President Marcos has asked Filipinos to support the resumption of the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National (NDF) to realize the vision of unity in the country. Photo from @bongbongmarcos/X (Twitter) Marcos said this following the signing of the Oslo Joint Communique...
Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (Screenshot from RTVM livestream) The Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the political wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP),...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has prequalified at least eight (8) bidders in the scheduled competitive selection process (CSP) or tendering for the electrification of at least 98 off-grid sites covering 15,645 households. These firms which will be joining the Microgrid Service Provider (MGSP)...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Jovito P. Mabulac Jr., a 27-year old licensed electrical engineer and owner of Nature Trip Farming in Batasan Hills, Quezon City, first encountered the ARC crayfish while browsing online videos in 2021. At first, he got interested in the species as a hobby and source of...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has initially cornered prospective offers of 3,310 megawatts from six (6) interested bidders on its scheduled competitive selection process (CSP) for capacity procurement of 1,800MW that will satiate its additional supply portfolio for 2024 and...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO It was out of curiosity that Jovito P. Mabulak Jr., a 27-year old licensed electrical engineer and owner of Nature Trip Farming from Batasan Hills, Quezon City, discovered the cultivation of crayfish, particularly the Australian red claw (ARC). Jovito Mabulac Jr. poses for...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has prescribed a two-tiered review process before the power supply agreements (PSAs) or contracts underwritten via competitive selection process (CSP) could secure regulatory approval. That has been the main stipulation in the new CSP guidelines that was...
(MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar has filed a bill that would protect local business process outsourcing (BPO) workers from the "abusive language" of their employers, among other things. Villar...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the withdrawal of application for the power supply agreements (PSA) that had been jointly agreed to be terminated by parties-in-interest Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and the subsidiary-companies of SMC Global Power Holdings Corp (SMGP) of the...
A program aiming to reduce ownership of weapons in Basilan supported by the Japanese government was launched on Thursday. The Japanese Embassy in the Philippines led the opening ceremony of the Assistance for Security, Peace, Integration and Recovery for Advancing Human Security in BARMM...
The targeted mandatory pie for power supply agreements (PSA) anchored on gas-fed power generating facilities will just be confined to gas volumes that will be extracted from the Malampaya field, according to a ranking Department of Energy (DOE) official. Energy Undersecretary Rowena L. Guevara...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) issued advisory to relevant industry stakeholders that it will be holding new round of public consultations on the guidelines underpinning the competitive selection process (CSP) policy being enforced on the distribution utilities (DUs) and electric...