The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be prescribing new green energy auction reserve (GEAR) prices for the 8,160 megawatts of unsubscribed volumes in the recently-concluded renewable energy (RE) capacity tendering of the Department of Energy. ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta indicated...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Friday, July 14, announced the venues and dates for the in-person mass oathtaking of new physical therapists, occupational therapists, architects, and nurses. Photo credit to PRC/ Manila Bulletin PRC said the oathtaking of new physical and...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seriously weighing the resumption of collection of the P0.0364 per kilowatt hour (kWh) feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) in the electric bills of all consumers, amid dwindling subsidy fund for renewable energy (RE) capacities. According to ERC Chairperson...
San Miguel Global Power Holdings (SMGP), the electricity generating subsidiary of conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC), has bewailed the higher electricity rates that consumers are now paying after the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) denied its tariff adjustment application last year. “It...
The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) joined forces with 14 other agencies and signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to support the "Task Force Contra IUUF" that will ensure coordination among partner agencies in preventing Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (IUUF) in Western...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Thursday, July 13, that Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental, is the newly designated testing center for Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT). Photo credit to PRC/Manila Bulletin This additional testing center is part of the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has denied the Motion for Reconsideration (MR) filed by Atty. Moises Tolentino, Jr. in relation to the petition for disqualification he filed against Erwin Tulfo, the nominee next in line of the ACT-CIS party-list group. In its 26-page resolution...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued notice of awards (NOAs) to 105 winning bids in the second round of green energy auction (GEA-2), an exercise that partly fulfills the country's renewable energy (RE) development roadmap. The winning project-developers will be awarded with 20-year power...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) has signed an agreement with the Bicol Regional Gender and Development Committee (RGADC) to sustain the promotion of gender equality and localize the Magna Carta of Women in the region. (Photo courtesy of PCW) The one-year agreement, which was signed on June...
As the Philippines seeks the renewal of its inclusion in the European Union’s (EU) Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual on Wednesday, July 12, said that the regional bloc is “happy” with the recent human rights developments in the country. Trade...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), on Tuesday, July 11, announced the online oathtaking of new pharmacists. Photo credit to PRC/Manila Bulletin The online oathtaking, which will take place at 10 a.m. on July 19, will be facilitated by the PRC-National Capital Region. To register,...
ILOILO CITY – The local government units (LGUs) of the five towns in the-island province of Guimaras have been urged to craft and legislate the Expanded Local Climate Change Action Plan (EL-CCAP). PARTICIPANTS listen intently to a speaker at the 1st Guimaras Climate Change Summit on Tuesday, July...
