Ayala-led Globe has been ramping up its shift to renewable energy (RE) technologies with the latest addition of its Iloilo facility in its portfolio of green energy users. Following this switch on energy usage, the company indicated that 25 of its facility-sites are now powered by clean energy –...
CEBU CITY – More than 100 units of electric buses are soon to ply the streets of Cebu and the other cities in the Philippines to revolutionize the public transport system in the country. These are referred to as “Green Transportation” that have a lower impact on the environment...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has issued a new executive order (EO) that reorganizes the government’s Zero Hunger task force which used to be headed by the now-defunct Office of the Cabinet Secretary (OCS). *(File photo)* Based on EO 27, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin...
COOPERATION AGREEMENT – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. witnessed the signing of the Cooperation Agreement between Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Chairman of the Board of Directors of AC Industrial Technology Holdings, Inc. and Zero Motorcycles Chief Executive Officer Sam Paschel for the...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday, May 1 (US time), witnessed the signing of a a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (IMI) of the Ayala Group and California-based Zero Motorcycles that would bring some 200 jobs to the Philippines for the...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda has reiterated the importance and urgency of passing Senate Bill 240, or the Zero Food Waste Act of 2022 following a recent report of the Philippine Rice Research Institute's (PhilRice) recent report on the alarming P7.2 billion worth of rice wasted in the...
ACEN Corporation, the energy investment arm of the Ayala group, becomes the first energy company in Southeast Asia to have cemented its mid-century "net zero" pathway or the specific timelines to achieve targets for zero gas emissions emanating from its businesses or operations. According to ACEN...
Food waste and hunger are problems around the world, including the Philippines. A Food Consumption Survey of the Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) states: 1,717 metric tons of food are wasted every day in the Philippines. Every Filipino wastes...
A deputy speaker in the House of Representatives is batting for the inclusion of electric motorcycles in the recently issued Executive Order (EO) No. 12, which imposes zero percent tariff on electric vehicles. Deputy Speaker and TUCP Party-list Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza (Facebook) According to...
There were no Filipino casualties in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that also affected Syria last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday, Feb. 14. This aerial view shows residents, aided by heavy equipment, searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has released 103,000 qualified persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in 2022 as part of the ‘zero overstaying’ policy, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Ablos Jr. said on Tuesday, Jan. 31....
It is time to put more serious thought on why you, your neighbor and your friends should shift to electric or hybrid vehicles. Or why commuters should expect more government action to encourage motorists to drive green vehicles. First, a review on why: “Burning fossil fuels like gasoline and...
