DAVAO CITY – A Davao City councilor said on Tuesday that the increase in water and electricity rates here is primarily driven by national regulatory decisions, leaving the city government with limited authority to stop the rate hike. Speaking at the Pulong-Pulong sa Dabawenyos media forum at the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Emergency power cuts swept across several Ukrainian cities as well as neighboring Moldova on Saturday, officials said, amid a commitment from the Kremlin to U.S. President Donald Trump to pause strikes on Kyiv as Ukraine battles one of its bleakest winters in years....
Even as Malacañang insists no Cabinet shake-up is imminent, backroom whispers are growing louder that the administration may “recycle” 2025 midterm election losers into key posts once the appointment ban lifts this May. Just last week, industry and political circles were abuzz with rumors that...
The Navotas City government has recognized Therma Mobile, Inc., a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower), as the number one taxpayer of real property tax in the city for the ninth consecutive year, while also tallying at the 11th spot for local business tax. The award was presented...
Three Texas siblings who perished in an icy pond were among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold as crews scrambled Tuesday to repair hundreds of thousands of power outages in the shivering South and forecasters warned the winter weather is expected to get worse. Brutal cold...
Every new gas find is a hard-won victory for the Philippines—whether it is a fresh discovery or added production. President Marcos’s revelation that Malampaya East-1 (MAE-1) holds an estimated 98 billion cubic feet (BCF) of reserves signals that the country has struck a deeper kind of...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero has filed a bill seeking to mandate insurance coverage and additional benefits for line workers who build, maintain and repair the country’s electrical transmission and distribution systems. In filing Senate Bill No. 498 or the proposed Line Workers Insurance...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) of the Razon group is expanding from this city to Iloilo province. A power line was successfully installed in Pavia town with International Builders Corp. (IBC), the region’s biggest contractor becoming its first consumer in Iloilo...
If there is one thing the energy sector can unanimously credit Secretary Sharon Garin for, it is grit: she cuts through bureaucracy, stands toe-to-toe with political power, mobilizes agencies, and brings stalled energy projects back into motion. Her record is written in resolved bottlenecks, such...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) vowed better services this year in Iloilo City and continue preparing for the expansion of services in Iloilo province. “There are new customer programs that we will be launching and improving this year here in Iloilo as well as in our...
Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is accelerating at breakneck speed, thanks largely to number-coding exemptions. But with no strategy to remove aging fleets, Metro Manila’s traffic mess is getting worse, not greener. Ask EV buyers why they’re switching and the answer is telling: it’s not...
The country’s antitrust regulator approved the sale of three Luzon hydroelectric power plants to a unit of Aboitiz Power Corp. after the conglomerate pledged to cap prices and maintain supply levels to prevent market dominance in the grid’s reserve power sector. In a statement, the Philippine...
