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(Photo courtesy of PAGASA) MANILA - Western sections of Luzon and Visayas will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to southwest monsoon (habagat), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Sunday. In its latest bulletin, the weather bureau said flash floods or landslides are possible in Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan due to moderate to at times heavy rains triggered by habagat. It said D...

Supreme Court (SC) It took the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) 10 years to resolve the complaints and indict a revenue officer of the tax fraud division of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in connection with her statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) for the years 1997 to 20

The number of people who have received their second booster shot in Muntinlupa City has increased to more than 3,400. Data from the City Health Office (CHO) showed that as of May 21, a total of 3,425 individuals got their second booster shot or fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Vaccination in

FUEL DISCOUNT. Fisherfolk from the coastal municipalities of Bataan show the discount cards that they received through the fuel subsidy program of the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in this undated photo. The program that was launched in Subic, Zambales in March is set to benefit about 6,000 fishers in Central Luzon. (Photo courtesy of BFAR-3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - Another group of fisherfolk in Central Luzon has benefited from the government&#39...

The Senate passed on second reading last Thursday at least 30 bills that seek to improve, develop or establish public hospitals in different parts of the country.

A P6-billion transmission facility is now ready to accommodate more than 2,500 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacities for the Luzon grid. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said Thursday it has energized the Mariveles-Hermosa 500 kiloVolt (kV) transmission line, which was earlier certified as an Energy Project…

The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines has energized the P6-billion Mariveles-Hermosa transmission line in Bataan to meet the growing power needs of the Luzon grid.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte expressed optimism that the next administration would explore nuclear energy as an alternative energy source in the Philippines. In a prerecorded Talk to the People aired Monday night, Duterte said the next administration must study nuclear power because the Philippines, which depends on imported crude oil, is vulnerable to the effects of the

Consumer rights and energy advocacy group Power for People Coalition (P4P) on Wednesday expressed reservations over the possible appointment of Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Agnes Devanadera as the Secretary of the Energy Department, questioning decisions made under her leadership and calling her an "ally of dirty energy."  

The 620-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant was left dormant after the elder Marcos was toppled in 1986