State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is awaiting firm commitment from Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) before deciding to advance any further discussion or negotiation on its targeted purchase of the ‘banked gas’ that can be utilized for the...
Energy Undersecretary Donato D. Marcos has been designated officer-in-charge (OIC) of the National Power Corporation (NPC), a state-run firm that has very strategic residual function of providing electricity access to island-mode or off-grid areas. The Office of the President, through the authority...
Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) chairman and Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III has wished Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso good luck as the latter takes on a new role as Aksyon Demokratiko's president. Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso (Jansen Romero/MANILA...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, August 9 said he is unperturbed with the emerging number of political parties that have pledged their support to Hugpong ng Pagbabago’s Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Sotto, Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) chairman, and who is expected...
Confident that he has the "unanimous" support of his partymates, Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) chairman and Senate President Vicente Sotto III declared Wednesday, August 4, that he will not change his mind about seeking the vice presidency even if fellow-NPC member Senator Sherwin...
In line with its continuing asset-divestments, state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is trying to court prospective bidders for its Paco-Manila property that is being lined up for ‘negotiated sale’ arrangement. The real estate asset had been prescribed...
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) has already collected P653.218 billion, out of the P911.040 billion proceeds that the government fetched from the divestment of National Power Corporation’s power generation and transmission assets. That level of...
Leaders of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) have started talks in preparation for the 2022 national and local elections. (Seated, from left) Former House Speaker and Davao de Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senator Panfilo...
Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez will be seeking a seat in the Senate in the 2022 elections. Incumbent Leyte 4th District Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez files on October, 2018 her certificate of candidacy for reelection in the 2019 midterm polls. (Marie Tonette Marticio/MANILA BULLETIN...
The upcoming election tandem of Senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Vicente "Tito" Sotto III will not be campaigning against the Duterte administration but will be pushing for reforms that the current government failed or did not do enough. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (left) and...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has issued a cease-and-desist order (CDO) to the website Pilipinas2022.ph for multiple violations of the Data Privacy Act even as it warned voters against giving their personal information as part of surveys to gauge public pulse for the 2022 national...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has issued its first guidance on the adoption of tools in the digital economy that will unlock potentials of domestic enterprises to tap the ASEAN market. In a statement, NPC said the first guidance harmonizes harmonize data management and cross-border transfer...
