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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will reclaim four wetlands encroached by business establishments and illegal settlers in Boracay, Secretary Roy Cimatu has assured. Cimatu made the statement during the recent public hearing conducted by the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, chaired by Senator Cynthia Villar, at a resort in the […]
Successful cooperatives are all alike; unsuccessful cooperatives fail in their own way. For the Akelco Employees Multipurpose Cooperative (AKEMPCO), it’s all about managing expectations and getting its priorities straight. It has been 15 years since this employees’ co-op of the Aklan Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AKELCO) was established and until now, its members continue to live […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu said that there could be cease and desist orders and other actions issued to erring businesses in Boracay very soon. “We are fast tracking our processes, and we’ll probably see sanctions handed out before the end of March to businesses that fail to roll out […]
With over 19,000 sitios across the country that remain without electricity, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) and its partner electric cooperatives (ECs) have pledged to complete all pending state-funded rural electrification projects by 2022. The commitment was made during the ECs General Managers’ Session held recently at the NEA auditorium in Diliman, Quezon City, which […]
An organization of board of directors of electric cooperatives (ECs) has adopted a resolution creating a comprehensive program that will provide all kinds of immediate assistance to underperforming power distribution utilities. This is among a handful of proposals introduced during the First EC Board of Directors Summit organized by the Philippine Association of Board of […]
There might be another way around cleaning up Boracay without the mandatory closure of businesses that drive its economy. How? By putting up waste-to-energy facilities in the bustling tourist destination. An official from the Aklan Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AKELCO) brought this up amid reports that a number of establishments in the area will be forced […]
An official from a national federation of stock electric cooperatives (ECs) registered with the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) has expressed his full support to the National Electrification Administration (NEA) in taking over the management control of Abra Electric Cooperative (ABRECO). David Solomon Siquian, director of the Philippine Federation of Electric Cooperatives (PHILFECO) and general manager […]
In an effort to rehabilitate the ailing Abra Electric Cooperative (ABRECO), the National Electrification Administration (NEA) officially took over the management and operations of the power distribution utility and deactivated its current Board of Directors (BOD). NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong accompanied the members of the newly-created Task Force Duterte Abra Power in a meeting with […]
Emphasizing the need to protect the personal information of their stakeholders against digital threats, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) urged anew all electric cooperatives (ECs) to strictly comply with the requirements of Data Privacy Law. This comes after the state-run agency hosted a Data Privacy Summit for its employees and some 154 data protection officers […]
State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) teams up with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to help improve the distribution system reliability of electric cooperatives in the country through a new smart grid technology. JICA tapped the expertise of the Tokyo Electric Power Company or TEPCO and its affiliated firm Takaoka Toko (TKTK) to work with […]