In line with the celebration of World First Aid Day (WFAD) 2024, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) announced on Friday, Sept. 13, that it will launch its first-ever Nationwide First Aid Olympics. (Philippine Red Cross / Manila Bulletin) With the theme, “First Aid and Sports,” this year’s...
President Marcos was showered with affection on his 67th birthday by his family members who expressed how much he meant to them. First Family (bongbongmarcos/Instagram) First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos was among the first to wish her husband a happy birthday. In a Facebook post, she expressed how...
Owing primarily to the ancillary services as component of the transmission charge, the overall tariff of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) had climbed by P0.1543 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in this September billing to P11.7882 per kWh versus P11.6339 per kWh last month. The tariff...
Globe Telecom of the Ayala Group has renewed its strategic partnership with First Gen Corporation, a leading renewable and clean energy firm, to further its commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050. The telco said the partnership will contribute to expanding Globe's Renewable Energy (RE) sites...
As part of its objective to unify the public, Malacañang has officially opened a Presidential Museum in Baguio City which aims to inform Filipinos about their history and culture. The Baguio Mansion House which houses the Presidential Museum Palace Social Secretary Bianca Zobel said in an...
Telecommunications giant PLDT Inc. and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have expanded renewable energy (RE) capacity sourcing from Lopez-led First Gen Corporation to power additional six of their network facilities. According to First Gen, a major PLDT facility that will...
With additional revenues to be drawn from geothermal assets that are coming on commercial stream, Lopez-led First Gen Corporation is expecting overall profit boost this year, according to a top executive of the company. First President and COO Francis Giles B. Puno indicated that at least 83...
As it seriously takes its share of the burden on the global decarbonization goal, property developer Arthaland Corporation has signed a new power supply agreement (PSA) with Lopez-led First Gen Corporation for energy services that will ramp up its usage of renewable energy (RE) resources. According...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos likes to go on a quiet vacation during her birthdays. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel B. Pabalate) Her husband, President Marcos, revealed this when asked how they celebrated the First Lady's birthday on Wednesday, Aug. 21. "Ang birthday, si First Lady...
President Marcos took to social media his greeting for First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos who is celebrating her 65th birthday. On her special day, the President said the First Lady deserves to "slow down" and be celebrated. "To my beautiful wife Liza Marcos, on this day, you deserve to slow down and...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation will supply geothermal-generated electricity to global cement firm Holcim for the operation of its manufacturing plants in Mindanao. That green power supply draw will be a key component of the latter’s decarbonization journey. In the power supply agreement (PSA)...
The regulator-approved pass on of the deferred charges of First Gen Corporation on its gas use for power generation and capital recovery on liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility investment will hike Meralco rates by P0.32 to P0.33 per kilowatt hour (kWh) starting in its October billing to...
