Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) won the tug-of-war as to which entity shall be finally authorized to operate the Renewable Energy Market (RE Market), a platform that will be used for the trading of RE certificates. According to IEMOP President Richard J....
Customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) can temporarily heave a sigh of relief because their electric bills this month will have a reduction of P0.1180 per kilowatt hour (kWh). As announced by Meralco, the rate decline resulted in an all-inclusive tariff of P11.3168 per kWh to be reflected...
The summer heat will somehow be eased, as customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) are expected to enjoy reduction in their electric bills this month. There was preliminary expectation of a rate hike, but in the final computation, there were factors that ended up pulling down the overall cost...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has admitted weakness in investigating anti-competitive behavior, especially for company participants that are trading their generated capacities in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM). Given this difficulty in its market policing power, ERC...
A spike in the secondary price cap for the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to the tune of P10,000 to P15,000 per megawatt hour (MWh) - or equivalent P10-P15 per kilowatt hour) - has been proposed by the generation companies (GenCos) to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), according to...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is confident that the launching of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao will prop up investments and economic activity in the region that would eventually translate to more jobs. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy...
A group of teachers on Friday, Jan. 27, warned against police “spot inspection” for deadly weapons saying it “will not solve violence in schools.” (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “The concern needs a more substantive and comprehensive solution, not a simplistic police quick fix,”...
The Philippine National Police-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region has attributed to human error a mistake in a Lamitan City, Basilan PNP spot report which identified a shooting victim to be related to murder suspect Dr. Chao Tiao-Yumol. In an interview, PNP Bangsamoro Public Information Officer Police...
HOT SPOT Tonyo Cruz On May 9, we are going to vote to fill up more than 18,000 positions from the president down to municipal councilor. Out of 18,000 posts and tens of thousands of candidates vying for these posts, I’m asking that you “gimme five” and let’s do a “high five” for: Leni...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz This week marked the apparent start of political consolidation behind the major candidates for president. Partido Reporma rocked the political firmament by switching its support from Senator Ping Lacson to Vice President Leni Robredo. Lacson’s red-baiting gamble against...
A motorized banca carrying Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia and other government officials arrives in Pescador Island in Moalboal town, Cebu to signal the reopening of the popular diving spot on Sunday, Feb. 27. (Photo by Calvin D. Cordova/MANILA BULLETIN) CEBU CITY — A popular diving spot in Cebu...
Human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno expressed dismay on Saturday, Jan. 29, over the Bloomberg survey that ranked the Philippines at the bottom on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) resilience. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s campaign team) Diokno, a senatorial aspirant,...
