Ravi (left) and Red Velvet (Instagram) K-pop boy band VIXX’s member Ravi has apologized to girl group Red Velvet after a song with the same name in his new album “Roses” has stirred controversy and angered fans. Ravi released his new album “Roses” on June 3 containing seven tracks...
Secretary Alfonso Cusi doesn't believe that he has been remiss in his job as Department of Energy (DOE) chief as a result of him tending to his tasks related to politics. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Ariel Fernandez / File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Cusi also wears the hat of vice chairman of ruling...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi apologized to the public Thursday, June 3 for the rotational brownouts that struck parts of Luzon the past few days when power reserves in the region were way down. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Screengrab from Facebook live) In a televised press...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has stressed that it wants "compliance" from power plants, distribution utilities (DUs), and other industry players when it comes to the rules it is implementing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOE Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella (PCOO /...
’TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has placed the entire Luzon grid under red alert due to insufficient power supply. As rotational brownouts loom due to low power reserves brought by high electricity demand, this latest electricity...
The House Committee on Higher and Technical Education on Wednesday, June 2, approved the substitute bill that seeks to institutionalize the 1989 accord between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (UP-DND) into the UP Charter of 2008. University of the...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Regulation and Research (CDRR) has finally released 408 Automatic Renewal (AR) drug applications weeks after receiving a show-cause order from the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA). ARTA ARTA made the statement after it ordered FDA-CDRR director...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) filed a complaint against a barangay chairman in Caloocan City for his alleged inaction on a businessman's request for a barangay clearance for more than a year. ARTA In a statement, ARTA said it had filed a case against Chairman Jose Ramirez of Barangay 186, Zone...
The Department of Energy (DOE) wants the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to look into the various power plant outages that has caused the Luzon grid to slip in an out of "red alert" status. (Photo by Hey Porter / Unsplash) "Being a performance issue, the DOE likewise calls on the ERC to look...
Dwindling power reserves Monday, May 31 caused the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to declare "red alert" and "yellow alert" status over the Luzon grid, it was learned from the Department of Energy (DOE). (Photo from DOE Facebook page) A statement from the DOE Monday bared that...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has called on government agencies to follow the lead of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in reforming business processing. ARTA ARTA Secretary Jeremiah Belgica lauded the two agencies and urged others to follow...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) received a food truck from Australia which is capable of providing hot meals to hundreds of people in aftermath of calamities and disasters. The food truck is capable of catering hot meals to 800 disaster-affected people within the first 8 hours of operation. (Photo...
