The second green energy auction (GEA-2) administered by the Department of Energy (DOE) logged a relatively low turnout with bidders subscribing 3,580.76 megawatts only or just roughly 30-percent of the 11,600MW total capacity offered to investors for delivery within 2024-2026 timeframe. Preliminary...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) urged leaders, managers, and human resource (HR) practitioners on Monday, July 3 to participate in the series of comprehensive learning and development (L&D) programs offered by the Civil Service Institute (CSI) this July. “As the training and development arm of...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is advancing its plea for regulatory support -- primarily on the removal of caps and for the timely approval of its capital expenditure (capex) program, so it can inject much-needed investments for the massive-scale integration of...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) released a statement on Monday, June 3, regarding the sexual assault incident that occurred along Ylanan Street inside the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman campus in Quezon City. "We extend our deep concern to our victim-survivor. I have asked the...
Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (Facebook) The Commission on Appointments (CA) has received the appointment papers of 25 newly-promoted senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), CA Assistant Minority Leader Rep. Johnny Pimentel bared on Sunday, July 2. “The...
The Philippine government will be provided with a €4 million (around P240 million) technical assistance by the European Commission (EC) to help improve the education and training of Filipino seafarers. *(File photo) * In a statement Saturday, July 2, Maritime Industry Authority (Marina)...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) urged to advocate the enactment of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression Equality Act (SOGIE) to protect people from different types of discrimination in private and public institutions. In a statement, PCW acknowledged that the lack of a...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered government agencies to "keep their eyes open" and employ the whole-of-government approach to address poverty. *ANTI-POVERTY AGENDA—President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over the first National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) En Banc...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Friday, June 30, the venue and date for the face-to-face mass oathtaking of new chemical engineers. Photo credit to PRC/Manila Bulletin In a Facebook post, PRC stated that July 7 is the scheduled in-person oathtaking at the UP Diliman in...
Following a Supreme Court ruling affirming the rights of electricity consumers on unwarranted service disconnections, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) stipulated that it will pay attention to the tenets of that verdict on its planned review of the Magna Carta for Residential Electricity...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will now prepare for two polls in 2025; the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) and the May 2025 National and Local Elections after the Supreme Court (SC) declared unconstitutional the law postponing Dec. 5, 2022, BSKE. In a public briefing,...
There will be no changes with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) preparations for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections 2023 in October even after the Supreme Court (SC) declared unconstitutional the law postponing Dec. 5, 2022, BSKE, the poll body's top official said. "Nothing will...
