Partido Reporma standard-bearer Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has assured Filipino farmers a wider state-funded program that would install solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS) on their paddy fields and plantations. Senator Ping Lacson (Facebook) Lacson revealed this plan in a dialogue with farm leaders...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday welcomed the signing into law of the bill that seeks to institutionalize microgrid development in the Philippines, saying this would help the country realize total electrification by the end of the year. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy,...
President Duterte has signed into law the measure that promotes the use of microgrid systems to accelerate the total electrification of underserved and unserved areas nationwide. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11646 or the Microgrid Systems Act...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday welcomed the signing into law of the measure that promotes the use of microgrid systems as it would help accelerate the total electrification in unserved and underserved areas in the country. President Duterte has signed Republic Act No. 11646 or the...
Various weather systems may bring isolated rains and thunderstorms across the country in the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Saturday, Jan. 15. Screengrab / PAGASA YouTube Page PAGASA weather specialist Samuel Duran...
Several weather systems may bring rain showers and thunderstorms in the country, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Monday, Jan. 3. (Screengrab / PAGASA YouTube Page) In the next 24 hours, PAGASA said that the shear line, also called...
Various weather systems such as the northeast monsoon, shear line, and intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) prevail across the country, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Tuesday, Dec. 21. (Screengrab / PAGASA Facebook Page) In the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is closer to getting the international Quality Management System certification. (DSWD/MANILA BULLETIN FILE) This after the DSWD successfully hurdled the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 Stage 1 Certification Audit...
Four drones worth P200 million have been provided by the United States (US) to the Philippine Air Force (PAF) to boost the country's capabilities in surveillance as well as in disaster relief missions. SURVEILLANCE BOOST-- The United States has turned over four unmanned aerial systems to the...
The Senate on Monday, Sept. 27 approved on third and final reading five local bills that seek to declare five “ecologically vital areas” as protected sites under the National Integrated Protected Areas Systems (NIPAS). Approved were House Bill No. (HBN) 9329 or the Banao Protected Landscape Act...
The United Nations (UN) in the Philippines and French government will continue to provide meals to some 160,000 children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) despite the closure of schools for in-person classes due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he is upbeat there is still hope that the country can achieve total electrification of all households by 2022. This was after the Senate passed on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 1928 or the proposed Microgrid Systems Act on Monday, September 13. The bill...
