The enclosed and cramped spaces where miners work likely made it easy for the virus to spread, the Department of Health says.

As part of government’s renewable energy push, the Department of Energy also suspends endorsements of greenfield coal power plants.

Businessman Manny Pangilinan's PXP Energy also bared interest in buying Shell Philippines' 45% stake in the Malampaya natural gas project, now a three-way race for control of the facility that's about to be depleted.