TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) recently inspected the quality of fish sold in public markets in the coastal municipalities of this province. The inspection was conducted by the Enforcement and Monitoring, Control, and...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid on Friday, May 26 pushed for the use of home solar panel systems in the country. Lapid, who filed Senate Bill No. 2138 or the proposed Net-Metering Program for Renewable Energy (RE) options, said such moves can help address the current power crisis being...
On top of the double whammy of rotational brownouts and scorching heat, consumers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be distressed with additional financial burden as its rates will go up by P0.1761 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in this May billing. For roughly 70-percent of the utility firm’s...
The recurring spikes in prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) will drive up the electricity rates that will be passed on to roughly 7.5 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) in their May billing cycle. According to Meralco Vice President and Head of Corporate...
COPENHAGEN - The Danish government and its private sector players have expressed willingness to participate in prospective public-private partnership (PPP) as well as extending concessional loans to various sub-segments of the emerging offshore wind (OSW) industry and in energy infrastructure...
Christina Pabor, a trainee-alumna of SM Foundation’s KSK-SAP, joins the SM Sunday Market at SM City Calamba. For many, farming is a way of life. They gain a profound sense of purpose when they cultivate the land, plant seeds, and harvest fruits and vegetables that will nourish not just their...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The City Economic Enterprises and Business Development Administration (CEEBDA) admitted it has provided the Commission on Audit “erroneous and unbalanced list of delinquent and non-delinquent stallholders in the public markets” in this city. As a result, COA came up with...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is requiring system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to submit data on contracted capacities to be awarded for its ancillary services (AS) procurements, to help assess cost impact on consumers. “We are asking them (NGCP) for the...
COPENHAGEN – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is planning to craft a policy that will hasten the entry of investor-proponent on the re-purposing of port infrastructure facility that will service offshore wind (OSW) investments in the Philippines. SBMA has been part of the Philippine...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city council will investigate the Commission on Audit’s report about the P124-million worth of uncollected revenues, fees, and charges from all public market stalls in Cagayan de Oro from the calendar year of 2022 and prior years. The COA’s Audit Observation...
Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC), the country's largest producer of coal, is diversifying into liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the power generation segment of its business amid strong environmental, social, and governmental (ESG) pressures, according to the conglomerate’s...
COPENHAGEN – Danish solar firm Obton A/S is eyeing to join a growing number of solar power investors in the thriving renewable energy sector of the Philippines. According to Philippine Ambassador to Denmark Leo M. Herrera-Lim, apart from wind, the solar part of RE developments has also been...
