Featured image: HISTORY WAS WRITTEN THIS DAY Delegate Manuel Roxas is shown signing the constitution of the Philippines at the last session of the convention held on Feb. 19, 1935 Tracing back the provenance of girl power in the Philippines can be quite an interesting journey. Significant events...
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is planning to pursue 25-year concession arrangement under the privatization plan of the 932-megawatt Agus-Pulangui hydropower facilities in the Mindanao grid. “We have a plan - the plan is for concession agreement,”...
 The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced that power outage will be implemented for five hours in some parts of Para ñaque on March 24-25.  Meralco will implement power service interruption from 11:00 p.m. on March 24 until 4:00 a.m. of March 25 in a portion of circuit Sun...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) divulged that it received new offers for one-year contract to cover 670 megawatts of capacity that will replace the cheaper fixed price contract of the Ilijan gas-fired power plant of South Premiere Power Corporation (SPPC) of the San Miguel...
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) has moved to May 16 this year the sale of the 165-megawatt Casecnan hydropower facility instead of March 28. According to PSALM President Dennis Edward A. Dela Serna, the asset-seller firm has yet to finalize the Water...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has energized a mobile sub-station to serve the Molo District while the permanent sub-station is undergoing rehabilitation. MORE Power has energized a mobile power sub-station in Iloilo City while the Molo District sub-station is...
If Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos would have his way, he would have all government offices use solar energy as a way to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. For this purpose, Marcos filed last March 15 House Bill (HB) No.7625, titled, "The Solar Energy in National Government Offices...
DAVAO CITY – The Northern Davao Electric Cooperative Inc. (Nordeco) said it remains focused in resolving the issue of power interruptions in the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) in Davao del Norte province that has been the subject of complaints from local government officials and...
Retrofitting existing gas-fired power plants to hydrogen, which is also a business model eyed by several energy firms in the Philippines for their mid-century net zero targets, could take five to seven years, according to an expert from a Japanese global engineering firm. Takakazu Morimoto,...
Have you brought a child – perhaps yours – to an art gallery, theater, concert or music festival? It would be good to plan a trip like that soon as your way to celebrate National Arts Month, a special time for us to appreciate art, reflect on its significance, and pay tribute to our artists....
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon continues to engage her critics in a war of words on the subject of the EDSA 1986 People Power revolution, the 37th anniversary of which was recently celebrated. P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon (Facebook) Calling her critics "pulangaws", Guanzon...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon believes that the 1986 EDSA People Power revolution saved the Philippines from severe bankruptcy. P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon (Facebook) The outspoken Guanzon shared this opinion on Twitter Saturday, Feb. 25, or on the 37th anniversary of the...
