President Marcos has approved the Mindanao Transport Connectivity Improvement Project (MTCIP), ordering implementing agencies to "proceed with the project" as much as possible. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos made the approval during the 21st...
CEBU CITY – The mayor of Dalaguete in southern Cebu province is facing another complaint. An engineer on Wednesday, October 16, asked the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) to investigate Mayor Ronald Allan Cesante for alleged irregularities in the conduct of a road...
Hosting its biggest group of students yet, Klima Eskwela capped off a successful 2024 run with a visit to the Camarines Norte State College (CNSC). Klima Eskwela aims to make advocates out of the youth. Its lectures were designed to leverage students’ experience with global warming and, in...
SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC), a subsidiary of the Meralco Group, is shelling out P8.93 billion for the acquisition of additional stake in Terra Solar Philippines Inc. and Terra Nueva Inc. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, Oct. 10, SPNEC said its board of directors approved the subscription...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian wants public schools included in the government's free wi-fi program for a more efficient roll-out and to ensure Internet connectivity in the country’s public places. Gatchalian quizzed the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) during the...
Nearly three-fourths of the loan for a flood control project in Metro Manila that the World Bank extended to the Philippines seven years ago remained unspent even as this financing is scheduled to end before yearend. A Sept. 30 implementation status and results report seen by Manila Bulletin...
Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera (Rep. Herrera's office) Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera highlighted on Sunday, Sept. 29 the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development's (DHSUD) vow...
Project sponsor-firm MGen Renewable Energy Inc. (MGreen), which is a subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen, has cemented a deal with affiliate Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation (MIESCOR) for some construction components in the conglomerate’s $4.0 billion Terra Solar project. In a...
While not exactly turning its back on fossil fuel-based conventional technologies, Alcantara-led Alsons Power Group will be pursuing wider diversification on its power generation portfolio by focusing its next investment on utility scale solar farm installation that will have energy storage...
Danish firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is eyeing to diversify its capital formation for renewable energy (RE) projects in the country, with its investment sight now expanding into solar and energy storage systems. The Danish firm first entered the Philippine market last year with its...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is making a bold promise to power plant investors that it will be extending utmost help so they can secure warranted permits with the national government agencies (NGAs) as well as with their host-local government units (LGUs) so that the P1.29 trillion worth of...
Banks and other lending institutions are reportedly asking the Department of Energy (DOE) for a categorical definition and conclusive policy framework that shall serve as anchor to prospective financing of ‘transition coal’ projects that are still being allowed by the government for commercial...
