A farmer guides his carabao on dry and cracked farmland in San Juan town, Batangas, April 18, 2010. — REUTERS/ROMEO RANOCOPRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said on Monday that the government does not see the need to declare a state of calamity nationwide for El

DNVTHE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has applied with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to install more submarine cable links for the Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) 230-kilovolt backbone project.“We applied for an additional submarine cable last year. We applied with the ERC to build submarine

DOTR PHOTOJEEPNEY manufacturers said the government needs to halt imports of completely built-up modernized jeepney units for the Public Utility Vehicles Modernization Program (PUVMP).“The direct import of the completely built units should be stopped. That’s what’s killing our industry and we’ll never have economies of

CAPTAIN’S PEAK RESORT in Sagbayan, Bohol — SCREENGRAB FROM REN THE ADVENTURERTHE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Monday that it is reviewing the environmental compliance of 131 projects built in protected areas.“There are 131 Protected Area Community-Based Resource Management Agreement (PACBRMA)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HANDOUTTHE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it expects to cancel 3,000 grants of water rights due to non-use, and redistribute them to new grantees.“There are many water rights grantees that do not use the water that was granted to

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Monday that it had released 83.2% of the 2024 national budget by the end of March.In a Status of Allotment Releases report, the DBM said releases amounted to P4.8 trillion out of the P5.768-trillion budget.Around P968.79

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOTHE Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) said it had sought the assistance of government investigative agencies to look into irregularities in the issuance of retiree visas before the Senate brought up the matter.PRA General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Roberto Z. Zozobrado said that

Buckets of fish are sold at the Navotas fish port in this file photo. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCASTHE Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) said it will remit a dividend of P128.4 million from its 2023 earnings to the Bureau of the Treasury.In a statement, Agriculture

BW FILE PHOTOTHE PESO ended almost flat against the dollar on Monday after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) policy meeting.The local unit closed at P56.491 per dollar, rising by less than a centavo from its P56.50 finish on Friday, Bankers Association of the Philippines