PANAY Energy Development Corp. (PEDC), a subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen), generates 314 megawatts of electricity at its power plant in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A major power company is eyeing to construct a solar power plant in Iloilo province as it gears to expand its...
Local onion farmers in at least eight provinces face a bleak Christmas if the government’s plan to import the crop coincides with December harvests, Senator Imee Marcos today said. Marcos, Senate committee on cooperatives chairman, explained that farmers in Regions 1 to 3 have said they are ready...
Senator Joseph Victor ‘’JV’’ Ejercito said today that the Philippines needs to reconsider the establishment of nuclear power in the country. ‘’We need to bring down cost of energy for our economy to be able to fully develop and at same time address the issue of climate change and global...
The face-to-face oathtaking ceremony for new Professional Mechanical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Certified Plant Mechanics will be on Nov. 26 at 5 p.m. to be held at the Diversion 21 Hotel in Sen. Benigno Aquino Ave., Iloilo City. PRC / MANILA BULLETIN "All successful examinees who are...
PAGBILAO, Quezon – A proposed ordinance banning the construction of new power plants using coal or diesel in this town was presented in a public hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 16. PHOTO courtesy of Jay Lim's FB shows the proposed ordinance being discussed by the Pagbilao municipal council. The...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, November 11 maintained that safety issues surrounding the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), remain unanswered, and thus, funds for its maintenance should be realigned to fund the government’s economic recovery programs. Among the issued hounding the BNPP is its...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned an emergency Security Council meeting on Thursday of the "grave" crisis unfolding at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv traded accusations of new shelling near the facility. Sergiy...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- A factory in Belgium billed as the world's biggest chocolate-making plant said it restarted operations Monday after closing for six weeks to clean up a salmonella contamination. In this file photograph taken on June 30, 2022, employees walk next to a vehicle inside the Barry...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused Russia of using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "for terror" after the operator of the facility reported major damage at the site. Energoatom, operator of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the south of the...
Photo by Michael from Pexels. Plant stress takes shape in different forms. There are biotic sources of stress such as munching herbivores, viruses, fungal diseases, and bacteria. There are also abiotic sources of stress such as unfavorable temperature, deficiency or excess of water, soil salinity,...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia is using Europe's largest nuclear power plant as a base to store weapons including "missile systems" and shell the surrounding areas in Ukraine, an official with Kyiv's nuclear agency said Friday, while nearly the entire country was placed on air raid alert.  A...
The Institute of Plant Breeding houses a gene bank and several production areas where four promising mango selections have been growing. The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) on June 8, 2022, announced nine new varieties and...
