Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on employers to ensure the safety of workers as the heat index soars in the coming months. Gatchalian said companies ought to implement proactive measures that would shield ordinary workers from the adverse effects of a soaring heat index, given...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is confident that there is adequate supply of holiday food staple, such as onions, pork, chicken, beef, and rice, as the country enters the “ber” months. (MB file photo) Speaking at a media forum held in Quezon City, DA Assistant Secretary Arnel...
The script for market dynamics will be flipped this April because instead of a rate hike, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is hinting at a rate reduction in the electric bills of its roughly 8.0 million customers within this billing cycle. Meralco Vice President and Head of...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has beefed up its supply portfolio with additional 400-megawatt baseload power supply procurement from the Limay thermal power plant of SMC Global Power Holdings of the San Miguel group. The tariff for the new interim power supply agreement...
You think crime volume is going up during "ber" months? Well, not anymore according to the Philippine National Police (PNP). Citing its data, the PNP has recorded an 18.2 percent decrease in focus crimes across the country from Sept. 1 to Dec. 19 this year, a reverse of the usual perception...
The higher availability and dispatch of generated capacities from power plants have been softening prices in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) – and if the trend will be sustained, that could redound as reduction in the January electric bills of consumers. According to the Independent...
As the Christmas season traditionally begins as as early as September in the Philippines, United States Ambassador to Manila MaryKay Carlson took part in putting up Christmas decorations at the embassy’s residence in Baguio City. (Photos courtesy of US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay...
Angel Thoughts It is also the month of the Mother of God, when Marian devotees happily celebrate our love for her. Sept 8. is the feast day or the “birthday” of Mother Mary, and, on the 12th, we believers commemorate her most holy name and her apparition to a novice nun in Lipa, Batangas. Yes,...
It’s September again in the Philippines, which can only mean one thing—Christmas is coming. The Christmas season of Filipinos isn’t complete without their rice cake staple of bibingka and puto bumbong with grated coconut on top. (From right) European Union Ambassador to the Philippines Luc...
House Deputy Speaker and Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco (left) and Jose Mari Chan (Facebook) It's still early June, but it already feels like the "Ber months" for Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco. This, after Frasco bumped into the king of Philippine...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to strictly enforce regulations pertaining to the display of commemorative plates in the vehicles. DILG Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. said the PNP, through its Highway Patrol Group...
After intensifiyng its lending activities, the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) netted P5.35-billion earnings in the first nine months of 2022, up 177 percent versus the same period last year. The growth in the state-owned bsnk’s loans to borrowers, as well as the continued rise in net...
