COTABATO CITY – Security forces thwarted an alleged Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters plot to bomb a transmission tower of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines in Pikit, Cotabato on Independence Day. Police Lt. Col. Rowel Gavilanes, 90th Infantry Battalion commander, said personnel of...
Sweden is eyeing the Philippines’ energy transmission prospects, among various interests for long term economic collaboration and potential investments given the country’s strong economic growth and young population that have set the Philippines distinct from the rest of its neighbors. Sweden...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is seeking approval from the Energy Regulatory Commission for its P9.93 billion capital expenditures (capex) for the upgrading and expansion of facilities in North Luzon. The company said that the facility reinforcements covers...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seriously considering the establishment of ‘rate affordability tracker,’ so the Filipino consumers can be apprised on the measures as well as policy developments being pursued by the government and industry players on bringing down electricity tariffs in...
Sy-led Synergy Grid & Development Phils. Inc. (SGP) has declared P914.680 million worth of cash dividends to be paid to its outstanding shareholders next month. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the company emphasized that the dividend declaration will account for the...
Independent OCTA Research Group on Sunday, Jan. 29, warned of the increasing seven-day Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in a tweet on Sunday, disclosed that after a series of decline, Metro Manila’s Covid-19 positivity rate has once again “inched up.” “...
This undated electron microscopic (EM) handout image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin section image from a human skin sample. On the left were mature,...
With an instruction from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the new leadership at the Department of Energy (DOE) will push for amendments in Republic Act 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) that will primarily focus on strengthening the role of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Ninety-five percent of monkeypox cases have been transmitted through sexual activity, according to the largest study to date, which also noted new clinical signs such as single genital lesions. The research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday,...
86799 The Department of Health (DOH) said there is a “very high” possibility that the Omicron subvariant BA.5 is now being transmitted locally, following the detection of two cases recently. The detection of two cases in Central Luzon, who have no travel history abroad, raises the “index of...
COVID-19 virus The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the local transmission of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire reported that a total of 17 cases of the said Omicron subvariant were already detected in the country. Cases have been detected in Metro...
An official of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) allayed doubts surrounding the results of the recently concluded May 9 polls, saying that the transmission of poll results in 2019 was actually faster than this year. PPCRV command center at the Quadricentennial Pavilion of...
