The Philippine government has started the exportation of a large variety of fresh avocados through a ceremonial send-off at the KTC Port Tibungco, Davao City on Sept. 30, the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) said. DA-BPI director Gerald Glenn Panganiban said the first...
President Marcos' chief economic manager is urging Filipinos to capitalize on the opportunity presented by the retail dollar bond (RDB), emphasizing its low-risk profile and convenient investment features. In a statement, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said that RDBs are fixed-income...
Once the Philippines concretizes its gigawatt-scale offshore wind farm installations, the Department of Energy (DOE) casts the country’s grand ambition of exporting renewable energy (RE) capacity to Singapore and other neighbors in the Southeast Asian region. According to Energy Secretary Raphael...
Motorists using gasoline products will likely benefit from more than P2.00 per liter rollback at the pumps next week, but there’s a bit of bad news for diesel users because the price of that commodity will slightly go up, based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry...
President Marcos has reappointed Teodoro Herbosa as interim Secretary of the Department of Health (DOH). Malacañang made the announcement on Friday, Secpt. 29, three days after Herbosa's appointment was bypassed by the Commission on Appointments (CA). Herbosa failed to get the powerful...
The Department of Budget and Management will remain supportive of the State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) for their contribution in the competitive education sector of the country. In a statement on Friday, Sept. 29, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said that SUCs promote quality and...
(File photo) The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is anticipating that more regional pay boards will raise the minimum wage for workers in the private sector before the year ends. So far, DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs)...
The percentage of household electrification rate or the number of houses with access to electricity has decreased across the country, officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) told senators on Friday, September 29. According to Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla, the number of households...
It will not be a mandatory policy – rather, it will be a voluntary retirement or re-purposing of coal-fired power plants that the Department of Energy (DOE) will be advocating for in the country’s multi-tiered ‘just energy transition’ paradigm. As presented by Energy Undersecretary Rowena...
Investors from the Middle East – primarily energy companies from Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia – are enthusiastically eyeing to funnel investments into offshore oil and gas exploration ventures in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), according to...
President Marcos has ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to extend help to the Filipino families affected by the Maui wildfire. Marcos made the directive on Thursday, Sept. 28, as he conveyed his sympathy to the victims of the tragedy last month....
The targeted mandatory pie for power supply agreements (PSA) anchored on gas-fed power generating facilities will just be confined to gas volumes that will be extracted from the Malampaya field, according to a ranking Department of Energy (DOE) official. Energy Undersecretary Rowena L. Guevara...
