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The government must not waste any more time fulfilling its promises to extend assistance to former fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) who availed of the state’s amnesty program. Senator Robin Padilla stressed this after chairing a consultative meeting with officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte said over the weekend Globe Telecom Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. should stop blaming all local government units (LGUs) for their epic failure to upgrade their poor and slow services, more so now when President Duterte and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) have assured them there would no […]
Work on some of the rural electrification projects funded by government subsidies has been affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) said. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong admitted that the implementation of projects, such as the Sitio Electrification Program (SEP), is experiencing delays because of the continuing restrictions imposed to […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) announced its off-grid solar project for 5,000 households is facing a slower pace of completion due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The NEA Total Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Department (TEREDD) said beneficiaries of the solar photovoltaic (PV) mainstreaming project will have to wait a little longer due to […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III expressed dismay and displeasure that the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC), a body created under the Automated Election Law, has not yet certified the automated election system (AES) to be used in the coming national and local polls “with just a little over a month or around 30 days before May 13.” […]