The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) spearheaded the launch of the National Fiber Backbone (NFB) Phase 1 on Friday, April 19. Photo from Pixabay "Phase 1 of the National Fiber Backbone signifies more than just laying cables, and establishing connections, it represents...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Facebook) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee is urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) to help register farmers and fisherfolk in the Registry System for the Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) to...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) plans to more than double its budget next year to modernize farms, improve food security, and increase earnings for farmers and fisherfolk. The DA is exploring a proposed expenditure program of P513.81 billion for 2025, a substantial jump from this year's budget...
President Marcos' chief economic manager warned that developing countries, including the Philippines, are at risk of falling even further behind as global economic growth is projected to decline for the third consecutive year. Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said that developing nations have...
The "prince of darkness" is taking back the crippling journey to Luzon, as the country’s major power grid has been placed on "red alert" for the second time this week – entailing that consumers must prepare for the strike of probable rotational brownouts. System operator National Grid...
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal of National Director Demosthenes R. Escoto of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for grave misconduct over the purchases of transmitters and transceivers in 2018. The penalty of dismissal also carries with it the cancellation...
Listed Filipino firm Basic Energy Corporation has sealed a 50:50 joint venture pact with Japanese firm Renova Inc. for the commercial development of Mabini wind power project that could potentially yield 50-megawatt capacity addition to the country’s power supply. Basic Energy announced that the...
The consortium-members of the Malampaya gas field will inject up to $800 million worth of investments to stretch the facility’s production life cycle, as anchored on the 15-year extension granted by the government on the project’s Service Contract (SC) 38. As emphasized by Prime Infrastructure...
(Ted Aljibe/AFP) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is urging the Department of Health (DOH) to release the unpaid Covid allowances worth at least P27 billion that have been due to healthcare workers (HCWs) since 2021. “It’s nearly a year...
The Philippines has received backing from the World Bank Group (WBG) for the government's digitalization initiative aimed at improving tax administration and other critical sectors, a Cabinet official said. Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said that the WBG has shown strong support for...
Senator Raffy Tulfo has said on Wednesday, April 17 that he is in close coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) regarding the safe return of the four Filipino seafarers aboard the Portuguese vessel MSC Aries. Tulfo, chairperson of the...
Power supply in the Luzon system is still at its ‘fragile state’, prompting system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to declare fresh wave of ‘yellow alert’ condition in the grid on Wednesday (April 17) as 18 electric generating units are still on forced outages....
