The Department of Energy’s (DOE) confidence in a "stable" power supply this summer sounds reassuring, but is this built on hard facts and long-term fixes—or are we just rolling the dice on luck and good weather until the next energy crisis slams us? Hmm, let’s be honest—I know what you did...
The Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF) announced that the Aquino Center will open its museum honoring the lives of Ninoy, Cory, and Noynoy Aquino on Feb. 24, just a day before the country commemorates the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power. (Photo courtesy of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has approved the issuance of notice of award (NOA) to six power companies that will start constructing additional power plants after winning in the bidding of 57 megawatts (MWs) guaranteed dependable power capacity...
Arabica coffee wildings thrive in elevated places like Bakun, Benguet, especially as its cultivation at higher elevations and in cooler temperatures help the concentration of its flavor. (This is an A.I. generated picture.) Hedcor, a renewable asset manager of Aboitiz Power Corporation...
The Department of Energy (DOE) expects the corporate life extension of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) to facilitate the rehabilitation of the Agus-Pulangi plants in Mindanao. During an ambush interview, Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla highlighted that PSALM...
Aboitiz Power President and CEO Danel Aboitiz After over two decades of deregulation, the Philippine power sector remains a complex challenge—marked by unreliable service, high costs, and persistent darkness in many islands and remote areas. This underscores the fact that industry...
(Courtesy of Roni Santiago / MANILA BULLETIN) Private sector employees who will report for work on the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution on Tuesday, Feb. 25, are entitled to proper payment of wages, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. In Labor Advisory No. 2,...
Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has expressed interest in supporting offshore wind (OSW) development in the Philippines. In a briefing on Thursday, Feb. 6, Yasunori Takamatsu, president of MOL Enterprise Philippines, Inc., said the company is open to transporting materials needed for OSW...
(Left) Scubasureros documenting their first dive beneath the Therma Visayas jetty. The divers hope to raise awareness about the importance of conserving marine life to divers and non-divers alike. (Right) A Therma Visayas team member participates in a tree planting activity inside the power plant....
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) has formally notified qualified bidders this week that it canceled the independent power producer administrator (IPPA) privatization mode for the 796-megawatt Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (CBK) hydropower complex in Laguna....
Like a high voltage shock, the 20 percent shares sell-down of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, via parent firm Synergy Grid and Development Philippines, Inc., sent the entire industry reeling last week, and The missing piece of the puzzle had been: what covert forces were at play...
The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (Philreca) has expressed concerns about Senate Bill No. 2888, which could allow Davao Light and Power Company, Inc. (DLPC) to take over the franchise area of the Northern Davao Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Nordeco). In a letter to lawmakers...
