Senator Nancy Binay today (March 3) urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to focus on immediately shoring up the country’s thinning power reserves rather than busying itself on other concerns. “Rather than looking too far ahead, the energy department should look at the problem that’s staring...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Monday, March 7, welcomed the signing of the Executive Order (EO) no. 164 which would establish a nuclear energy program for the Philippines. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Nuclear power is envisioned to bring down the cost of electricity and to...
When it comes to the ongoing fuel crisis, the problem isn’t with the country's supply of fuel, but with its price, says Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Gerardo Erguiza. The Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee hearing with Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda (left) and Rep. Sharon Garin (right) (LIVE...
The newly signed Amended Foreign Investments Act (FIA) has created an Inter Agency Investment Promotion Coordination Committee (IIPCC), which will establish a comprehensive marketing plan in the promotion of investments into the country as the law opens up economic sectors to 100 percent foreign...
The Department of Finance (DOF) expects the country’s high growth in foreign direct investments (FDIs) to be sustained following the enactment of economic liberalization reform laws. In his DOF Economic Bulletin on Sunday, March 6, Finance Chief Economist Gil S. Beltran said the more than half...
DOH Nearly two years after the pandemic was officially declared, the Department of Health (DOH) is set to change its reporting of the Covid-19 situation starting Monday, March 7—with the case bulletin to be released weekly instead of the usual daily update. This shift in case reporting was amid...
Makati CBD skyline A total of 870 fresh Covid-19 cases were confirmed on Sunday, March 6, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Sunday marked the 5th day in a row that the country's daily number of Covid-19 cases remained less than 1,000. It was noted that the National Capital Region, Calabarzon,...
A total of 7,083 participants of the World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity Trials Vaccines (STV) in the country have already received their first dose jabs of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) reported. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
Fifteen schools are set to compete in the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute's (DOST-SEI) Tagisang Robotics Competition (TRC). (Photo from DOST) Veteran teams from Bangkal High School, Caloocan National Science and Technology High School, Makati Science High School,...
By next month, the iconic Binondo–Intramuros Bridge in Manila will be passable to all as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said it is almost done with the project. DPWH Secretary Roger G. Mercado said he has given Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain, the chief implementer of the...
Vaccination of five to 11 years old in Pateros (Pateros municipal government) Local government units (LGUs) were encouraged by the Department of Health (DOH) to further boost their Covid-19 vaccination activities before the local election campaign period starts on March 25. “Sana bago po yung...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Adamson University (AdU) teamed up to produce safe, effective, and cost-efficient tablets for stroke patients. Funded under the Collaborative Research and Development to Leverage Philippine Economy (CRADLE) Program of the Science for Chance (S4C)...
