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President Rodrigo Duterte has identified infrastructure and peace as among the top priorities in the government’s Mindanao development agenda, a Palace official said. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go bared this in a recent speech in Compostela Valley, noting that problems hounding Mindanao are no longer at the bottom of the government’s priority list. […]
In line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s warning to mining companies to shape up, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will soon come up with a policy reinventing the mining sector. “We will be coming out with the proposed policy reinventing mining that will spread the benefits to the people without compromising the environment […]
Leaders of the two most influential groups in the electric cooperative (EC) sector reiterated the “absolute need and indispensability” of assured government funding for the recently-signed law providing financial support for ECs in times of calamities and disasters. President Rodrigo Duterte signed last June 29 Republic Act 11039 which mandates the creation of an Electric […]
One of the largest groups of electric cooperatives (ECs) in the country has joined the growing number of power sector stakeholders that have hit the Department of Energy’s (DOE) new procurement rules, questioning the arbitrariness of the guidelines in the awarding of various energy projects and their impact on current participants. The Philippine Rural Electric […]
State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) welcomed the signing into law of the bill establishing an emergency and resiliency fund for electric cooperatives (ECs). On June 29, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11039, also known as the “Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund Act.” The new law provides the ECs access to financial […]
Two of the most influential groups in the electric cooperative sector (EC) hailed the signing of a law providing support to electric cooperatives adversely affected by calamities, with both expressing optimism that the new measure will further accelerate rural electrification as well as boost important grassroots initiatives in the countryside. President Rodrigo Duterte signed on […]
State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) has released the results of the thorough assessment of the overall performance of the 121 electric cooperatives (EC) under its supervision. The 2017 EC Overall Performance Assessment showed an increase in the number of power distribution utilities that are fully compliant with the key performance standards (KPS) of the NEA. […]
Electricity sales by the electric cooperatives (ECs) in the first quarter of 2018 have reached 4,924 gigawatt hours (gWh), an increase of 11 percent compared to the same period last year, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) figures show. Data released by the Information Technology and Communication Services Department (ITCSD) of the agency identified the residential […]
State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) has been cited by the Office of the Cabinet Secretary for being compliant with the requirements for collaboration for the implementation and operation of the 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Hotline. Administrator Edgardo Masongsong received the Certificate of Collaboration from Undersecretary Dale Cabrera of the Office of the Cabinet Secretary (OCS)-Strategic Action […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has reiterated its call on the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) to formally grant its petition to cancel the certificate of registration that was unlawfully issued to the splinter group of Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Daneco) to aid efforts to resolve and end the ongoing intramurals between the legally-recognized […]