Manuel V. Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Company has put up a new switching station for a data center in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Meralco’s new infrastructure will support the power needs of VITRO Inc.'s AI-powered hyper-scale data center. VITRO is a subsidiary of ePLDT and the data center arm of the...
Manila is gearing up for a spectacular celebration of fitness, music and community as the ASICS Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series returns to the city from Nov. 23 to 24 at the iconic Rizal Park. With close to 8,000 runners already registered across four race categories – 5K, 10K, 21K, and...
Starting on Tuesday, November 5, some parts of Antipolo City and Cainta will have no water for up to eight hours as a result of the line maintenance activities by Manila Water. Portions of Antipolo City’s Barangay Mayamot, (including Summerville Subdivision, Oro Vista Royale, Far East Asia,...
A vital meeting took place last week between United Nations Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion that gave impetus to the important contribution of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in enabling the Philippines to achieve significant progress in...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will need to revisit and review a few matters with power distribution giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) regarding its fifth regulatory period (5RP) as it said that they were expecting a refund approval last week. During a media briefing, reinstated ERC...
The international community is one with the Philippines in mourning for the victims of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine. The embassies of Russia, the Netherlands, European Union, Israel, France and Japan expressed their solidarity with the Philippines on the National Day of Mourning on...
The reinstatement of Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chair Monalisa Dimalanta — after she had served partially a six-month preventive suspension ordered by the Office of the Ombudsman — provides an opportunity to reassess the current state of affairs in the governance of the electric...
With the growth in sales of the distribution utility (DU) during the first nine months of 2024, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) expects that its total number of customers will reach eight million by next month. During a media briefing, Meralco reported that its total customer count reached...
Thousands of cemetery-goers, both residents and non-residents, flocked to the cemeteries in Angono, Rizal, on November 2, All Souls Day. Mayor Jeri Mae Calderon said the three cemeteries in the Art Capital of the Country-Angono Public Cemetery, Saint Clement Catholic Cemetery, and Sympathy Memorial...
The observance of All Saints' Day in the province went on without any major incidents according to the police. Except for experiencing delays in reaching the cemeteries because of the traffic, cemeterygoers observed November 1 as a normal All Saints' Day in most parts of the province. The usual...
Today, Nov. 2, is All Souls Day, the day for paying respects to our departed ones, a custom that Filipinos have always practiced beginning Nov. 1, which is All Saints Day. A popular commentary on this custom is that many consider their dearly departed relatives as “saints” for...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte on Friday, November 1 urged fellow lawmakers to expedite the passage of the measure that would expand the list of basic goods and commodities to be covered by the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) prize freeze during natural...
