The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is pushing for the the elimination of child labor in the country’s fishing and aquaculture sectors by 2028 as part of its drive to uphold labor standards and strengthen social protection in the industry. DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the...
All gambling-related advertisements have now been added to the list of items or categories subject to mandatory screening under the new agreement between the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) and the Ad Standards Council (ASC). Signed on Wednesday, July 16, the memorandum of...
After two years under a rigorous global labor compliance review, the Philippines has taken a leading role in shaping international standards for the fast-growing platform economy, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. DOLE Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma said the Philippines’s...
More than 34,000 concerns from Filipino workers on workplace conditions and employment-related welfare were addressed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through its Hotline 1349 in the first quarter of this year. In a report from the DOLE Information and Publication Service, the...
The financial industry remains a prime target for cyberattacks, despite the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) new framework to enhance cyber resilience, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company has warned. Kaspersky, a cybersecurity firm, reported that the finance sector...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has secured three contracts for a total of 500-megawatt capacity that will satiate its requirements for renewable energy (RE) supply portfolio as prescribed under the government-enforced Renewable Portfolio Standards. The tariffs cornered by the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is already preparing warranted standards for the targeted escalation of ethanol blend to gasoline products at the level of 20% (E20) by volume from currently at 10%. To firm up the eventual Philippine National Standard (PNS) for gasoline with higher bioethanol...
DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte of the first district here has been honored as Honorary Congressman of the Year in the Nation Builders and Mosliv Awards ceremony in Manila on November 30. Sustainable Standards Inc. (SSI) hosted the event to acknowledge and celebrate leaders driving positive...
The renewable energy-based capacity contracting of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) which now hovers at 1,800 megawatts had so far exceeded its initial target of 1,500 megawatts. Its ramped up capacity of clean energy procurements, according to Meralco Vice President and Chief Sustainability...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is leading the race on compliance to the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) with 1,880 megawatts of contracted renewable energy (RE) already secured in its supply portfolio. The power firm indicated that it was able to surpass its initial...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will be issuing guidelines for the "opt-in mechanism" of industry participants on procuring percentage of their required renewable energy-generated supply from a pool of government-awarded RE capacity under the green energy auction program (GEAP). In a draft Circular...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is planning a separate ‘auction call’ for the power supply agreements (PSAs) to be awarded to offshore wind investors via the Green Energy Auction Program (GEAP) of the government. According to Atty Marissa P. Cerezo, director of the Renewable Energy Management...
