The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) recommended that Filipino households implement simple but effective strategies to combat hunger and malnutrition. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a statement on Feb. 29, the department urged and supported all...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Department of Agriculture successfully conducted cloud seeding in collaboration with the Philippine Air Force and the Bureau of Soils and Water Management to ease a dry spell caused by the El Niño in the Cagayan Valley region. CLOUD seeding was conducted in Region...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), on Thursday, Feb. 29, confirmed that all the government agencies are “always” targets for hackers. Photo from Unsplash The CICC, an attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), emphasized that...
Power system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will be leasing its fiber optics and other broadband-related infrastructure to the government to help concretize the wish of many Filipinos for high-speed internet connectivity. With an accelerated pace of rollout for the...
Greenfield as well as expansion generating facilities of Aboitiz Power Corporation will be shoring up power supply in the country this year by additional 400 megawatts – mainly coming from its solar plants that will be reaching commercial stream in the months ahead. In a briefing with reporters,...
Philippine officials and key industry players will be on a one-week Nuclear Energy Mission to Canada this March to scrutinize the policy frameworks and regulatory regimes of this developed market - primarily on how it had set the bar high on its ‘cradle-to-grave’ precept of nuclear energy...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco arrived here on Tuesday, February 27, to launch the agency’s Philippine Experience Program (PEP): Culture, Heritage and Art Caravan in Western Mindanao. MAYOR John Dalipe hosts a fiesta lunch at Santa Cruz Island for...
The government is still setting its eyes on China's funding for the South Long Haul Railway Project, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. Transport Secretary Jaime Bautista told reporters that the Export-Import Bank of China sent its technical working group to the country last year to look...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said that the World Bank has committed to develop financial instruments tailored to address the Philippines' vulnerabilities to natural calamities. According to the DOF, these instruments will be designed to strengthen the country's emergency response capabilities,...
Over 4.4 million Filipino households will benefit from P106.3 billion allotted for the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) this year. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said that the 2024 budget for 4Ps is larger than the P102.610 of the...
Gas field operator Prime Energy Resources Development B.V. (Prime Energy) has announced the award of a contract to US firm subsidiary One Subsea of the Schlumberger group, for the supply of equipment for phase 4 drilling in the extended Malampaya project. The supply of equipment, according to the...
Razon-led Prime Energy is sorting out ‘rigorous routine maintenance inspections’ and plant shutdowns at the Malampaya facility as a preparatory step for planned fresh round of exploration and drilling activities for the extended production life cycle of the gas field. “For a facility with...
