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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is standing by the electric cooperatives (ECs) in Bicol amid concerns over the approval of a proposed measure granting the franchise application of a private corporation to operate a power distribution utility in Camarines Sur. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong conveyed this message on Wednesday during a consultative forum organized by […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said government was encouraged by data showing a 4.2% year-on-year decrease in the number of families that have experienced involuntary hunger, stressing on Sunday that the Duterte Administration has viewed positive numbers like these “as a sign that its policies are meeting their desired objectives.” The Social Weather Stations (SWS) recently […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has expressed its full support for the implementation of Republic Act 11313 or most commonly known as Safe Spaces Act. On the signing of its implementing rules and regulations, MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim said that the agency will ensure that its part as one of the implementing bodies of the […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu is calling for the swift passage of a measure that will create an Enforcement Bureau within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) following the death of a forest ranger in Nueva Ecija who was shot several times by an unidentifed gunman. Cimatu condemned in the strongest terms the killing […]
After the success of its national launching in last May, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has formally introduced in Mindanao the Rural Agro-enterprise Partnership for Inclusive Development (RAPID) Growth Project during the opening of Kakao Konek 2019. Kakao Konek 2019, the biggest annual event of the cacao industry stakeholders in the country, was […]
Electric cooperatives (ECs) across the country posted lower national average system loss in the first six months of 2019, resulting in a 13 percent growth in energy sales, latest data from the National Electrification Administration (NEA) show. The NEA Information Technology and Communication Services Department (ITCSD) reported that system losses of ECs have improved by […]
Several areas in North Cotabato now have partial power supply following the magnitude 6.6 earthquake that struck Mindanao on Tuesday (October 29), the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has reported as it continues to monitor the situation. The NEA Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) has directed all electric cooperatives (ECs) in Mindanao to observe […]
To aid the coconut industry of Leyte and encourage a more productive sector, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has started to distribute coconut planting materials and financial assistance to coconut farmers of the province. Twenty local farmers, who are part of the Participatory Coconut Planting Project, received checks worth P3,000 each from the Philippine Coconut […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has reminded the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to ensure that appropriate environmental and social safeguards are met in the implementation of the Kaliwa Dam project, which has been recently granted a Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) by the environment department. Cimatu said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)—through […]
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez underscored the deepening trade and investment relations between the Philippines and India after Indian President Ram Nath Kovind conveyed his country’s interest to participate in the Philippine growth story. During the recent ASEAN-India Business Summit Gala, Kovind and Lopez expressed optimism on the growth of economic […]