A university professor has backed the idea to incentivize the use of electric vehicles (EVs) which can help mainstream its usage in the country. Abigail Arillaga, a chemist, said that it will be harder to shift to EVs unless the government rolls out monetary incentives for its use along with an...
The number of registered SIM cards in the Philippines has breached 52 million, said the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), 30 days before the mandatory measure ends. Based on the latest tally issued by the DICT, there are now 52,380,146 registrants nationwide. “The...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has logged slight drop in megawatt-savings for the country during Saturday’s Earth Hour, hence, this prompted Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla to further intensify his call for Filipino consumers to sustain energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) as a routine...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has issued straightforward warning to consumers to brace for rotational blackouts after the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) has thumbed down its bid to extend monthly its existing ancillary services contracts. The ancillary...
A pause in interest rate hikes is likely in the policy meeting of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in May, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. "The BSP has done enough, in my view,” Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno told reporters after the central bank raised its benchmark interest rate...
Malacañang said the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) would propose the necessary policy recommendations to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in two months -- the time when the study on Executive Order (EO) No. 138 is expected to be completed. Communications Secretary Cheloy...
Startups connected to and related to the digital interactive and design domains can now benefit from the Benilde Hub of Innovation for Inclusion (HIFI) launched by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the and the De La Salle College of Saint Benilde (CSB). According to DOST, the...
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo emerged as the top government spokesperson in the Philippines, a non-commissioned and independent survey showed. The “Boses ng Bayan” nationwide survey led by the RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc....
The Philippines and China have agreed to adhere to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific as both countries find ways to settle their differences amid their maritime row. Manila and Beijing expressed their commitment as...
PAGBABAGO The issue is whether to accept the proposal of the Department of Education which is to abandon the teaching of MTB-MLE or the Mother Tongue in Grades 1-3 and to merely adopt it as a medium of instruction. Or to continue with both as proposed by E-Net, a Civil Society Network for Education...
One hundred students from Malolos Integrated School Atlag and Bulihan Elementary School have benefitted from the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s (DICT) cyber hygiene training. Through its program called Project CLICK, the DICT provided at least 100 students with...
The Department of Health (DOH) encouraged Filipinos to participate in the observance of Earth Hour 2023, an annual event that seeks to raise awareness about climate change. The Earth Hour is aimed at inspiring people to take initiatives in “generating awareness regarding the current situation and...
