest in renewable energy, a scion of the Lopez family said on Monday.
Federico ‘Piki’ Lopez, Chairman and CEO of First Philippine Holdings Corp (FPH) and First Gen admitted that shutting the door on coal power in 2016 meant walking away from an opportunity to make a profit, and this was not easy to explain to shareholders and analysts.
Its pursuit to produce 100% clean and renewable energy as it enhances the environment and empowers its stakeholders accorded Lopez-led geothermal power leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC), the honor of being Asia’s Top Sustainability Advocate in the recently concluded 2020 Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability (ACES) Awards.
First Gen group on Friday finally signed with McConnell Dowell (MCD) an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)contract for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Batangas province, which they expect to start building within this quarter.
Lopez-led geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has begun providing 20-40 megawatts (MW) of temporary power and food assistance to Albay and Sorsogon today as part of its aid to the Bicol region that was devastated by Super Typhoon Rolly on November 01.
The current “new normal” brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has shifted everyone’s life from face-to-face interaction to virtual events and interactions, including students who now need to do distance-learning for their education.
To help its scholars adjust with the new normal of learning, Lopez-led geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) tapped Taiwan-based multinational electronics and computer company ASUS to provide free laptops to its current 110 scholars.
Lopez-led First Gen Corp. is preparing a distribution plan to deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) throughout the country ahead of the construction of its offshore terminal in Batangas.
MANILA - First Gen Corp said Friday its wholly-owned subsidiary FGEN LNG Corp was eyeing the development of small-scale liquified natural gas (ssLNG) solutions at the First Philippine Industrial Park.
With the COVID-19 pandemic changing the way we conduct our everyday lives and business, many people, businesses, and institutions had to adapt quickly. The First Industrial Science and Technology School (FIRST School) – a wholly-owned technical-vocational senior high school of First Philippine Holdings (FPH) – is no different. FIRST School quickly adopted new practices to help students and faculty cope with the shift to digital learning.
MANILA, Philippines — Rockwell Land Corp., the Lopez-owned property developer, is hoping to take advantage of the booming economy of North Luzon with the development of a new mixed-use community in Pampanga.
FGEN LNG Corp. (FGEN LNG), a wholly owned subsidiary of First Gen Corp. (First Gen), has formally issued a request to tender for a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) to 3 interested bidders.
First Gen Hydro Power Corp. of the Lopez Group pledged P33 million in financial support to help the local government of Pantabangan in Nueva Ecija complete the town’s water supply and distribution system.
When First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH) Chairman and CEO Federico Lopez declared in 2016 that his companies would not invest, develop, or manage any coal-fired power plants, many in the energy industry balked. Coal, after all, was generally considered the least expensive and most convenient way to meet the needs of a growing economy and for one of the largest power producers in the country, refusing to build coal plants was just leaving money on the table.
Lopez-led Asian Eye Institute, the country’s eye care center with the widest network of eye clinics, has introduced alternative clinic procedures and services to safely continue serving eye patients who need urgent treatment, including surgical procedures, even in the midst of the pandemic.
MANILA - The Management Association of the Philippines has chosen Federico “Piki” Lopez, Chairman and CEO of First Philippine Holdings Corp, as the MAP Management Man of the Year 2020.
Jacobs Engineering has donated USD10,000 to KEITECH Educational Foundation to help fund its student-trainees’ tuition and fees. KEITECH is a technical-vocational school established in 2009 by geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) in partnership with the local government of Kananga in Leyte and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). It aims to address the high poverty incidence and unemployment rate in the municipality by enabling qualified youth to acquire top skills that are locally and globally in-demand.
First Gen Corp. signed a deal with Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. to push ahead with a joint project to develop a temporary offshore import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Batangas City. It also picked an Australian engineering firm to build it.
Liquefied natural gas may be introduced into the Philippine market as early as the third quarter of 2022 as First Gen Corp. and its partners have secured from the Department of Energy a permit to build an LNG terminal in Batangas.
Rockwell Land, for example, has long initiated and rolled out new measures, even adopting the latest technologies in its office towers to comply with the new health protocols. Premium grade office spaces in 8 Rockwell in Makati, The Rockwell Business Center-Ortigas in Pasig, Santolan Town Plaza in San Juan, and The Rockwell Business Center-Sheridan in Mandaluyong all ensure that tenants and employees can function safely and efficiently.
Employee volunteers from First Gen Corporation held a hi-tech and innovative tree-planting activity in the midst of the pandemic, and raised in the process thousands of pesos in donations for indigents in a Batangas town whose means of livelihood have been affected by the coronavirus.
First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) held the soft opening of its Iconic Bridge last September 1.
Adding aesthetic value to the park, the Iconic Bridge now connects FPIP II to the park’s newest facility expansion FPIP III cutting a significant amount of travel time between the two locations. With its unique design, the 55-meter-long bridge spanning over the San Juan River showcases a towering metal structure to be lit up with FPIP colors once completed.
Energy Development Corporation (EDC) is taking a huge step to help Negros Oriental put up its own COVID-19 testing facility by donating about P8.5- million worth of equipment, including two state-of-the art Real Time Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) machines.
Over 10 years since its launch and successful implementation, Lopez-led geothermal leader Energy Development Corp. (EDC) is taking the next step to its greening legacy by partnering with the Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
First Balfour, a member of the Cebu Link Joint Venture (CLJV) with Acciona S.A. and D.M. Consunji, Inc., makes significant progress in the construction of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) project. The project, which aims to ease traffic congestion between Cebu and Mactan Island, is scheduled to be completed by 2021.
Singapore — The Philippines' largest gas-fired power producer, First Gen Corp, plans to start limited construction at its Batangas LNG import facility in a couple of months, and bring in its floating storage regasification unit by 2022, Jon Russell, the company's executive vice president and chief commercial officer said in a recent interview.
Upscale property developer Rockwell Land was among those who had been quick on its feet, having rolled out new programs since the beginning of the pandemic early this year. Because it had communities to protect and service, the company has since been on its toes to find urgent solutions for every concern it had to face especially as lives were on the line.
The Lopez Group on Thursday donated 2 container vans with shower facilities for stranded passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in City.
Global investment firm KKR today announced that, following the completion of the voluntary tender offer period by Valorous Asia Holdings (the “Offeror”), an entity owned by KKR investment funds, the Offeror has accepted all of the 427,041,291 common shares of First Gen Corporation (PSE: FGEN) (First Gen) that were tendered by shareholders at the close of the tender offer, representing approximately 11.9% of First Gen’s outstanding common shares.
Philippine General Hospital boosts COVID-19 testing capacity through Lopez Group donation of new COVID-19 testing machines. The increased testing capacity also helps the hospital test its frontline health workers.
In light of recent instances of false solicitations for employment on social media, we would like to inform the public that all job vacancies for First Philippine Holdings (FPH) are only posted through our official pages and accounts. FPH has never and will never require any form of payment for processing job applications.
The P10 million that First Philippine Holdings Corporation paid in income tax is part of a total of P5.175 billion in income taxes that the company and its subsidiaries paid in 2019
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) has accepted an offer from the Lopez Group to help the state university hospital increase 10 times its capability to test for the virus SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Lopez-led geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has successfully completed its population survey of 35 threatened native species of trees under its BINHI program.
Our Chairman Federico R. Lopez was one of the leading environmental advocates featured in a series of Earth Day videos posted by Earth Day Network Philippines.
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday opened the COVID-19 quarantine facility at Pier 15 in Manila, built through a P100-million donation from the Lopez Group of Companies.
Narvacan, Ilocos Sur Mayor Luis “Chavit” Singson announced Monday, 20 April 2020, the completion of a joint project with the Lopez Group and The Medical City (TMC) to retrofit Singson’s MetroTent Convention Center in Pasig City into a temporary home for TMC employees fighting the spread of Covid-19.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Friday it received a P100 million donation from the Lopez Group of Companies to boost its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response efforts.
The management of Lopez-led First Philippine Industrial Park, the developer and operator of the industrial park in Batangas has teamed up with two leading hospitals in Tanauan and Santo Tomas to provide free shuttle service to medical workers and other frontliners battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
The First Philippine Holdings Corporation of the Lopez group will earmark ₱100 million as financial support to poor families being displaced in their work and livelihood due to the tragic hit of the novel coronavirus.
First Gen Corporation, the country’s largest clean and renewable energy producer, has earned an improvement in its environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) rating from a US-based global finance company that regularly measures the resilience to ESG risks of companies all over the world.
Lopez group-owned Energy Development Corp. (EDC) is looking to establish binary plants at its existing geothermal facilities in the country by the end of this year to boost its power-generation capacity.
First Gen Corp. said on Tuesday that its board of directors had approved the increase in its authorized capital stock to P13.2 billion from P11.6 billion by creating redeemable preferred shares.
“No kind is left behind in EDC’s mission to build a clean energy future. EDC powers and protects people and planet, striking the right balance between energy, biodiversity, and community.”
First Gen Corp. has been awarded a hydroelectric power service contract by the Energy department to develop a 120-megawatt (MW) pumped-storage hydroelectric facility in Aya, Pantabangan in Nueva Ecija province, the Lopez-led listed company said over the weekend.
Last January 17, First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) held a briefing for its 135 locators on the activities of the Taal volcano and on disaster preparedness.
Asian Eye Institute and SKY partnered to provide students with free eye checkups and prescription glasses through the Kislap Mata: Malinaw na Mata, Malinaw na Kinabukasan project. Students were also taught the importance of having healthy vision and having good eye care habits,so they can perform well in school, sports and in socializing among their peers.
Energy Development Corporation (EDC), a subsidiary of First Gen Corporation, is taking the lead in aligning its human rights disclosures with the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGP) on Business and Human Rights (BHR)
Energy Development Corp. (EDC) was again given the top credit rating by local debt watcher Philippine Rating Services Corp. (PhilRatings) for its P7-billion outstanding bonds.
In the greenfield-brownfield battle royale on the forthcoming competitive selection process (CSP) of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the 414-megawatt San Gabriel combined cycle gas-fired power plant of First Gen Corporation is being lined up to join the auction process.
FIRST GEN Corp. has placed the capital expenditure for its proposed floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) at $300 million, or a fraction of its budget for the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, its president said.
MANILA, Philippines — Lopez-led First Gen Corp. reported a 46 percent jump in its net income in the first nine months of 2019, driven by higher electricity sales from its clean fuel platforms.
Employees of Lopez-led First Gen Corp. recently conducted a tree planting at the Masungi Georeserve in Baras, Rizal, as part of efforts to rehabilate the reservation area.
Expect a barrage of parties, reunions, and celebrations on your way now that the holiday season is coming. After all, the last quarter of the year really brings out everyone’s festive side.
Lopez-led property developer Rockwell Land is set to unveil in Canlubang, Laguna, its first high-end subdivision development and also foray into Bacolod’s residential condominium market as part of P12.7 billion worth of new residential inventory to be launched this year.
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