DUBAI, UAE – Ayala-controlled ACEN Corporation, which has been expanding its investment foothold across foreign markets, is batting for capacity auction that will primarily delve with integrated renewable and energy storage system (IRESS) as prospective replacement for capacities that shall be...
Senator "Ramon" Bong Revilla, Jr. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, reminded the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to ramp up its inspection and audit of infrastructures throughout the country on the heels of recent earthquakes. "Nitong nakaraang linggo lang ay niyanig tayo ng mga lindol (We...
DUBAI, UAE -- The strategy of the Philippines in line with the COP28 Global Stocktake for energy transition will differ to a great extent, because it will be opting for coal plants’ phasedown, instead of the intensified call of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...
To promote vigilance against scams this holiday season, Scam Watch Pilipinas and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), an attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), launched the “Holiday Watch PH” campaign on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at...
An earthquake on Tuesday, December 5, cut short an important discussion between Sen. Francis Tolentino and Philippine Ambassador to China Jaime FlorCruz covering the swarming in Juan Felipe Reef and the upcoming Christmas convoy in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Sen. Francis Tolentino (middle) is...
The Commission on Appointments’ (CA) has finally confirmed the ad interim appointment of Department of Health (DOH) chief Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa and Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Tuesday, December 5. The CA, led by its chairman Senate President...
The government supports gender-responsive, nature-based solutions to close the climate finance gap, Department of Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said. “Recognizing this, the Philippines’ Department of Finance actively supports the mainstreaming of gender initiatives in the mobilization of...
Sen. Raffy Tulfo called out the presence of discrimination in hiring K to 12 senior high school graduates since most jobs in the country still prioritize college graduates. Sen. Raffy Tulfo proposes the integration of an enterprise-based training program into the senior high curriculum as soon as...
“Energy security’ is a crescendo that has not come yet for the Philippines despite the years of restructuring and rumbling changes in the power industry – and it was also hardly a stuff for reasoned policy analysis through the years. That then places the country in a catchup mode - not just...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday, Dec. 4, emphasized the Cybersecurity Bureau's plan to establish an additional 15 Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT) by 2024. DICT Secretary Ivan John E. Uy at the Philippine CERT Conference 2023. (DICT...
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno urged the setting up of a new collective quantified goal (NCGQ) of a minimum $100 billion per year on climate finance to strengthen countries’ climate action. Climate finance is described by the UN as financial resources and instruments...
The attractiveness of the Philippines in terms of renewable energy (RE) investments had climbed notches higher, with the Bloomberg NEF Climate Report ranking it as one of the top five globally. The Philippines had clinched the fourth spot in the Bloomberg NEF report, next to the major markets of...
