Balanga Bishop Ruperto Santos has renewed his diocese’s opposition to efforts to revive the nuclear plant on Bataan peninsula near Manila. Bishop Ruperto Santos(CBCP/File Photo/MB) “Our pastoral statement of ‘No to BNPP’ rehabilitation stands,” CBCP News quoted the prelate's interview on...
The team of outgoing Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi is preparing a "comprehensive plan" and "to-do-list" that it will be passing on to the upcoming energy officials of the administration of presumptive President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In a briefing with reporters, Energy Undersecretary Felix...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda is gnashing his teeth over the Department of Energy's (DOE) apparent inability to respond to the country's power situation, which he thinks could lead to rotating blowouts very soon. (Jarl Schmidt/ Unsplash) "Over the past days, half of our baseload plants have...
SEOUL, South Korea – Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a new guided weapons system to improve North Korea's "tactical nukes", state media said Sunday, capping days of celebrations surrounding the birthday of the country's founding leader. The launch was the latest in an unprecedented...
SEOUL, South Korea – After firing its largest-ever missile, North Korea is preparing to conduct a nuclear test, officials and analysts say, reviving a longstanding debate south of the border: should Seoul have nukes too? Pyongyang has conducted a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this...
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's foreign minister said Sunday that Washington is "imposing new conditions" in the negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear agreement. "On the issue of lifting sanctions, they (the Americans) are interested in proposing and imposing new conditions outside the negotiations,"...
DOHA, Qatar -- Russia's "bragging" about its nuclear weapons is fuelling a dangerous arms race, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Doha Forum on Saturday. Zelensky also called on Qatar, which organises the annual meeting of international political and business leaders, to increase...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes III, who is running for senator under the ticket of Vice President Leni Robredo, warned against the revival of the controversial Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, saying that it is just a “shell” and that there’s basically nothing there that can benefit the country....
WASHINGTON, United States -- US optimism that a deal to restore the 2015 agreement to limit Iran's nuclear developed has soured, with the State Department warning Tuesday it was headed toward "Plan B" if Tehran doesn't budge. Just a week ago Washington officials were hopeful that an agreement that...
Former senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito has called on the national government to review the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) in order to mitigate the effects of the ongoing fuel crisis. Ejercito noted that the continuing rise in the price of electricity and chronic power shortages...
Senatorial aspirant Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno on Monday, March 21, raised concerns over the possibility that the government is entering into any midnight nuclear power agreement, particularly with Russia, before President Duterte steps down from office. (Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno/Facebook)...
‘Nuclear renaissance’ is undoubtedly gaining traction and sweeping policy agendas for global energy markets, with the likes Germany opting to decommission nuclear fleets; while others are integrating this technology in the revolution of their future energy mix. The Philippines, too, is toying...
