The Department of Energy (DOE) is undertaking a series of public consultation to solicit stakeholder-inputs and comments on the proposed revision of the competitive selection process (CSP) or the bidding system for power supply agreements (PSAs) of distribution utilities. The energy department...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is laying down the conditions on when competitive selection process (CSP) or bidding will no longer be required in the procurement of capacities by private distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs). In a draft Circular presented to industry...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has assured the public that the country has ample supply of rice and that his administration is doing its best to control the price of the staple grain....
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has assured the public that ensuring food security in the country and improving the agriculture sector are still top priority programs of the Marcos administration. *Pixabay* The PCO made this statement as the country observes Filipino Food Month this...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has secured additional 56 megawatt capacity commitments from Ayala Property Management Corporation (APMC), which will be utilizing its own generating assets for its power needs when necessary. In a statement to the media, Meralco said it has...
The Pasay City government announced there will be water service interruptions in some parts of the city starting April 1 up to April 16 from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. According to the announcement of Maynilad, water service interruption will occur in Barangays 181 to 185 and 201 in Pasay City,...
ILOILO CITY – Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW), the water distributor here and neighboring towns, assured steady water supply for its 47,250 customers this dry season. "We have already put into motion our water supply distribution and augmentation measures to help ensure that our customers...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-6 assured enough pork supply amid the rising cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Western Visayas. Dr. John Roel Hilario, DA-6 regional veterinary quarantine officer, said the number of hogs in the region is enough to sustain the demand of...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has inked a one-year emergency power supply agreement (EPSA) with South Premiere Power Corporation (SPPC) of the San Miguel group for the delivery of 300-megawatt capacity from March 26, 2023 to March 25, 2024. The supply contract provided for a...
Ukraine has proposed to supply the Philippines with more grain, one of its top exports, in a bid to help the country "balance" the prices of basic commodities. Denys Mykhailiuk, Chargé d'Affaires of the Ukrainian Embassy in Malaysia that has jurisdiction over the Philippines, issued the proposal as...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) divulged that it received new offers for one-year contract to cover 670 megawatts of capacity that will replace the cheaper fixed price contract of the Ilijan gas-fired power plant of South Premiere Power Corporation (SPPC) of the San Miguel...
Marinduque Gov. Presbitero Velasco Jr. expressed confidence that the desalination project of the Marinduque Water District (MWD) with the Pasig City-based Peak Off-Grid Innovations and Solutions would end a decades-old potable water supply problem in the province. MWD awarded the project to the...
