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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.

 

 

 

PCC Advisory: Trunkline Service Interruption

 

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/ PCC to begin more thorough review of Ayala's acquisition of Northern Luzon drugstore chain

PRESS RELEASE
23 April 2024

PCC to begin more thorough review of Ayala's acquisition of Northern Luzon drugstore chain

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has begun an in-depth review of the proposed acquisition by the Generika Drugstore operator of a substantial stake in a Northern Luzon drugstore chain. AHCHI Pharma Ventures Inc. (Ayala Pharma Ventures), which operates Generika Drugstore, and Joleco Resources Inc., which operates St. Joseph Drugstore, notified PCC last January 13 of their proposed transaction, which would involve Ayala Pharma Ventures acquiring a 49-percent stake in Joleco Resources. An initial data-gathering by PCC Mergers and Acquisitions Office (MAO) under its Phase 1 review pointed to potential competition concerns in the retail sale of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical products across 28 localities in Northern Luzon. These localities span the Ilocos Region and Cordillera Administrative Region. Given the above, the MAO recommended opening a Phase 2 review, which entails conducting a more detailed and extensive assessment on whether the transaction may lead to a substantial lessening of competition in the relevant markets. Under the Philippine Competition Act of 2015, the PCC is mandated to review mergers or acquisitions to ensure that these deals will not substantially lessen competition in the relevant markets and harm consumer welfare.

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REFERENCE:
publicaffairs@phcc.gov.ph
PCC Public Affairs and Research Division



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