The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) granted a P750-million revolving credit line to a fledgling manufacturer- exporter of sustainable energy storage systems. Amber Kinetics Philippines, Inc. (AKPI), local producer of a novel Flywheel Energy Storage System, wil use the loan for its working...
Local Government Units (LGUs) have continuously intensified their preparations in anticipation of the arrival of more coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in the country this month, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday night, June 7. In a...
A Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) official on Tuesday, June 1, called on the concerned local government units (LGUs) to instill the necessary measures to ensure that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are kept in storage facilities with uninterrupted power supply or with...
Listed firm SPC Power Corporation is pacing its investment shift into renewables, with targeted solar and hydro projects, as well the deployment of battery energy storage systems. According to SPC Chairman Alfredo L. Henares, the company “has been looking seriously at projects in the solar and...
The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the different local government units (LGUs) that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and food items should be stored separately. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (Photo from PCOO/ Manila Bulletin File Photo) DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
Onion farmers in Nueva Ecija would no longer have to race against time in selling their produce and settle for a cheaper price once the P206-million cold storage facility is constructed in the province. Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Brother John Castriciones (Photo courtesy of DAR)...
Over P30 million worth of properties and medical supplies were destroyed after a huge fire gutted the medical storage facility of Pasig City General Hospital (PCGH), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP-Pasig) disclosed Friday (May 14). Photo courtesy of BRGY.Palatiw Facebook Superintendent John...
A fire broke out at the storage facility of Pasig City General Hospital (PCGH) in Barangay Maybunga on Wednesday, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Pasig said. Photo courtesy of BRGY.Palatiw Facebook page Superintendent John Pinagod Jr., BFP-Pasig chief, said the blaze started at the hospital’s...
The Philippines’ cold storage facilities are capable to receive coronavirus vaccines that need to be kept in below freezing temperature, National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said Thursday, April 29. Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine (Photo...
Storage facilities in Metro Manila will be able to handle the expected deluge of anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in the coming months. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos made this guarantee during the an interview Sunday morning, April 25, over DZBB...
The power generation arm of San Miguel Corporation will cough up US$1.0 billion worth of investments for 31 new battery energy storage (BES) projects that it will be deploying in various sites nationwide. The company, in a statement to the media, has emphasized that the BES facilities will have...
The Parañaque City government and Zuellig Pharmaceutical-Philippines on Monday (March 1) inked a deal for the storage of 200,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine procured by the city government which is expected to arrive in the second quarter this year. (Zuellig Pharma / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Edwin...
