LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Albay Gov. Noel Rosal has ordered an investigation into possible corruption in the province’s quarry operations following the arrest of a former municipal councilor of Tiwi, Albay in an alleged payola scheme. The suspect was apprehended on Friday afternoon in Barangay...
BY MYRNA VELASCO The ongoing geothermal exploration and development activities of the Sy-led Philippine Geothermal Production Company, Inc. (PGPC) will beef up the country’s baseload power capacity by up to 400 megawatts (MW), once the steam output would already be fed into offtaker-generating...
Energy resource developer Philippine Geothermal Production Company Inc. (PGPC), a subsidiary of Sy-led SM Investments Corporation (SMIC), will be spending P3 billion annually for the expansion of its geothermal exploration and production ventures to double its capacity to 600 megawatts. In a media...
AP Renewables Inc. (APRI), a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation, is eyeing completion this year of its 17-megawatt binary plant for integration into its existing 330MW Tiwi geothermal power facility in Albay province. As a follow-through to last year’s award of the engineering, procurement...
The Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) has opened up new routes to the Bicol region even as several local government units (LGUs) have begun to ease restrictions for travelers who are deemed safe from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection. (Photo from Parañaque Integrated...
A remote community in Albay will soon have its own reliable source of potable water, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said. SOLVING WATER WOES -- The Department of Agrarian Reform-Albay, Tiwi local government unit, and a farmer’s association ink an agreement for the construction of a...
The Tiwi and Makiling-Bahanaw geothermal plants have started supplying the electricity requirements of American financial services company Wells Fargo through the retail electricity supplier (RES) agreement that the parties have entered into. Wells Fargo Philippines, McKinley Hill, Bonifacio Global...
