The Department of Energy (DOE) is undertaking a series of public consultation to solicit stakeholder-inputs and comments on the proposed revision of the competitive selection process (CSP) or the bidding system for power supply agreements (PSAs) of distribution utilities. The energy department...
The Governance Commission for Government-owned or Controlled Corporations (GCG) has approved the request of the Duty-Free Philippines Corporation (DFPC) to defer the implementation of the Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR) of the Restructuring Plan (RP) for 60 days from 15 March 2023. In a...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Friday afternoon, April 14, announced that 1,420 out of 2,275 examinees passed the April 2023 Pharmacists Licensure Examination. Lyndale Lauron Gallardo from Cebu Doctors University was hailed as the exam's top notcher after garnering a 93.55 percent...
Residents of Benguet may conveniently avail of the Professional Regulation Commission’s (PRC) services as the agency is set to mount an outreach program in the area on April 18. In order to further bring its services closer to Filipinos, PRC on Thursday, April 13, said it will be mounting a mobile...
At least 2.6 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will continue to receive discounts in their electric bills as mandated under Republic Act 11552 or the Extended Lifeline Rate Act. According to Meralco Vice President Lawrence S. Fernandez, the total amount of rate discounts to...
After the various interventions employed to make the voter registration run smoother, the Commission on Elections said on Wednesday, April 12 that it eyes to conduct the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in malls. In a media forum in...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday, April 12, that it is open to a hybrid voting system yet it would not just involve a single technology. In a media forum in Manila, Comelec Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco stated that during the 1st National Election Summit held last month...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be revising the rules that will set reliability indices for power plant operations, primarily their permissible allowance on planned and forced outages. According to ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta, the existing reliability index is “very...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. extended his support to the hosting of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 and the Philippine Sports Commission-led Task Force by calling a meeting Wednesday, April 12 at the Malacañang Conference Room in Manila. *Deputy Senior Executive Secretary Hubert...
The drafting of the national anti-poverty agenda and poverty reduction plan as part of the administration's Philippine Development Plan 2023–2028 is already in progress, said National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Lead Convenor and Secretary Lope B. Santos III in a briefing on Tuesday,...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will no longer issue “certificates of exemption” (COEs) on the competitive selection process (CSP) requirement for distribution utilities' (DUs) supply procurement underpinned by their power supply agreements. In an advisory issued on April 3 this year, Energy...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) The European Commission's (EC) decision to extend its recognition of seafarers' certificates issued in the Philippines should prod the Senate to consider the passage of the proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers. Thus, said Camarines...
