Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, Feb. 3, promised to make electric cooperatives (ECs) a part of the “energy family” if she’s elected president in the May 2022 polls, rejecting proposals to privatize the cooperatives. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo)...
Sorsogon Governor Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero has called on the national government to relax its requirements for small cooperatives to receive assistance and subsidies if the country wants to facilitate an inclusive post-pandemic recovery. Escudero, a senatorial aspirant running under the...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday urged the Senate to reject the measure that seeks to grant a franchise to Bicol Light and Power Corp. (Bicol Light). De Lima said granting franchise to Bicol Light would be counterproductive especially to the constituents of Iriga City and the towns of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged the National Electrification Administrtaion (NEA) to immediately utilize the Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund (ECERF) to help electric cooperatives affected by Typhoon Odette restore power lines within their areas. Gatchalian, who chairs...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has called on electric cooperatives in Luzon and Mindanao spared from the onslaught of Typhoon "Odette" to send help to areas affected for immediate restoration of their power supply. "In the spirit of unity, I appeal to all coops who were not...
Malacañang is looking to implement changes in its electrification game plan in a bid to achieve 100 percent electrification of the country by 2022--the last year of the Duterte administration. (Kai Gradert/ Unsplash) President Duterte signed Executive Order (EO) No.156 on Friday, Dec. 10 in order...
The controversial takeover of the Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco), one of country’s top-performing electric cooperatives, could teach a lesson to the National Electrification Administration (NEA), Vice President Leni Robredo said on Monday, Dec. 6. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Robredo,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has joined calls for a congressional inquiry into the alleged forceful take over of the Bengue Electric Cooperative (BENECO) offices to shed light on the circumstances leading to changes in its management. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy, said he is...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has continued assisting micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) through its Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Northern Mindanao Federation of Dairy Cooperatives Facebook page) The...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi Jr. has praised the work rendered by the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which is nearing the completion of its task to electricity all barangays in the country. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from DOE Facebook page) "Before, only...
Despite the pandemic, the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) accredited 1,648 transport cooperatives with 154,898 members, the Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) Friday, (June 25) reported. “We registered 400 percent increase in the number of...
The House Committee on Energy on Monday, May 24 approved a bill that would give the Joint Congressional Energy Commission (JCEC) a permanent status, removing in the process its expiration as a body exercising oversight functions on the energy sector. In a committee hearing alternately presided over...
