The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is scheduling next week the deliberations on the deferred cost recoveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG) that First Gen Corporation had utilized for electricity generation at its gas-fed power plants in Batangas. As full pass-on of LNG costs had not been...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Police Regional Office-5 will enforce a one-day total gun ban as part of the security measures for President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s third State-of-the-Nation Address on July 22. DIZON (FB) Police Brig. Gen. Andre P. Dizon, PRO-5 director, said that gun owners are...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Nika Llamanzares The effectiveness of the K to 12 system has been a topic of debate ever since it was introduced in 2013. According to the Official Gazette of the Philippines, the system, especially through its addition of the last two years of high school, is supposed to...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Lt. Gen. Jaime S. de los Santos Patriotism can build a strong nation. On July 3, 2024, the newly elected members of the Board of Trustees of the Veterans of World War II took their oath of office, administered by PVB Chairman Roberto de Ocampo. This organization,...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Nika Llamanzares I have this red, floral dress hanging in my closet. I haven’t touched it in three years. The only reason it's even in my closet is because my favorite youtuber recommended it. Her videos ended up going out of fashion, and so did the dress. This has happened to...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A confiscated illegal drugs worth P9.8 billion and arrested 6,269 suspected drug pushers in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon or the Calabarzon region from January 1 to July 2. PRO 4-A chief Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas...
The commercial operations of the P7.0 billion Palayan binary geothermal power project of Energy Development Corporation (EDC) will partly quench the energy thirst of the Luzon grid, as this will add up 28.9 megawatts into the system. The facility serves as an expansion of its 140MW Bacon-Manito...
Citizen scientists from the coastal town of Lobo in Batangas province return home after a recent monitoring dive in a nearby marine protected area. Clean energy leader First Gen Corporation and nonprofit sister organization ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. (AFI), have organized an 18-member team of citizen...
ILOILO CITY – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Rommel Marbil inaugurated four new police stations in this city on Tuesday, July 2. Marbil was joined by Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, Iloilo City police director Col. Joeresty Coronica, and Vice...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Lt. Gen. Aurelio B. Baladad (Ret) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) commemorates its 77th anniversary today. Its initial organization in 1935 as the Philippine Army Air Corps to its founding in 1947 and remarkable transformation into a territorial defense force is a testament...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 seized 584 guns and 46 explosive devices in the campaign against loose firearms in the Caraga region from January 1 to June 26. PRO 13-Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Nika Llamanzares Before leaving for college abroad, I was invited to a college send-off party. As expected, most of the kids invited were international school students. Their curriculum was built to satisfy international university requirements. However, I did not...
