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...
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...
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...
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...
Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (REUTERS / FILE PHOTO) A PUBLiCUS Asia survey has found that the “majority” of Filipinos support the construction of a nuclear power plant in the country. In the 2022 PAHAYAG 2nd quarter nationwide survey conducted from June 16 to 22 with 1,500 respondents, 59 percent...
There has been a lot of talks happening on nuclear energy because of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s executive order to include it in our energy mix and President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s campaign promise to install at least one nuclear power plant and to consider the revival of the...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos reiterated the stand of his diocese opposing the revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) to help address the power shortage in the country. Bishop Ruperto C. Santos (Manila Bulletin file) “Our pastoral statement of rejecting and saying ‘no’ to the...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto Santos has renewed his diocese’s opposition to efforts to revive the nuclear plant on Bataan peninsula near Manila. Bishop Ruperto Santos(CBCP/File Photo/MB) “Our pastoral statement of ‘No to BNPP’ rehabilitation stands,” CBCP News quoted the prelate's interview on...
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Former Senator Antonio Trillanes III, who is running for senator under the ticket of Vice President Leni Robredo, warned against the revival of the controversial Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, saying that it is just a “shell” and that there’s basically nothing there that can benefit the country....
