The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office (MWSS RO) has allowed Maynilad Water Services Inc. and Manila Water Company Inc. to disconnect delinquent customers in Metro Manila areas under Alert Level 4 and below. 32837 “For areas not under Alert Level 5 or Granular Lockdown,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, Sept. 14 called on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and power companies to suspend any planned electricity rate increases until the Senate Committee on Energy is done with its investigation into the rotational power outages last May and June. Hontiveros...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will resume on Monday, Sept. 13, its expanded free ride service for authorized persons outside residence (APORs) and essential workers nationwide. Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the coronavirus...
The Philippines will not export sugar this crop year amid expected lower output, according to the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA). Sugarcane Farmers On August 31, SRA already formally issued Sugar Order (SO) 1, which contains the agency’s production estimate for the current crop year as...
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is set to release the allocation of the country’s sugar output for the next crop year, but a group of sugar producers wants to make sure that 100 percent of production stays in the country for domestic consumption. SRA logo In a statement, the United...
Operations at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board's (LTFRB) offices in Metro Manila will remain suspended until the end of the month despite the region's shift to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). (File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Aside from restrictions under the...
The United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED) is opposing the proposed molasses importation of the Ethanol Producers Association of the Philippines’ (EPAP). In a statement, UNIFED President Manuel Lamata said this proposal by EPAP was already thumbed down by members of the Bioethanol...
Manila Water Company, Inc. and Maynilad Water Services, Inc. are still not allowed to disconnect customers from August 21 to 31, 2021, after Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office (MWSS RO) extended its no service disconnection policy. 27524 In a text exchange, MWSS Chief...
Amid the shortfall in the country's sugar production, the Philippine government has allowed the importation of the sweetener until October of this year, with Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) expecting the entry of nearly 86,000 metric tons (MT) of additional imported sugar. As this happened,...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has labeled as "misleading" the news reports saying that only a measly 1 percent of its P5.56-billion fund for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic ended up being...
Transport group Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (PISTON) prodded on Monday, Aug. 16, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to immediately release the funds intended for drivers and operators affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Sunday, August 15 decried the audacity at which the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) warned of future increases in electricity rates if it continues to contract suppliers for larger power reserves. Hontiveros said she is wondering how the NGCP is bold...