Sanford “Sanford” Vinuya continued to prove that he’s one of the league’s rising stars, claiming the Finals MVP award with a stellar performance in ECHO’s 4-0 sweep of Blacklist International in the Grand Finals to rule the MPL Philippines Season 11 on Sunday, May 7. *Sanford helps ECHO...
Guang Ming College, in partnership with the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the UP College of Music (UPCMu), will be holding the Alaya: Arts and Humanism Conference this May 24 to 26 at its Tagaytay City campus. Following the theme “Weaving the Performing Arts and Humanism Through...
Following the series of transmission facility-induced rotational blackouts in the Luzon and Visayas grids, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that a two-tiered follow-through audit on the performance of system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will be carried out –...
Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Pro-administration congressman, Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez wants to be assured of several things first before he can back the proposed merger of state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and Development Bank of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, May 9 slammed the National Grid Corp. (NGCP) which, he said, should be held responsible for the sudden power outages that hit Luzon. Gatchalian said the elevation of grid status to red alert on Monday, which resulted in power outages in some parts of Luzon is...
Isuzu Philippines Corp. (IPC), the local unit of Japanese truck maker Isuzu, will conduct a special service campaign on 2,273 units of its sports utility models mu-X and pick-up model D-Max. In an advisory Monday, May 8, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said IPC will conduct a tightening...
LET’S CLOSE THE LOOP Panel moderator Carol Malasig, Jenica Dizon of Waves for Water, Jessie Jiang of Basically Borrowed, Marika Callangan of Woman Create, Carlo Chen-Delantar of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and Frankie Shadbolt of H&M Philippines In recent years, fashion consumers have shown...
Amid distress from scorching weather temperature, massive number of consumers in Luzon had to live through the agony of rotational blackouts of at least two-hour duration due to strained power supply in the grid following a transmission line tripping that was compounded by the forced outages and...
Hotel, restaurant owners and operators, and retailers said their operations have to maintain the minimum public health standards, including the wearing of masks, to ensure good customer experience amid continuing threats of Covid-19. At the press conference for the launch of the country’s first...
German companies in the Philippines are more bullish in their local business prospects than in other ASEAN countries despite acknowledging certain risks, such as shortages of skilled labor, supply chain disruptions, economic policy uncertainties, and inflation, according to a new survey conducted by...
Owing to the extreme tightness of supply, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced that it has implemented rotational blackouts of two-hour duration, initially affecting parts of Cavite and Laguna, as well as key cities in Metro Manila, including Marikina, Novaliches,...
Forced outages and de-rating of power plants that took out more than 1,350 megawatts of capacities in the system placed Luzon grid into "red alert" on Monday, May 8, according to the advisory issued by system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). NGCP raised "red alert"...
