MANILA -- In May last year, tycoon Dennis Uy, a campaign donor to President Rodrigo Duterte, looked poised to take over one of the Philippines' most important energy assets. The Malampaya gas field, which supplies one-fifth of the country's power needs, would give Uy another foothold in a strategic industry and burnish his prolific deal-making record under a presidency he backed.
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