As part of its broader strategy to reduce the use of virgin plastics and improve solutions for difficult-to-recycle flexible packaging, such as sachets, Unilever launched a new grant for enterprises that address plastic waste in the Philippines. In partnership with USAID and Ernst and Young...
Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) is eyeing to take a provocative step as the third company breaking into the regenerated coal plant development gamble, with the targeted revival of its 700-megawatt Saint Raphael power project in Batangas that will likely command an...
With additional revenues to be drawn from geothermal assets that are coming on commercial stream, Lopez-led First Gen Corporation is expecting overall profit boost this year, according to a top executive of the company. First President and COO Francis Giles B. Puno indicated that at least 83...
Prime Solar Solutions Corp., a unit of the Razon-led Prime Infrastructure Capital Inc., officially opened its 64-megawatt solar power facility in Maragondon, Cavite on Wednesday, July 17. In a statement, Guillaume Lucci, Prime Infra president and chief executive officer, said the completion of the...
By MYRNA M. VELASCO End-users shifting to the net metering scheme on gaining electricity service had grown by more than double last year and has been sustaining its escalated pace, according to the Energy Regulatory Commission. In a presentation to the media, ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta...
By MYRNA M. VELASCO The magnitude of loans extended to the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) had already surpassed P870 million mark within the first six months of the year, according to the National Electrification Administration. The government-run electrification agency specified that at...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez during the groundbreaking ceremony of the NKTI hemodialysis center (Speaker’s Office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday, June 26, led the groundbreaking for the biggest hemodialysis center in...
Consumers will still feel the deepest financial pain triggered by surging electricity rates due to simultaneous plant outages in the past two weeks, but the Department of Energy (DOE) is urging the distribution utilities (DUs) to tap palliative interest-bearing loan from the Land Bank of the...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the government plans to construct solar-powered cold storage facilities in Occidental Mindoro to soften the impact of the power crisis in the province. Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. said that they are collaborating with the Department of...
The Marcos administration is targeting to procure some 600 solar-powered containerized cold storage units to stop the post-harvest losses of farmers and fisherfolk and regulate the prices of produce despite weather disturbances. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo from the...
CAVITE – A newly constructed 100-bed mega health center was inaugurated in Cavite City on Friday, March 22. A newly constructed 100-bed mega health center was inaugurated in Cavite City on March 22 (Photo from Rep. Jolo Revilla/MANILA BULLETIN) The ribbon-cutting and turnover...
Sen. Raffy Tulfo met with Singaporean Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu and discussed the regulation of Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facilities in Singapore as part of the senator's official visit to Singapore. (Photo from the Office of Senator Raffy Tulfo) Tuflo, who chairs the...
