First Gen-owned Energy Development Corporation (EDC), the country’s largest renewable energy producer, on Tuesday invited health enthusiasts to join the first “Wind Rush Challenge” within its 680-hectare wind and solar farm in Burgos, Ilocos Norte to be held on Nov. 12. In time for the eighth anniversary of the company’s Burgos wind power project, Deborah Melchor, head of its Corporate Social Responsibility program, said Tuesday that the fun run will feature 3-kilometer and 8-kilometer courses and will start at 6 a.m. Melchor said online registration is ongoing with a fee of PHP350 for the 3-km course and PHP500
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food on Tuesday created a technical working group (TWG) to thresh out the concerns of various stakeholders on the proposal seeking to revive the country’s salt industry. During the hearing, committee chair Mark Enverga said further discussions on House Bill 1976 are necessary to incorporate all the positions and comments of salt industry stakeholders. The TWG shall be headed by KABAYAN party-list Rep. Ron Salo, author and sponsor of HB 1976. In sponsoring the measure, Salo noted that the Philippines imported around 93 percent of the country’s salt requirement, despite having
The chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday said President Ferdinand R. Marcos’ decision to make the use of face mask in indoor settings voluntary combined with the economic impact of the 2022 and 2023 national budgets would result in more economic growth. AKO BICOL Party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co said he is expecting the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to further improve in the last two quarters of 2022 with the calibrated lifting of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) restrictions and the continuing reopening of the economy. He further noted that the swift implementation and high agency 2023
Digitalization and the hiring of non-teaching personnel should be considered as long-term solutions to ease the heavy workload off teachers even as the Department of Education (DepEd) formulates a “balancing tool”. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said in a news release on Tuesday that based on the proposal of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, digitalization will help rationalize teachers’ jobs and allow them to allocate more time for teaching. “The quality and delivery of education is affected by the administrative work of the teachers and student support roles, and the participation in government sponsored programs such as in elections,
Defending champions Johnny Arcilla and Ronard Joven coasted to a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Alex and Jules Lazaro on Tuesday to reach the third round of the men’s doubles competition in the 39th Philippine Columbian Association (PCA) Open Tennis Championships at the PCA indoor shell court in Plaza Dilao, Paco, Manila. Arcilla and Joven will next meet qualifiers Jude Padao and Harvey Gilbuena, who pulled off a 6-2, 6-4 win over Jackey Mirabueno and Vince Serino. Second seeds Leander Lazaro and Fritz Verdad, No. 8 seeds Jose Antonio Tria and Bryan Saarenas, and the unseeded pair of Edilberto
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte debunked Tuesday claims thrown at the Department of Education (DepEd) for allegedly “rebranding” martial law and revising historical facts. In a statement, Duterte insisted that the DepEd is not in the “business of erasing” historical facts, particularly those which happened during the martial law period. “Ang Department of Education — na kasalukuyang abala sa mga programang naglalayong maiangat ang kalidad ng basic education sa Pilipinas — ay walang panahon para sa historical revisionism na pilit na iginigiit ng ilang mga anti-Marcos groups (The DepEd, which is currently busy on programs aimed
