The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN)’s National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) has reported the volume of power transmitted in the first six months of 2024 picked up 13.5% year-on-year to nearly 122 billion kWh. The Corporation’s units have safe…
Day: July 24, 2024
PBBM’s anti-illegal drugs policy more effective, humane – Barbers
MANILA: A lawmaker on Wednesday said the anti-illegal drug campaign under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is more ‘effective and humane’ and has achieved more the desired results without resorting to extra-judicial killings.
Surigao del Norte 2nd D…
DOH on ‘Code White’ alert as heavy rains pummel PH
MANILA: The Department of Health (DOH) declared a code white alert on Wednesday due to continuous heavy rain showers and floods brought by Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat).
The DOH declares the Code White alert for events o…
DOJ to give upgraded tech tools to prosecutors vs. cybercrime
MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday said it is upgrading the technological tools available to prosecutors to enable them to better handle emerging cybercrime trends.
Speaking during the 2024 Post-State of the Nation Address (SONA) Di…
NIA underscores intensified cropping to fill palay production gap
MANILA: The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has underscored the need to boost cropping intensity to fill the gap in local palay production.
This came after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. cited the 3 million tons gap between the country’s …
DOE: Transmission lines up by 10% in Marcos admin
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…
4 dead in Batangas landslide
MANILA: Four people, including a pregnant woman and her nine-year-old daughter, died in a landslide incident in Agoncillo, Batangas, a police report reaching Camp Crame on Wednesday.
The four fatalities were identified as Denden Rimas, 27, pregnant, …
Bacolod City police endorses fake P500 bills to BSP
BACOLOD CITY: The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has endorsed to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) PHP8,000 in fake peso bills found in a public market here.
A temporary certification issued by the BSP Bacolod Branch on July 22, declaring the …
Ilocos Norte residents evacuate due to flood
LAOAG CITY: Some 11 families living in the low-lying areas of Banna, Burgos, and Laoag in Ilocos Norte remain in evacuation centers on Wednesday due to bad weather.
Rochelle Gajes, provincial social welfare and development officer, said food packs we…