Day: July 24, 2024

MANILA: Senator Robin Padilla on Wednesday formally assumed his post as new president of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP), replacing Palawan 2nd District Rep. Jose Chavez Alvarez. Alvarez said the party is in good hands under Padilla who was has served as the party’s executive vice president and acting president. “As the new PDP president, Senator Padilla will continue to consolidate the party membership and prepare for the 2025 mid-term elections, which Rep. Alvarez started,” the PDP said in a statement, Padilla took his oath before PDP vice chairman Alfonso Cusi and auditor Senator Christopher “Bong” Go. In April, the

MANILA: Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael Lotilla said the Marcos administration was able to fast-track the completion of transmission line projects that will stabilize the power situation and reduce the electricity rates across the country. During the 2024 Post-State of the Nation Address (SONA) Discussions in Pasay City Wednesday, Lotilla said the length of transmission lines following the completion of various projects in the past two years increased by 10 percent. Lotilla noted the 10-percent increase in the length of transmission lines between 2022 and 2024 is higher than the 8-percent increase from 2009 to 2022, or in the

MALASIQUI: The search and rescue or retrieval operations for the two missing persons in La Union are ongoing amid the heavy rainfall due to the southwest monsoon enhanced by Super Typhoon Carina. The La Union Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) on Wednesday confirmed that a 64-year-old male from Barangay Halog East and a 48-year-old female from Barangay Urayong in Bauang town have been reported missing since Tuesday. The male from Tubao was allegedly swept away by strong water current while crossing a river, while the female was suspected to have drowned. “We encourage our kaprobinsiaan (provincemates) to