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Efforts to rehabilitate Manila Bay are beginning to bear fruit. According to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu, he has received reports that swimming is already possible in some areas of the bay off Bataan province. “We’re improving in terms of cleaning up Manila Bay,” Cimatu said in Quezon City after […]
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde and Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar recently led the ground-breaking rites for a five-story multipurpose carpark building which will soon rise inside Camp Crame. The parking facility, located at the northwest corner of the PNP headquarters, is expected to solve parking woes of personnel and […]
Residents living along major waterways in Metro Manila are being urged by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to become environment-conscious by not throwing trash in creeks and rivers to help fast-track the cleanup of Manila Bay and its tributaries. During the cleanup of the Maytunas Creek in San Juan City’s Barangay Addition […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Tuesday announced that the Palace will soon be issuing an executive order (EO) creating a Zero Hunger Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) composed of members of the Cabinet that will seek to eradicate hunger in the country by 2030. According to the Palace official, President Rodrigo Duterte approved the proposal in […]
Six electric cooperatives (ECs) operating in the Bangsamoro region will receive next week power distribution equipment to help them improve their operational efficiency. The National Electrification Administration (NEA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will lead the turnover ceremony of power distribution equipment and materials, such as boom trucks, transformers, utility poles, and electric […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA), in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), will install solar-powered hydropanels in Cobrador Island, Romblon whose community has been deprived of access to safe drinking water for years. The agency will be deploying four SOURCE Hydropanel units this April, which is part of its ongoing project with the ADB […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has removed the “window hours” for the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or the “number coding” scheme in all major thoroughfares and Mabuhay Lane routes in Metro Manila. This after the MMDA’s policy-making body, Metro Manila Council (MMC), has agreed to standardize the enforcement of the “no window […]
In anticipation of higher electricity demand during the summer season, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has advised the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) to take necessary measures to reduce the possibility of power interruptions. This after the National Power Corporation (NPC) has decided to defer the deployment of Power Barge (PB) 106 to Catanduanes, […]
More rural communities within the coverage area of the South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Socoteco II) will be connected to the electricity grid this year under the Sitio Electrification Program (SEP). According to Engr. Crisanto Sotelo, general manager of Socoteco II, electrification work has started in February to power up 46 more sitios included […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Thursday revealed that government was in the midst of preparing short and long-term solutions to address the country’s water needs, proposals that will require executive action and the passage of new legislation. Nograles said that department secretaries, agency heads and representatives at the high-level inter-agency meeting on water security at […]