As the Malampaya natural gas field is drying up, Mindanao might have the indigenous energy resources to energize the country. In a webinar of Davao International Conference 2021 Thursday, PNOC Exploration Corp. (PNOC EC) vice president for upstream operation Jaime Bacud said Mindanao is rich in indigenous resources that can support the country’s energy requirement. Bacud said Mindanao alone has three sedimentary basins waiting for exploration for oil and gas resources. These basins include Agusan, Cotabato, and the Sulu Sea. “We still think that there is natural gas potential for these areas, and it could be where we could find

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional office here on Thursday provided fisherfolk in Bataan with some equipment that could help boost the production of mussels in the province. In a social media post, provincial fishery officer Harlyn Purzuelo said the move is part of BFAR’s continuing efforts to help uplift the living condition of fishers whose livelihood has been affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Purzuelo led the distribution of polypropylene ropes, plastic container floaters, reflectorized flag nets, among other equipment, to two fishermen’s organizations in the towns of Limay and Abucay. Last Sept. 16,

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is pushing for the inclusion of the newly rehabilitated and expanded airport here as among the alternate gateways for returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and international travelers. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade proposed the move on Thursday as he personally led the formal unveiling and inauguration of the city airport’s new passenger terminal building and other completed facilities. He said the city’s international standard airport can accommodate airline passengers coming in from as far as the Middle East. Tugade said it can be realized once the proposed increase in the daily cap for returning OFWs, currently

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday welcomed a newly-designated Spanish defense attaché who made a courtesy call on AFP officials at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. “This enduring friendship and bilateral cooperation have been instrumental in various engagements and activities that support our mutual security interests,” AFP public affairs office chief, Navy Capt. Jonathan Zata said in a message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA) Thursday. This came as Col. Martin Gil visited the AFP headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo. “The courtesy call shows the continuous strengthening of the relationship between the Philippine and Spanish armed forces,” Zata

A total of 1,327 community health workers and farmers on Thursday received cash and relief grants from the provincial government under the “Handog Pasasalamat” program in Barangay Malabuan here. North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco, together with other local officials, led the ceremonial turnover of cash and other incentives to representatives of 929 health workers and 398 farmers coming from the town’s 38 barangays. Each beneficiary received PHP4,200, five kilos of rice, and sanitation kits. “This is our way of gratitude to these silent warriors that risk their lives in responding to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic”, the governor said in