Duterte ready to set foot on Red-free areas
President Rodrigo Duterte will personally visit barangays that have been freed from the threat and influence of the New People’s Army (NPA) to make sure that the programs and projects promised to those villages are being properly implemented.
Manila Standard
AFP accuses Reds of war crimes in use of land mines
Communist rebels were the perpetrators in 141 cases of land mine use since 2010 in the course of the insurgency, according to the military.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Former CTG NAMASUR Members to receive PRLEC Sustainable Livelihood Projects in Agusan Sur
Former members of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) organization, Nagkahiusang Mag-uuma sa Agusan del Sur (NAMASUR), and now reorganized and renamed as Esperanza United Farmers Federation Association (EUFFA) will receive various livelihood projects from the Poverty Reduction, Livelihood, and Employment Cluster of the Provincial Task Force in Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) in Agusan del Sur during a meeting in the afternoon of March 02, 2021, at Piglawigan Mulit-purpose Hall, Brgy Piglawigan, Esperanza, Agusan del Sur.
Kalinaw News
Peace talks
Incidents/Operations
3ID deploys more soldiers to Janiuay town
The Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) deployed additional troops to Janiuay, Iloilo following Wednesday’s detonation of an alleged improvised explosive device (IED) in the boundary of barangays Pangilihan and Canawili of the town.
Panay News
Tandag City cops capture 2 ‘NPA rebels’
Police have arrested two suspected members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in separate operations in Tandag City Wednesday afternoon, the chief of the Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO) said Thursday.
Philippine News Agency
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ATA petitioners urge SC to perform mandate to stop attacks vs lawyers
Petitioners and counsels questioning the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 has prodded the Supreme Court to step up and do its mandate as guardian of civil liberties and protector of the legal profession and take measure to stop attacks on lawyers.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Rights lawyer attacked; cops say it’s robbery but groups suspect something far more sinister
Ilonggo lawyer Angelo Karlo Guillen was attacked by unidentified men on General Luna Street. The men struck him with a 12-inch screwdriver on the head and shoulder before running off with his bag.
Panay News
Menardo: DOJ prepared to probe attack on NUPL officer Guillen
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the Department of Justice is prepared to conduct an investigation on the attack against human rights lawyer Angelo Karlo “AK” Guillen.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MARAWI
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD
Spotlight on Global Jihad (February 25 – March 3, 2021)
Syria: In the Idlib region, exchanges of artillery fire continued between the Syrian army and the forces supporting it, and the rebel forces south of Idlib. Russian warplanes continued to carry out airstrikes against the rebel enclave in Idlib. The Deir ez-Zor-Al-Mayadeen region: There was an explosion in a gas pipeline that runs from the eastern part of Hama to the Al-Shadadi region. The explosion of the pipeline stopped the flow of gas in the area. ISIS did not issue an official claim of responsibility but its operatives were apparently behind the attack.
The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
COVID-19 and Terrorism in the West: Has Radicalization Really Gone Viral?
According to a recent report published by the United Nations, violent right-wing extremists and jihadists “have successfully exploited vulnerabilities in the social media ecosystem to manipulate people and disseminate conspiracy theories” designed to reinforce their narratives and incite terrorism. From the outset of the coronavirus outbreak it was evident that violent extremists were seeking to take advantage of the growing calamity by working the virus into their existing narratives and increasing the volume of online propaganda.
Just Security
Swedish police raid apartment after knife attack
Local authorities say that three people who sustained life-threatening injuries in a knife-attack in the southern Swedish town of Vetlanda were in a stable condition on Thursday (March 4).
Yahoo News
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BARMM
First batch of Sinovac vaccines for BARMM health workers arrives
A total of 4,200 jabs of the Sinovac vaccines for Covid-19 intended for health workers in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) arrived Thursday.
MindaNews
BARMM Muslims told CoronaVac certified as halal in Indonesia
Bangsamoro health minister Amirel Usman sought to allay fears by Muslims about CoronaVac, the coronavirus vaccine made by Chinese firm Sinovac, saying the medical products had been certified as halal in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-dominated country.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Tandag mayor cited for supporting BARMM relief mission
The Bangsamoro government expressed gratitude Wednesday to Tandag City Mayor Roxanne Pimentel for helping facilitate an outreach operation for hundreds of her typhoon-stricken constituents last week. The local government, health and social welfare ministries of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao facilitated the relief mission in Tandag City, badly hit by Typhoon Auring that slammed the Caraga Region about two weeks ago.
NDBC News
MAGUINDANAO AND COTABATO CITY
BARMM to build 50 core shelters in Maguindanao
Indigent residents of Sultan Mastura municipality in Maguindanao province are set to benefit from Bangsamoro Government’s P23-million housing project that comes with a solar power light and water component.
NDBC News
Cotabato Light announces NGCP scheduled 5 hour brownout Sunday
A 5.4 hour brownout will affect the whole of franchise area of the Cotabato Light and Power Company (Cotabato Light) as scheduled bys the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)
NDBC News
LANAO PROVINCES
Henchman of Maute founders yield to Army
A henchman of the two slain Maute terror group founders surrendered to the military and pledged allegiance to the government Wednesday. The 40-year-old terrorist whom the Army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade identified only as Dimakuta for his safety pending relocation somewhere far from reach of hardcore Maute members, also turned an AK-47 rifle to military officials who convinced him to return to the fold of law.
NDBC News | Sunstar Zamboanga
Soldiers Wounded as Philippine Govt Forces Overrun Militant Lair in South
At least five government soldiers were wounded during an intense firefight with a band of Islamic State-linked militants in the southern Philippines, the military said Thursday. A gunbattle broke out and lasted several hours after members of the 55th Infantry Battalion assaulted a suspected lair of the Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group in the hinterlands of Lanao del Sur province on Wednesday, military officials said.
Benar News | Philippine Star
Drug busts in Lanao del Sur, Cotabato City yield P10M worth of shabu
Authorities seized more than P10 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested 3 people in two separate buy-bust operations in Lanao del Sur and Cotabato City on Thursday. Operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao first conducted a buy-bust operation at 11 a.m. in Purok Krislam, Poblacion 2, Cotabato City.
ABS- CBN News
PDEA-BARMM nabs 3 suspects, seizes P10.2-M shabu
Anti-narcotics agents seized PHP10.2 million worth of shabu and arrested three "high-value" drug suspects in separate law enforcement operations in this city and the Lanao del Sur town of Malabang Thursday.
Philippine News Agency | NDBC News
BASILAN
Culprit in rape, murder of 8-year-old girl in Basilan arrested
The police detained a 24-year-old man who raped and killed an eight-year-old girl before dawn Wednesday in Barangay Kaumpurnah in Isabela City, Basilan. Personnel of the Isabela City police and barangay officials managed to immediately arrest the culprit, Momar Sariul, who had confessed to his having raped the child.
NDBC News
SULU
‘Dead’ Abu bandit surrenders
An Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandit, whose wife said was already dead, surrendered to the military on Wednesday following the arrest some two weeks ago of his “widow” on suspicion of being a suicide bomber.
Philippine Daily Inquirer | Malaya
TAWI-TAWI
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DRUGS
Operations/ Incidents
2 militiamen nabbed in anti-drug sting
TWO militiamen tagged as high-value targets (HVT) were arrested in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Thursday, March 4, 2021.
Sunstar Zamboanga
Recovery and Rehabilitation
South Cotabato allots P2M for livelihood of former drug offenders
The provincial government of South Cotabato has allotted some P2 million in livelihood grants for former drug offenders who have graduated from its innovative reformation program.
MindaNews
ILLICIT FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND AMMUNITION
Samar mayor condemns killing of 2 village chiefs
The local government of Tarangnan, Samar has strongly condemned the killing of two village chiefs in their town on Wednesday. Mayor Arnel Tan asked the local police to hunt the killers of Bonifacio Babon and Amelita Helbolario, chairmen of Barangay Marabut and Barangay Awang, respectively. Also killed in the attack is Elpidio Babon, Jr., a motorcycle driver.
Philippine News Agency
CROSS-BORDER TRADING/ SMUGGLING/ COUNTERFEIT GOODS
JTI calls for collaboration to stem illegal trade
Japan Tobacco International called for greater international and national collaboration between governments, law enforcement agencies and the industry across Asia to stem the tide of illegal tobacco caused by excessive increases in duty.
Manila Standard
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION
Chinese kidnap victim rescued in Cavite
Anti-kidnapping operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) rescued early Thursday a Chinese national in an operation in Silang, Cavite.
Philippine News Agency
Cops help Malaysian doc reunite with 2 kids
Police officers helped rescue and reunite two minor children of a Malaysian father who has been awarded custody of the siblings by a court since 2019.
Philippine News Agency
ILLEGAL GAMBLING
Lottery operator decries illegal numbers game in Leyte
An authorized operator of a small town lottery (STL) in Leyte has asked the police to stop the illegal numbers game in the province, citing lost revenues and uncollected taxes.
Philippine News Agency
ILLICIT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS/ EXTORTION
14 nabbed as cops bust Nueva Ecija 'sextortion' den
A drug bust led to the discovery and dismantling of a cybersex extortion den and the arrest of 14 suspects in Barangay Abar 1st in this city on Wednesday night.
Philippine News Agency
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China-funded water project meets stiff opposition in the Philippines
Lawmakers and indigenous groups oppose a major irrigation project, voicing doubts about President Duterte’s courtship of China. In May 2020, construction restarted on one of the most controversial and culturally sensitive megaprojects of President Rodrigo Duterte’s infrastructure drive in the Philippines. Critics say the government’s contract with Chinese firms is unconstitutional and illegal.
China Dialogue
Rappler needs to apologize to IPs: PCOO exec
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy said online news site Rappler should issue an apology for supporting the narrative of Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) regarding the use of the term 'lumad' to refer to the Indigenous People (IP).
Philippine News Agency
Drop ‘lumad’, use ethnic group names instead: NCIP
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) issued a resolution denouncing the use of the term “lumad” when referring to Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICC) and different Indigenous Peoples (IPs) groups.
Philippine News Agency
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Press Freedom/ Freedom of expression
Martial Law
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COVID-19
Cases
Covid-19 cases up in Manila; Arranque Market still on lockdown
The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) active infections in Manila is increasing, with Sampaloc district logging the most cases. The Manila Health Department (MHD) and the Manila Emergency Operations Center (MEOC) stated that on Thursday, 196 new cases were recorded, bringing to 715 the city’s accumulated active infections.
Philippine News Agency
Department of Health
266 new coronavirus recoveries, total now 535K: DOH
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday reported 266 new recoveries from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing total recoveries in the country to 535,037 or 91.5 percent of all infections.
Philippine News Agency
IATF/NTF COVID-19
Nat’l vaccine priority list stays despite some ‘breaches’
The national government will stick to its Covid-19 National Vaccination Plan, Malacañang said Thursday after some ranking government officials, who are not frontline medical workers, reportedly received the Sinovac-made CoronaVac jab.
Philippine News Agency
Vaccination of seniors, Cabinet members up to iNITAG
The government will let the interim National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (iNITAG) decide on the vaccination of senior citizens and Cabinet members, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Thursday.
Philippine News Agency
Regions
Luzon including NCR
Just one app needed in Mandaluyong, Pasig, Valenzuela, Antipolo
The city governments Mandaluyong, Valenzuela, Pasig, and Antipolo have partnered to integrate the use of their contact tracing applications for more efficient measures that will contain the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Philippine News Agency
Visayas
VSMMC chief 1st front-liner in Cebu to get CoronaVac
The chief of the regional hospital here Thursday became the first medical front-liner in the Visayas and Mindanao to receive the China-donated coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine, CoronaVac.
Philippine News Agency
Mindanao
Sinovac vaccines for Soccsksargen to arrive Friday
The Department of Health in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) (DOH-12) said the CoronaVac vaccines manufactured by Sinovac from China are scheduled to arrive on Friday (March 5) morning via Cotabato City.
Philippine News Agency
World
Diplomatic, Development and Private Sector
China to donate add’l 400K Sinovac vaccine doses to PH
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday announced that China would donate an additional 400,000 doses of Sinovac-made CoronaVac vaccines to the Philippines. China earlier donated an initial 600,000 doses of CoronaVac which arrived in the country on Sunday.
Philippine News Agency
Resilience program for hospitals, healthcare workers launched
The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF)’s Project K3 recently launched a special mentorship program on public service continuity to help local healthcare workers minimize delays in the delivery of life-saving services during disasters.
Philippine Star
Incidents and Violations
2 nabbed for selling unregistered Covid-19 test kits
Police operatives have arrested a Chinese national and her Filipino cohort in an entrapment operation for selling unregistered Covid-19 test kits in Navotas City, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Debold Sinas said on Wednesday.
Philippine News Agency
SBMA to fine shipping agency for quarantine violation
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) will penalize a shipping agency in Olongapo City after its seaman violated safety protocols at a quarantine hotel here.
Philippine News Agency
Editorial, Analysis, Opinion and Features
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
PRRD reduces, condones real property taxes of power producers
To ensure stable power rates in the country, President Rodrigo R. Duterte has ordered the reduction and condonation of real property taxes earlier slapped on some independent power producers (IPPs).
Philippine News Agency
Get inoculated with Covid-19 vax, PRRD prods Pinoys
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday encouraged his fellow Filipinos to get inoculated with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, reassuring them that these are “safe” and will play a key role in reopening the Philippine economy.
Philippine News Agency
Proposed changes to anti-drug law to be ‘constitutional’
President Rodrigo Duterte will make sure that the proposed amendments to Republic Act (RA) 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 are constitutionally-compliant, Malacañang said on Thursday.
Philippine News Agency
Robredo is ‘always wrong’: Roque
Malacañang fired back Thursday at Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo for branding President Rodrigo Duterte “unpresidential” and “quick-tempered.”
Philippine News Agency
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
AUDIT, GRAFT, AND CORRUPTION
PhilHealth-12 to finish liquidation of P483.5-M advance funding this month
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) is targeting to complete before the end of the month the liquidation of the P483.5-million advance funding that it released to local hospitals last year under the Interim Reimbursement Mechanism (IRM).
MindaNews
BUDGET, FINANCE, and TAXATION
BIR proposes suspension of Pogos, firms that fail to file income tax returns
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has proposed to suspend and temporarily close the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (Pogos) and business establishments that will fail to file income tax returns or underdeclare sales or revenues.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Investors make beeline for fresh RTBs; gov’t raises P463.3B
The Bureau of the Treasury has raised P463.3 billion from its latest issuance of three-year retail treasury bonds (RTBs), proceeds of which will be injected into the budget to finance the country’s fight against COVID-19.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BSP seeks Congress OK of new law to protect financial consumers
Government regulatory agencies will have to unify efforts to protect Filipino consumer rights under a proposed law meant to pave the way for dispute resolution between retail financial companies and their clients.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT
DTI to China firms: Invest more in PH
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has urged Chinese corporations to take advantage of investment opportunities in the Philippines, particularly in the manufacturing sector. During the first Manila Forum for China-Philippines Relations, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said that while several Chinese firms already had a presence in the country, opportunities still abound.
Manila Times
BSP says PH firms rebounding from pandemic in 2021-22
The Philippine corporate sector is expected to bounce back this year and next as restrictions to business operations are gradually eased which, in turn, will help the local economy recover, the central bank said on Thursday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BUILD, BUILD, BUILD and PUBLIC WORKS
MinDA sees “partial operability” of TDD segment of Mindanao railway by next year
The plan of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) even for a “partial operability” of the long-delayed Tagum City-Davao City-Digos City (TDD) segment of the Mindanao Railway Project before the end of President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s six-year term looks encouraging, an official said.
MindaNews
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Taal eruption, typhoons cost P113 billion–Neda
THE Taal Volcano eruption and succeeding typhoons last year alone cost the Philippines P113.4 billion in damage and losses, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda).
Business MIrror
Solidum says Taal Volcano Island remains off-limits
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Director Renato Solidum Jr. on Thursday reiterated the agency's advice to avoid entry to Taal Volcano Island (TVI), Taal's Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ), due to the increasing tremors observed.
Philippine News Agency
Phivolcs raises Alert Level 1 on Mt. Pinatubo
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Thursday raised the alert status on Mount Pinatubo, from normal to Level 1 (low-level unrest).
Philippine News Agency
PDRF, New Zealand Embassy to enhance crisis response
The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF) has launched a special mentorship program on public service continuity to help local healthcare workers reduce the delay in delivering life-saving services during disasters and other crises.
Philippine News Agency
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[Editorial] Case closed
Today, the rule of law prevailed.” Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s reaction to the Court of Appeals ruling that junked a lower court’s decision to reinstate the rebellion charges against him is an apt verdict, and might well be a collective sigh of relief for those who had watched this Kafkaesque case unfold, stretch the limits of law, and eventually implode.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Over Two-Thousand Military Healthcare Workers vaccinated
A total of 2,290 military healthcare workers have been vaccinated with the Coronavirus Vaccine as of Thursday, March 4 since the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) started its inoculation campaign against the coronavirus disease on Monday.
Kalinaw News
Lorenzana asks military retirees to patiently await 2018 pension
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday called on retired military and uniformed personnel (MUP) who have raised concerns about their 2018 pension differentials to be patient as the government needs to prioritize funding for its coronavirus disease (Covid-19) response.
Philippine News Agency
Philippine National Police
Prober wants Dacera case reopened
Two weeks after the Makati prosecutor’s office terminated the probe on the death of flight attendant Christine Dacera, the police investigator wants the case reopened. In a motion filed by Cpl. Louie Lopez on March 1, police argued that more pieces of evidence have surfaced.
Philippine Star
EDUCATION
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
ELECTION RELATED
[Opinion] The optics of presidential politics
When Howard Hughes was filming “Hell’s Angels,” he was puzzled why his airplane scenes, which looked dramatic enough while in the process of filming, looked sluggish and unimpressive when viewed on film. Finally, his eureka moment came and he exclaimed, “It is the clouds! There are no clouds in the sky!” Without clouds, the movement of planes across a clear blue sky on the screen seemed like no movement at all. So Hughes and his outfit had to find a location that had plenty of clouds.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
[Opinion] On scrapping the party-list system
SMARTING from allegations that they have links or at least being sympathetic to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA), the party list system is on the brink of being eased out from Congress.
Sunstar Pampanga
Comelec to utilize radio for Palawan plebiscite campaign
The opposing camps in the forthcoming Palawan plebiscite will be given a chance to present their sides to the voters through radio airtime, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday.
Philippine News Agency
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Bislig City’s CENRO, PNP and Army’s 48IB Conduct Tree Planting and Public Awareness in the Annual Celebration of World Wildlife Day
The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of Bislig City in partnership with the 48th Infantry (Guardians) Battalion and Bislig City Municipal Police Station paticipated the Annual Celebration of World Wildlife Day through Tree Planting and Public Awareness Activity on March 3, 2021 at Sitio Sote, Barangay Burboanan, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur.
Kalinaw News
LABOR
Employers requiring 'no vax, no work' policy face penalty: DOLE
Private sector employers face administrative penalty if they require their workers to receive coronavirus vaccine before they are allowed to enter the workplace, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Wednesday. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said it is illegal for companies to require workers to get the vaccine before they are allowed inside working areas.
Philippine News Agency
LEGISLATIVE
Senate of the Philippines
House of Representatives
House panel pushes for quarterly release of seniors' pension
A House of Representatives' panel on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to release the monthly social pension of senior citizens every three months instead of the current schedule of every six months.
Philippine News Agency
Solon wants to lessen teachers' workload
A lawmaker at the House of Representatives on Thursday pushed for a measure that will help lessen teachers' workload and will make continuing professional development (CPD) free and more learner-oriented.
Philippine News Agency
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
PH joins call vs. arbitrary detention in state-to-state relations
The Philippines joined several countries in expressing concern on the use of arbitrary detention of citizens in state-to-state relations as it signed on Tuesday a Canada-led declaration denouncing such act.
Philippine News Agency
West Philippine Sea
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
DA targets 2.5% growth, starts planning for 2022 budget
The Department of Agriculture (DA) continues to pursue efforts to achieve a 2.5 percent (%) growth for the agriculture and fishery sector this year, and starts laying the groundwork for 2022, as Secretary William Dar and key officials commence discussions for next year’s proposed budget of “One DA” family agencies.
Philippine Information Agency
HOUSING and SETTLEMENT
POVERTY
Poverty alleviation efforts continue amid Covid-19: NAPC
The implementation of poverty alleviation programs has continued nationwide despite the challenges brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Secretary Noel Felongco said Thursday.
Philippine News Agency
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
TOURISM
WATER and ENERGY
AboitizPower ventures into battery technology business
AboitizPower is adding to its portfolio battery energy storage system (BESS) projects that will help ensure grid stability through sufficient ancillary services, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Transfer of power posts encroaching on Nova road underway
Heeding the long-time and persistent clamor of both residents and motorists, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has begun relocating the power posts and cables encroaching or dangling on a portion of Gen. Luis Street in Barangay Novaliches Proper, Quezon City.
Philippine News Agency
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