President Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr. has reconstituted the Sugar Regulatory Board (SRB) with three new appointees, including acting Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) Administrator David John Thaddeus P. Alba. Sugarcane farmers (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Alba replaced former SRA...
Undersecretary Raymundo Ferrer, a Philippine Army (PA) veteran, assumed post as the new Administrator of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Tuesday, August 2. Undersecretary Raymundo Ferrer (right) formally assumes post as the new Administrator of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Aug. 2,...
Retired Deputy Director General Reynaldo Velasco Reynaldo V. Velasco has formally stepped down from his post as chairman and acting administrator of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage system (MWSS). Velasco will be busy campaigning as representative for Party-List Philippine National Police...
Monsignor Cyril B. Villareal has been elected as Archdiocesan Administrator of the Archdiocese of Capiz. Photo from the Chancery of the Archdiocese of Capiz FB The Chancery of the Archdiocese of Capiz announced the election of Villareal on Monday, June 28 in a Facebook post. "The Archdiocese of...
WORKERS busy constructing the planetarium in El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental. (Misamis Oriental PIO) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – The first planetarium in Mindanao that costs P50 million will be finished by August, according to the provincial government of Misamis Oriental Wednesday, June...
Churches in the Archdiocese of Manila paid tribute Bishop Broderick Pabilllo, who served as apostolic administrator of the archdiocese for more than a year. Bishop Broderick Pabillo (CBCP NEWS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, the Manila Cathedral said Pabillo was a "true...
Renegotiation of the contract of South Korean-owned Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction-Phils. Inc. (HHIC-PH) for the sprawling shipyard facility in Subic is nearing completion and which will be assigned to their “white knight,” according to Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority. SBMA...
The recurring gas production restriction from the Malampaya field will de-rate anew the electricity generation of the 1,200-megawatt Ilijan gas-fired power facility in Batangas, one of the biggest power plants in the country. In an advisory sent by state-run National Power Corporation to plant...
The Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) has resulted in the retrenchment of hundreds of employees in the National Food Authority (NFA) and the removal of the government's power to regulate rice prices, but the state-run grains agency is making it clear that they are not in favor of calls to amend the law....
