House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro led the Makabayan bloc on Thursday, Nov. 9, in filing a resolution asking an legislative investigation into National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP)...
TACLOBAN CITY – The local government of Palompon, Leyte signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Oceana Philippines International during the 10th anniversary of super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name “Haiyan”) on Wednesday, November 8, to sustain an ecologically balanced municipality....
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has tossed the blame on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on its delayed rate-setting; while forthrightly claiming that all of its incurred costs and expenses are ‘legitimate’ and according to the regulatory principles...
The 7.8 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will need to cough up higher budget in their electric bills this month, as the company’s overall pass-on tariff went up by P0.2347 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to P12.0545 per kWh from P11.8198 per kWh in the October billing cycle. For...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Thursday, November 9 urged the Senate to craft a law that would set guidelines and parameters concerning the use of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF). During the plenary debates on the proposed national budget for 2024, Tolentino said it is...
On Sept. 20, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) successfully conducted the 4th JICA Chair Lecture Series at the ADMU Campus in Quezon City. Titled “Japan’s Experience on Peace Building: Bangsamoro’s Journey to Peace,” the lecture...
His Excellency Alvaro Domingo Jara Bucarey, Ambassador of Chile to the Philippines Not a lot of people know that diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Chile have been going on for 77 years now. It is, in fact, Chile’s longest running diplomatic relationship with an ASEAN country....
The University of the Philippines Diliman (UP-Diliman) launched its "Portia Sanctuary" on campus — a space aimed at promoting mental health and well-being among students and the members of the UP community. Photo credit to UP In a statement released by the university on Monday, Oct....
Many people are unaware that out of every 1,000 Filipino live births, one baby is born with a cleft lip. A cleft is a gap in the lip or the palate, which is the roof of the mouth. However, due to socio-economic disparities, a medical report states that only a few, or 16 percent, of these patients...
A Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) official disclosed the possibility of a lover’s spat as having led to the disappearance of beauty queen Catherine Camilon. Major General Romeo Caramat Jr, CIDG director, told “24 Oras,” “Quarrel among this victim at saka ‘yung...
The allowable revenues of transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) had been pared by more than half to P183.491Billion, or lower by more than P204 billion from the company’s original claims of P387.803 billion as applied for under its fourth regulatory reset. In a...
The Senate Committee on National Defense and Security has endorsed the passage of the bill mandating the construction of permanent disaster-resilient evacuation centers in all cities and municipalities in the country. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairman of the defense panel,...
