State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) on Wednesday welcomed the passage of the “Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop” bill at the bicameral conference committee level. In a statement, NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said the approval of the measure was very timely, citing the ever increasing energy demand in the country. “This measure comes at a time when […]
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Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez expects prices of goods to continue to decline in the first quarter of 2019 due to the decreasing oil prices and strengthening of the Philippine peso. Lopez said although prices have decreased following the easing of inflation rate at 6 percent last month, consumers may start to feel the decline in […]
Philippine fishery products can now enter the Russian market after the conclusion of talks between agriculture officials from the Philippines and Russia in Moscow. Agriculture Undersecretary Waldo Carpio said that three Philippine fisheries exporters have been granted accreditation to export fisheries products to Russia. The announcement was made following the first-ever Philippines-Russia Joint Working Group […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles called on graduates of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) to help fuel the nation’s development, noting that they are longer scholars but graduates of the nation. “…You are not just Iskolar ng Bayan, you are now Graduates ng Bayan. Your success is the success of the people who helped […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Tuesday received the Tanglaw ng Bayan Award from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), saying he was honored to be recognized by “the largest state university in the country.” “PUP has for over a century stayed true to its calling as an academic institution that believes that: one, education […]
Thirteen new deaf tour guides, who underwent training in March, have been accredited by the Department of Tourism (DOT). The accreditation was in line with the DOT’s bid for barrier-free tourism that also caters to the needs of persons with disabilities (PWDs) traveling around the country. All tour guides accredited are members of the Deafinite […]
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez had called on stakeholders of the export industry to rally behind the Philippine Export Development Plan (PEDP) so that its objectives would be realized. During the National Exporters Congress (NEC) in Pasay City recently, Lopez said the PEDP has laid out strategies, plans, and programs to further boost the country’s export […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has launched the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon (Calabarzon) leg of the country’s culinary tourism project, “Kain Na!” (Let’s Eat!). Poised to introduce the specialties, as well as new dishes that mostly highlight the region’s rich coconut produce, Chef Kenneth Degracia of the Costales Nature Farm in Laguna, is confident […]
More than 30 South Korean companies will build a farm equipment and machinery assembly plant in the Philippines next year, in line with the government’s aggressive mechanization program that aims to boost farm productivity. “The assembly plant is expected to be operational by late 2019 and will later be converted into a manufacturing facility.” “The […]
Saying that electric cooperatives (ECs) must live up to the definition of the second word in their names, National Electrification Administration (NEA) chief Edgardo Masongsong strongly encouraged all community-owned power distribution utilities to work together and pool their resources to aid struggling co-ops. Masongsong made the statement at the 3rd Association of Mindanao Rural Electric […]