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Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go said President Rodrigo Duterte remains committed to improving the health services that are being provided for the Philippine National Police, and ensured that there will be a fair treatment among the military and police with regard to the medical services and assistance they receive. In a media […]
Budget limitations will not deter the state-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) from its commitment to bring electricity to every household in the far-flung corners of the country. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong reiterated this on Wednesday as he revealed that the agency would be receiving P1.163 billion from the national government to finance electrification projects for […]
Two of the largest electric cooperative (EC) groups in the country said on Wednesday that the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp or PSALM “must be made to explain its ballooning debts” that have a direct bearing on renewed proposals to hike electricity prices. In a hearing before the Senate Energy Committee last Tuesday, […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is set to hold various month-long activities this August to mark its 49th founding anniversary and the 9th National Electrification Awareness Month (NEAM). Under Proclamation Order No. 1743, NEAM is celebrated annually in August to recognize the significant role of the government’s electrification programs in nation building. The theme this […]
PrimeWater Lingayen, in collaboration with the Lingayen Water District and Crystal Clear, extended a helping hand to the families in Lingayen, Pangasinan who were affected by the recent Habagat and Tropical Depression Josie. Five-gallon bottled mineral waters and potable water supply through a water truck were donated and delivered to over 300 families in three […]
Special Assistant to the President Bong Go highlighted the important role of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as key drivers of inclusive economic growth in the country during the Davao leg of Go Negosyo’s Mentor Me on Wheels (MMOW). The presidential assistant joined Go Negosyo Founder and Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion at […]
Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director Joel Sy Egco said addressing the security issues of the media must involve improving their living conditions without resorting to either “regulation” or “accreditation”, which, he stressed, are both “wrong.” Undersecretary Sy Egco cited the need to strengthen the industry and remove the vulnerabilities that media […]
The financial assistance extended by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to different electric cooperatives (ECs) has reached P1.294 billion from January to June this year, 23 percent higher compared to the P1.050 billion registered in the same period a year earlier. “At least 46 of the 121 ECs supervised by the state-run agency have availed […]
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 […]