
Fact check: Do climate policies raise energy bills?
Numerous posts on social media blame climate-change policies for the surge in energy prices. AFP Fact Check asked experts whether the claim stands up.
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Numerous posts on social media blame climate-change policies for the surge in energy prices. AFP Fact Check asked experts whether the claim stands up.
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The World Bank report revealed that the Philippines is now the WB’s seventh top borrower in 2022 with $1.58 billion taken out from the International Bank for…
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'The country is on its way to recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, with the economy displaying a rebound gross domestic product growth rate of 5.7-percent in…
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MIESCOR Infrastructure Development Corporation (MIDC), a joint venture between Meralco subsidiary MIESCOR and Stonepeak, announced the first closing for its…
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The Department of Energy on Monday assured that the country has sufficient supply for the rest of the year, but it warned that consumers may experience power…
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All qualified and registered power producers using renewable energy sources should enjoy the option of preferential dispatch in the Wholesale Electricity Spot…
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Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Secretary Jose Acuzar discussed the details of the Marcos administration's plans for the housing industry…
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The Energy Regulatory Commission, in a 3-2 vote, denied the petition of SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. for a P4.80 increase in the contracted prices of the…
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Tycoon Lucio Tan's MacroAsia Corp. is applying for a permit to mine nickel ore in a 1,114- hectare area in Brooke's Point, Palawan.
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State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines has signed an agreement with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development for the crafting of a…
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Homegrown mattress maker Maxiflex Philippine Corp., popularly known as Uratex, has secured the nod of the Board of Investments to establish a P560.4 million…
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ACEN, the power unit of the Ayala Group, has committed to invest AUD800 million to build its 400-megawatt Stubbo Solar Farm and Battery Project in Australia as…
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I hope we can sustain and improve on the gains and positive changes we have made under the Duterte administration.
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Motorists loading up diesel can get relief in their fuel expenses this week.
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The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development is promoting a new financing structure to attract more stakeholders to support the country's massive…
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Top executives of Pag-IBIG Fund urged employers with unremitted contributions for their employees to avail of the agency's penalty condonation program and…
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The Philippine Reclamation Authority said it will look into concerns raised by property developer Asian Seas Resources and Construction Development Corp.,…
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'We've had disasters before. We've had conflicts before. But the confluence of what we're facing right now is a major setback to human development'
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