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Globe, PLDT reach out to Philippine watchdog

2016-06-22 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Telcos warns investigation into San Miguel deal is creating 'atmosphere of uncertainty'.

Competition watchdog nixes Canal Plus deal with beIN

2016-06-13 15:55:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) French pay TV operator Canal Plus said France's competition watchdog has not approved of its deal with Qatari entertainment platform beIN. The Competition Authority has not given its green light for the exclusive distribution of beIN channels with Canal offerings. The French company said it will have to figure out another way of staunching losses at Canal Plus' French channels.

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Greens pledge new environmental protection laws and independent watchdog

2016-06-06 22:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The Greens want to create a tougher independent environmental watchdog and a new set of environment laws for Australia. They said the current system is failing because it is too easily exploited by powerful miners and developers. The Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, said the Greens will push in the next parliament to establish an independent statutory national environment protection authority (NEPA), modelled on the EPA in the United States. He said the new NEPA would enforce Australias...

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Chile environmental watchdog investigates GeoPark for illegal fracking

2016-06-03 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: SANTIAGO Chile's SMA environmental regulator said on Friday it was investigating Latin America-focused oil and gas explorer GeoPark Ltd for alleged violations, including fracking activities without having the necessary permits. Inspections in 2014 and 2015 of GeoPark's hydrocarbon project in the Fell block, located in the southern Magallanes region, detected "hydraulic fracturing activities in different wells, without the environmental permits required by law for this type of activity," the regulator...

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