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Samal LGU to upgrade support infra on island

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has directed the Peninsula Electric Cooperative, Inc. (PENELCO) in Bataan to help fix the line that plagued parts of Luzon into blackouts last weekend. According to NEA Engineering Department Manager Federico P. Villar, Jr. and Principal Engineer

POPCOM Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III (File photo) MANILA - The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) lauded on Thursday the unrelenting efforts of several local government units (LGUs) to implement the Philippine Population and Development Program (PPDP) amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. During the 2022 Kaunlarang Pantao Awards, also known as Rafael M. Salas POPDEV award held in the City of Manila, POPCOM Executive Director, Undersecretary Juan Antoni...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the face of armed conflicts the world over, the Prime Minister of Cambodia, Samdech Hun Sen, speaks on behalf of a nation that has risen from the ashes of unspeakable strife: "Cambodia weeps for the multitudes who are suffering. We cannot choose war to end war. We must remain steadfast in our efforts to grow and to strive for a better future." "A better future dwells in a healthy environment. Climate change is at the heart of ...

MANILA/JEDDAH: Ten years after he was abducted and held hostage by Abu Sayyaf militants, Arab News Asia bureau chief Baker Atyani is again recalling long days of captivity in the jungles of the southern Philippines following news that one of his captors has surrendered to the Philippine military. Atyani was on duty, reporting for Al-Arabiya News Channel, in June 2012, when Abu

DAVAO CITY – The government has scheduled the groundbreaking of the long-awaited 3.98-kilometer Davao City-Samal Island Bridge project next month, July, Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain said. Sadain said in Viber message that the groundbreaking was set after the approval of t

BANGKOK -- Thailand on Monday reported 1,801 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest figure in nearly 13 months, as the country is in the midst of fully reopening to int

The Philippines and China exchanged the agreements to finance a bridge connecting Davao City and Samal Island in the southern Philippines.

THE Philippines borrowed 2.34-billion renminbi (about P17.39 billion or $362 million) from China to fund the construction of a 2-way, 4-lane bridge expected to cut travel time from Davao City and the City of Samal in Mindanao. The concessional loan for the Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) project is also…

MANILA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines and China exchanged the agreements on Monday to finance a bridge connecting Davao City and Samal Island in the south