The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Tuesday, April 16, a high number of voter registrants in its inaugural two-day Special Register Anywhere Program (SRAP) and satellite registration inside the military camps of Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte and Camp...
Flourishing solar power developer giant Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC) has secured P9.0 billion worth of loans from Yuchengco-led Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) with an option to increase it to P20 billion; and that will be funneled mainly for the commercial development of its...
Public hospitals in the Philippines are looking to integrate sustainability into their operations, as they recognize the significant risks climate change poses to public health and economic wellbeing. The healthcare industry is focusing on transitioning to renewable energy, given its significant...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole electric distributor in this city, welcomed the energization of the Cebu-Negros-Panay 230-kilovolt (kV) backbone project of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines. THE substation of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines...
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has sternly cautioned the country’s 121 electric cooperatives (ECs) not to be tempted on exploiting the retirement fund of their employees or in utilizing them as convenient piggy bank ready for embezzlement. NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano...
President Marcos has committed to prioritize the relocation of families living in danger zones. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the turnover of housing units in Bataan on April 9, 2024. ( (Photo courtesy of PPA/Rene Dilan) Marcos said this during the turnover of National Housing...
President Marcos (middle) interacts with Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar (left) and National Housing Authority (NHA) General Manager Joeben Tai (right) during the turn-over of housing units to 216 families who are beneficiaries of the...
The crippling blackouts that plunged Panay island into a state of distress in the initial days of the New Year has less chance of recurrence because of the completion of the 230-kilovolt (kV) Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) project of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. That has been the...
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto (Senate PRIB) Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel has urged the Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto to visit Japan and seek funding for the long-delayed Mindanao Railway...
President Marcos has formed an interagency committee intended to streamline the process of land acquisition necessary for the implementation of all railway projects in the country. Through Administrative Order No. 19 dated March 25, Marcos created the Inter-Agency Committee for Right-of Way (ROW)...
CEBU CITY – A family in Antequera, Bohol is the latest recipient of the “Libreng Alagad ug Balay” (LAB) project of the Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO). BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado (fourth from right) and Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO) chief Police Col. Lorenzo Batuan (third from...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo has signed the diplomatic notes for Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) worth P92.701 billion (JPY250 billion) for road and subway projects aimed at modernizing the country’s infrastructure. Department of...
