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System Maintenance Advisory: MAO E-Notification System

Please be advised that the MAO E-Notification System will undergo scheduled maintenance to implement system enhancements from 01 April to 06 April 2026. During this period, the system will be temporarily unavailable.

The last day for electronic submissions through the MAO E-Notification System will be on 31 March 2026 (5:00 PM).

If there are submissions due during the scheduled maintenance period, all concerned parties are advised to ensure the early submission of the necessary documents prior to the maintenance dates.

The enhanced MAO E-Notification System will resume normal operations on Tuesday, 07 April 2026.

For any questions or concerns, please contact the Mergers and Acquisitions Office via email at mergers@phcc.gov.ph or by telephone at +632 8771 9722 local 252.

Please be guided accordingly.

 

 

 

Advisory: LMS Rebranding to PCC eCLASS

In line with its rebranding efforts, PCC's Learning Management System (LMS), previously known as iCLP: Online Learning Hub on Competition Law and Policy, will now be called PCC eCLASS: Enhanced Competition Learning Activities Spaces.

Correspondingly, the platform’s domain name will be changed from iclp.phcc.gov.ph to eclass.phcc.gov.ph.

Please be advised that the LMS will be temporarily unavailable from March 27, 2026 (5:00 PM) to March 31, 2026 (11:59 PM) to facilitate this transition.

Beginning April 1, 2026, users may access PCC’s online courses through the new domain.

 

 

 

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/ Call for Comments: Acquisition by Universal Robina Corporation of Assets of Central Azucarera Don Pedro Inc. and Roxas Holdings Inc.

Call for Comments: Acquisition by Universal Robina Corporation of Assets
of Central Azucarera Don Pedro Inc. and Roxas Holdings Inc.

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) invites stakeholders, sugar millers, sugar producers, farmers, and interested individuals to submit comments on the acquisition by Universal Robina Corporation (URC) of assets of Central Azucarera Don Pedro, Inc. (Don Pedro)  and Roxas Holdings, Inc. (RHI), which is currently pending review.

URC, is a subsidiary of JG Summit Holdings, Inc., and is engaged in a wide range of food-related business, including the production of packed goods and beverages, sugar, agro-industrial products, and bioethanol. URC, through its Sugar Division, operates six (6) sugar cane mills. Don Pedro, on the other hand, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Roxas Holdings, Inc. Don Pedro operates an integrated sugar cane milling and refining plant in Nasugbu, Batangas.

URC will acquire all buildings, improvements, machineries and equipment, laboratory equipment, spare parts and transportation equipment, as well as the land on which the aforementioned assets are located, and such other assets which are necessary for the continuing operations of the refinery and milling plant located at Brgy. Lumbanga, Nasugbu, Batangas.

The public may send their comments via e-mail to 

mergers@phcc.gov.ph

 with subject title “Comments on URC-Don Pedro and RHI Transaction,” or via mail to Philippine Competition Commission located at 25th Floor Tower 1, Vertis North Corporate Center, North Avenue, Quezon City 1105. Please ensure that comments will be received by the Mergers and Acquisitions Office on or before 15 September 2018.