The Senate will pursue a review of the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) despite the gag order on Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade, Jr. and Lorraine Badoy—who are spokespersons for the agency. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian made this assurance even...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, April 23, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to strengthen its child protection programs. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, made the call following reports of sexual harassment involving faculty members of...
A pending legislative measure is seeking to refocus the investment mandate of state-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) into exploration and production (E&P) ventures in the oil and gas sector, and for it to transform itself as a global champion in that industry similar to the...
The high cost of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology has been hobbling targets of massive rollout of smart meters in the country, because many Filipino consumers would not be able to afford any abrupt technology shift. According to Jaime Jose Aboitiz, executive vice president and...
The P65 billion worth of liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal projects cornered by the government had been proposed for pioneer incentives availment under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Bill that is under continued deliberations in Congress....
Alarmed by the spate of car manufacturing plants closures in the country, automotive parts manufacturers are strongly recommending to the government to make a solid support for the electric vehicle (EV) sector and the jeepney modernization program in the country. Ferdinand Raquelsantos,...
The exchange and swapping of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders between and among oil companies has been proposed in LPG Industry Regulatory Framework Bill, so consumers could gain broader choices when it comes to purchasing their cooking fuels. In the sponsorship speech of Senate Bill 1955...
As we spend more time shopping online, hackers are finding ways to steal from your credit cards. Just look at what happened to senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, January 6, 2020. The hacker managed to change his registered phone number, where one time pin (OTP) is being sent, and was able to...
The 2021 budget of the Department of Energy (DOE) has been shored up so it will have leverage to fund studies on technologies that will rev up the country’s ‘energy transition’ paradigm. The extra allocation stood at P46 million – and these will be channeled to studies relating to...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has been warned that the financial liabilities of state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) would swell because of the insufficient budget the national...
An additional P550 million allocation had been proposed in the P4.506 trillion budget of the Philippine government, so extra financial resources can be funneled into the repair of power lines damaged by calamities. Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian had pushed for that cash...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has cornered 1,025 applications for renewable energy (RE) projects as of end-September this year, and this will yield up to 30,597 megawatts (MW) of additional power capacity for the Philippines once advanced to commercial operations. Effectively, this will be more...
