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NLEX Corp. is lining up more projects at the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway on top of the P2.6 billion worth of infrastructure developments, that have been implemented since it took over the expressway’s management, operation, and maintenance.

"In terms of legal framework, are we ready? The Philippines is not ready at this point because under EPIRA, power generation is vested in the private sector. It was removed from the [state-run] National Power Corporation (Napocor)," Erguiza said during the Laging Handa briefing.

NLEX Corporation has spent P2.6 billion to upgrade the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) since it took over operations seven years ago. The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) awarded the SCTEX concession contract to the company in 2015. Since then, the tollway operator has

The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant(File photo) MANILA - Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Gerardo Erguiza Jr. said there is a need to amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) to enable the government to invest in nuclear power plants. This, as the incoming administration has expressed its support in considering a nuclear power plant to be part of the country's energy mix. "As of now, the government does not have the ability to put up conventional nuclear power plant beca...

South Korean Ambassador Kim Inchul has offered his country’s help in reviving the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.

Presumptive president Bongbong Marcos hosted on Monday, May 23 a series of courtesy calls of diplomats coming from the United States (US), Japan, South Korea, and India in what was his most "presidential" day yet following the May 9 polls. From top to bottom: Presumptive president Bongbong Mar

The Muntinlupa City government has administered second booster shots to more than 1,400 individuals. The Department of Health (DOH) has allowed the administration of second booster shots using Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to immunocompromised individuals, frontline health workers (A1) aged

Duterte hopes next admin could explore use of nuclear power

Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones, on Tuesday, May 24, lauded the establishment of Bataan High School for the Arts (BHSA), reiterating its potential to “improve the talent of Filipinos” and at the same time “promote Philippine culture and arts.” DepEd Secretary Leonor Brion

"What our grid needs is [a] more distributed...flexible generation, and I think that a lot of other options are available to the Philippines today," he added, referring to solar and wind, which are classified as renewables.