Senate defunds new flood projects
The Senate Finance Committee will again adopt a zero-funding policy for new flood control projects in the 2027 budget, focusing instead on completing…
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The Senate Finance Committee will again adopt a zero-funding policy for new flood control projects in the 2027 budget, focusing instead on completing…
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Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has secured the best offers for its 600-megawatt (MW) baseload requirement at below P5.60 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), locking in…
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Nosy Tarsee has a riddle. How did a five-star hotel-casino sitting comfortably in a Visayas business district get away with nearly P130 million in claimed…
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Ejercito said senators would scrutinize proposed flood control projects and amend or reject those deemed unnecessary or irregular.
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Nosy Tarsee has been sitting on this one for a while, waiting for the right moment to dish it out.
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An ERC-issued resolution declares allowable system loss charge an inherent government-mandated pass-through cost that does not form part of the gross sales of…
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Power distributors will have to absorb the cost of renewable energy certificates (RECs) purchased above prevailing market rates instead of passing the…
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‘We do not want farm-to-market roads where there are no farms.’
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Senate Finance Committee chairperson JV Ejercito is pushing a “back to basics” approach to the proposed ₱7.2-trillion national budget for 2027, calling for…
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Senate Senior Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito is pushing to pass Senate Bill 2, or the Masterplan for Infrastructure and National Development (MIND) Act,…
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Senate Senior Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito on Wednesday renewed his push for a long-term national infrastructure blueprint that would provide continuity…
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The government needs more than P7 billion to keep electricity consumers from shouldering losses tied to power theft, faulty meters and weak collections at…
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Senate Senior Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito filed legislation seeking an across-the-board P10,000 monthly basic salary increase for all public elementary…
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Senate Senior Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito is pushing for a P10,000 across-the-board increase in the monthly basic salary of all public elementary and…
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Nartatez stressed that protecting power distribution is vital to national security and the economy.
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Inefficient electricity services and high power costs are the biggest disincentives to investment, worsened by highly politicized supply distributors outside…
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The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has anticipated the energy needs of locators operating factories inside its economic zones and has tapped power…
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They argued that the analogy does not hold because, unlike a retailer absorbing shrinkage, distribution utilities are shielded by law from bearing the cost…
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