Day: September 12, 2024

ILOILO CITY – The Department of Energy is calling on local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas to comply with the Government Energy Management Program, mandated under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act. In a media conference on Thursday, DOE Visayas Energy Resource Development and Utilization Division Chief Lourdes Arciaga said they are now going massive with their spot-checking in Western Visayas to determine compliance and expect to complete it by next year. Among the strategies pushed under the GEMP are adopting energy efficiency and conservation (EEC) measures and practices to reduce electricity and fuel consumption and employ renewable energy

LEGAZPI CITY – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) in Bicol was able to collect 60 blood bags during a one-day bloodletting drive at the Pacific Mall here on Thursday. In an interview, Lilia A. Jadie, CSC-Bicol chief human resource specialist and project coordinator, said the activity conducted as part of the 124th Philippine Civil Service Anniversary celebration met the goal to “contribute to the region’s blood reserves that can be used during times of need”. “More than 68 blood donors attended the event. This is an annual activity of CSC in partnership with other government agencies. With the guidance of

BAGUIO CITY – The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) said the national government has instructed the center to start making executives and middle managers in the government digitally savvy and adept with the call of the times. Nanette Caparos, DAP’s vice president and head of the Career Development Center, in a press conference on Friday, said the agency is ‘focusing on digital governance’ starting this year. ‘We have been instructed to have at least 1,000 digital leaders in a year and this will be mandatory to the executives and second-level managers,’ she said. Caparos said the seven-day program is

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) goes full-swing in reaching out to members down to the barangays for the Konsultasyong Sulit Tama (Konsulta) program. Junie Sabusap, PhilHealth Antique head, said in an interview Thursday that they are now revisiting the 18 municipalities in the province after the Konsulta caravan in March this year, which registered 6,600 members. This time, they focus on the barangays, especially those in remote areas. ‘This September, through the Assisted Batch Registration (ABR), we are going in full swing in revisiting the barangays to reach out to those who have