Senior communications executive Joe R. Zaldarriaga has formally joined the National Press Club (NPC), a professional and social organization of journalists in the Philippines dedicated to upholding press freedom, and promoting advancement of Philippine journalism. Zaldariagga writes Espresso...
While far-flung areas in the country struggle to secure reliable and clean electricity, state-run National Power Corp. (Napocor) is working to reduce its reliance on diesel fuel for electrification, in line with the government’s push for renewable energy (RE) and to curb high power costs. In an...
With its corporate life extended by another decade, Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) is revisiting its plans to convert its Diliman property in Quezon City into a mixed-use complex featuring commercial, office, and high-value developments. Dennis Edward A. Dela Serna,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Basilan province experienced a massive power outage on Wednesday, July 16, after the National Power Corp. (NPC) disconnected electricity to the Basilan Electric Cooperative (Baselco) due to failure to pay its P46-million debt. The order was contained in a letter dated July 14...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has signed an agreement with the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM), and the National Power Corporation (NPC), finalizing the settlement of over ₱1 billion in unremitted premium contributions arising from...
After the successful bidding to privatize the Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (CBK) hydroelectric power plants, the government and private-sector players may next look forward to another public-private partnership (PPP) in rehabilitating the decades-old Agus-Pulangi hydropower complex in Mindanao. Power...
Consumers in Catanduanes will be forced to sweat through longer hours of rotational brownouts due to the ₱538 million worth of unpaid obligations of state-run National Power Corporation (NPC) to power supplier Sunwest Water and Electric Co. Inc. (SUWECO). SUWECO, which operates at least five...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will be locking horns with system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to resolve the “ mismatch ” in the country’s transmission development game plan, to ensure that the grid actually delivers where the capacities are needed....
State-backed Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC) is muscling up its energy game, as it just recently brought in former National Power Corporation (NPC) President Ma. Gladys Cruz-Sta Rita in its executive team as Vice President of Investment Management Group, a strategic hire that could help beef...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Monday, June 17, denounced a video circulating online that shows a child undergoing circumcision. Photo from Unsplash “The privacy and dignity of our children must be safeguarded at all costs,” said the NPC in a statement after it came to their attention...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, May 29 said the National Peoples Coalition (NPC) should expel Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo due to her alleged links to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in her municipality. “Ako, personally, from what I’m seeing and this is my...
President Marcos hopes to further expand his political party's alliance ahead of the upcoming elections. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel B. Pabalate) "Well, we hope so. Dahil, of course, kagaya ng sinabi ng isang (Because, of course, like what a) very wise statesman politician...
