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State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) has extended P830-million worth of loans to 34 electric cooperatives (ECs) over the period January to April this year to finance, among others, their rural electrification projects. Of the total amount, P42 million was released as calamity loans to three ECs for the rehabilitation of damaged power distribution lines caused […]
Electric cooperatives (ECs) found an ally in Misamis Oriental Governor Bambi Emano who publicly stated that he would rather lean on them to power up communities in his province than the private investor-owned utilities. This is consistent with the position of the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which for years has been asking for reforms in […]
An official from the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) has recently called for the protection and establishment of more cooperatives to turn the tide on the state of public utilities in the country. PCL Chairman and Davao City Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang said people should rally behind service-oriented utilities like the Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. […]
Racing against time with limited resources at its disposal, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) tweaked its action plans to illuminate roughly 2.4 million homes that remain in the dark under the franchise areas of electric cooperatives (ECs) nationwide. The state-owned corporation recently presented its Strategized Total Electrification Program (STEP), which was tailored to meet the […]
State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) touted the strategic partnership between the two national organizations of electric cooperatives aimed at pushing forward the welfare and interest of the ECs and the power consumers in light of the recent challenges facing the rural electrification sector. Administrator Edgardo Masongsong expressed delight at the decision of the Philippine Rural […]
A number of communities situated in remote parts of Mindanao where expansion of electricity grid facilities is extremely challenging will soon no longer have to live in darkness, thanks to solar home systems (SHS). The National Electrification Administration (NEA) disclosed that the installation of a Photovoltaic Mainstreaming system for 5,000 households within the coverage areas […]
The Social Security System (SSS) is set to open its eighth branch in San Carlos City, Pangasinan this year to make its services accessible to more members. SSS Senior Communications Analyst Maureen Inocencio said the new office, with an area of 412.88 square meters located at the San Carlos Town Center, will start serving its […]
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) officially lifted the total deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Kuwait. This after DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III signed the department order lifting the ban on the sending of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) both skilled and household service workers (HSWs) to the Gulf State. Bello noted […]
Ninety-three-year-old Emerenciana Bustamante from Burgos, Pangasinan was teary-eyed after receiving her long-awaited certificate of land ownership award (CLOA) from Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary John Castriciones. “My long wait is finally over! The land is now legally mine,” cried Bustamante who, together with her husband farmed the land for more than 40 years. “I […]
Latest data on Philippine travel and tourism performance showed a 96.66 percent jump on visitor receipts for January and February 2018 compared to the same period last year. Based on the data released by the Department of Tourism (DOT), combined receipts for the first two months of the year grew to PHP78.82 billion from PHP40.08 […]