The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said Tuesday, Jan. 3, that it is prepared to face legislators for a possible inquiry into the power outage and technical glitch of its air navigation system that forced the closure of the country’s airspace on New Year’s Day. A standard...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A looming power shutdown in Occidental Mindoro scheduled at the start of the year was averted after the National Electrification Administration (NEA) promised to intervene for the immediate release of a government subsidy to a disgruntled power provider in the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has lined up contingency measures to stem probable power service interruptions during the two-week maintenance shutdown of the Malampaya gas production facility in Feb. 4 to 18, 2023. Primary step pushed by the energy department is the designation of a “must-run...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has given operators of floating cottages in Cordova, Mactan Island 10 days to stop their operations. Garcia issued the ultimatum when she and Cordova Mayor Cesar Suan met owners of the floating cottages Wednesday, August 17, to discuss measures after high...
The Department of Energy (DOE) revealed that the 165-megawatt Casecnan hydropower plant had been on forced shutdown since October last year due to "unresoved issues" with the indigenous peoples (IPs) in its host community in Nueva Ecija. This came to light as the DOE admitted that the facility’s...
The restriction of several websites that are being linked by the government to the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army – National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) is “a win” for the Philippines, outgoing National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. declared Wednesday,...
Customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will need to shell out higher budget for their electric bills this month as the utility firm’s residential rate had gone up by P0.3256 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to P9.4630 per kWh from P9.1374 per kWh. According to Meralco, for residential consumers in...
WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a stopgap bill passed earlier by Congress ahead of a midnight deadline to avoid forcing the US government to shut down due to lack of funding. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are struggling to...
Lawmakers vote to avert a possible government shutdown. (AFP/File) WASHINGTON, United States -- The US Senate announced it would vote on a stopgap funding bill Thursday to prevent a government shutdown with just hours to spare, as lawmakers stare down a number of deadlines with massive stakes for...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The leader of the Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives vowed Thursday to avert a looming government shutdown as federal funds run out, despite a pledge by opposition Republicans to block the move. US House of Representatives (AFP/File) Lawmakers have until...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has quelled concerns of possible coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine spoilage during the scheduled 20-day maintenance shutdown of the Malampaya deep-water gas facility this October. Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
On account of the rising value of the US dollar versus the local currency and high oil prices in the world market, the Department of Energy (DOE) is re-calculating the rate hikes that will be passed on in the electric bills of consumers when the Malampaya gas production facility will be on...
