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Pepsi Philippines: Lotte buyout plan gets antitrust body's approval

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 10:17 AM

Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc said Monday the country's antitrust watchdog approved the plan of Lotte Chilsung to buy out its fellow shareholders. Read more »

PH specialty coffee gets the spotlight at national coffee tilt

Jeeves de Veyra
Posted at Mar 12 03:21 PM

It was Philippine specialty coffee’s time to shine at the 2020 Philippine National Coffee Competition held from March 9 to 11 at the SM Megamall Fashion Hall. Read more »

Duterte offers at least P1 million prize for silent drill competition

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 08:04 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he could offer at least P1 million in prize money for the Presidential Silent Drill competition as he urged state troops to stage daily exercises. Read more »

Anti-trust body flags competition 'concern' if ABS-CBN closes down

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 08:50 PM

If ABS-CBN goes off air, its market share will "gravitate" towards the competition, an official of the Philippine Competition Commission told senators on Monday.  Read more »

Antitrust body raises mergers, acquisitions thresholds for notification

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 17 12:42 PM

The threshold size of either firm or entity before the transaction will be increased to P6 billion from P5.6 billion effective March 1. The threshold for the size of transaction will be raised to P2.4 billion from P2.2 billion, the PCC said in a statement. Read more »

Google draws anger with vacation homes feature

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 11 07:15 AM

More than 30 travel firms -- including TripAdvisor and Expedia -- complained on Monday to the EU's powerful anti-trust authority that search giant Google is unfairly trying to encroach on their business.  Read more »

PCC working with other regulators to harmonize policies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 11:12 PM

The Philippine Competition Commission gathered experts from all over the world to discuss how regulation and legislation can go hand-in-hand with competition policy. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 20, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 12:42 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Police officers dedicate 'Tala' dance to victims of Taal

Alren Beronio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 03:52 PM

Police officers from Police Regional Office-7 dance to the hit song “Tala” at the Cebu City Sports Complex during the Sinulog Festival Dance competition awarding ceremony, Monday. Read more »

Grab needs 'big competitor' to temper dominance: antitrust chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 10:22 AM

A "monitor" will be established "soon" to check on the refund, Philippine Competition Commission Chairman Arsenio Balisacan said. Grab started crediting the P19 million in refunds to app users' digital wallets as it denied overcharging. Read more »

Ilang pasahero dismayado sa nakuhang refund mula sa Grab

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 12:31 AM

Ang refund ang resulta ng multang ipinataw ng Philippine Competition Commission sa Grab. Read more »

Mga pasahero ng Grab kinuwestiyon ang natanggap na maliit na refund

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 07:44 PM

Kinuwestiyon ng mga pasahero ng Grab ang maliit na refund na natanggap nila. Read more »

'Thanks sa piso': Grab refund stirs Twitter conversation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 01 04:19 PM

Ride-sharing company Grab started refunding its users on Tuesday based on a ruling of the country's antitrust watchdog. Read more »

Gatchalian wants stiffer penalties for Grab PH for continuous violations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 05:17 PM

The senator said the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has penalized Grab four times for breaching price and service quality obligations within the year and that this was unacceptable, especially for commuters. Read more »

Grab to credit refunds to riders starting Dec 31

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 01:32 PM

Grab riders need to complete a KYC or know your customer process to avail of the refund, which will be credited to the user's GrabPay digital wallet. More details are available in the Grab app and on its website, the company said. Read more »

PMA wins Duterte's first silent drill competition

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 06:28 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte led the awarding of P300,000 to the winning PMA platoon which got a score of 96.65 percent. Read more »

Mitsubishi-Filinvest joint venture secures antitrust body's approval

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 01:54 PM

A Dec. 10 decision cleared the joint venture, Spectrum Alabang Properties Inc, to develop projects in Alabang and Muntinlupa as the deal was deemed unlikely to result in lessening of competition, the PCC said in a statement.    Read more »

P16-M panibagong multa sa Grab, ipinataw ng PCC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 01:50 AM

Higit P16-M panibagong multa ang ipinataw ng Philippine Competition Commission ang ride-hailing firm na Grab dahil sa mga paglabag nito sa mga commitment nito kaugnay ng presyo at mga driver cancellation. Read more »

Grab pinagmumulta ng P16 milyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 07:34 PM

Pinagbabayad din ng Philippine Competition Commission ang Grab ng higit P16 milyon na multa dahil sa umano ay overpricing at driver cancellation. Read more »

ADB approves $23.2-M loan to upskill employees of PH competition commission

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 11:51 PM

The Asian Development Bank approved a multimillion-dollar loan to help the Philippine Competition Commission upskill its workers. Read more »