A study that would address the problem of the supply of electricity in Palawan is now underway, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) In his speech during the distribution of assistance to communities severely affected by El Niño in Puerto Princesa,...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Co’s Facebook page) House Committee on Appropriations chairman and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has expressed support for the National Irrigation Administration's (NIA) solar irrigation project that aims to...
The ‘energy insecure’ state of Luzon grid lingers, as system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) declared second wave of ‘yellow alert’ condition in the country’s biggest power grid this week. The state of ‘yellow alert’, which entails insufficiency of power...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (Facebook) House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong wants to get to the bottom of the proliferation of allegedly fictitious and falsified certificates of live...
At least two port facilities that will support the development of offshore wind projects in the country are being proposed for inclusion in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) or the country’s national budget for next year. According to Energy Undersecretary Rowena Cristina L. Guevara, priority...
With array of factors which caused unavailability of 1,652 megawatts in the system, the tripping of the 417.4MW San Gabriel gas-fed power facility has prompted the declaration of ‘yellow alert’ condition in the Luzon grid. In the context of the power industry, to be plunged into ‘yellow...
By JEFFREY DAMICOG A woman has been arrested in Talisay City in Cebu for reportedly producing fake government identification cards. Arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation's Central Visayas Regional Office (NBI-CEVRO) last July 15 was Geraldine Lomongo Tausa. Recovered from Tausa were...
A Vietnamese national has been arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for "selling illegal drugs" using ride-hailing service. In a statement, the NBI identified the Vietnamese as Van Vinh Nguyen who was arrested last July 10 at his condominium unit in Paranaque City during a...
The full completion of the 230-kilovolt Cebu-Bohol interconnection project will decongest power supply flow in the tourist-haven Bohol; and will also have positive spillover effect to improving power supply in the Luzon grid by taking the edge off on the existing Leyte-Bohol submarine cable....
More than 6,200 policemen were charged and convicted for various offenses in the continuing internal cleansing in the Philippine National Police (PNP) under the Marcos administration, the Internal Affairs Service (IAS) said on Wednesday, July 17. Of the total of 6,256 policemen slapped with...
The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) said it is conducting its own investigation, as one of its employees was among those arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for alleged involvement in kidney trafficking. READ:...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Yamsuan (Facebook) By ELLSON QUISMORIO The Philippine National Police (PNP) must strengthen its training and continuing education programs for police officers to ensure that they can keep up with the stringent...