MANILA, Philippines – The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued a resolution setting the 2010 installed generating capacity and market share limitations in the Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao grids and the national grid to level up the playing field in the power industry. 

MANILA, Philippines – The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) will push through with the privatization of the Agus and Pulangui hydroelectric power plants.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s current account surplus posted a more than two-fold increase last year due to higher remittances from overseas Filipinos as well as higher investment inflows, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported.

The TUCP Party-List, the largest worker’s party in the Philippines criticized the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for recently allowing 94 electric cooperatives to increase their electric charges by 50 to 85 centavos per kilowatt hour which has added to the burdens of consumers particularly in Mindanao.

A WARNING against immediate pay hikes was raised yesterday by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), ahead of Metro Manila wage board consultations scheduled to start on Thursday.

Scientists are looking for the first time at the sleeping habits and its health effects on Filipinos, especially shift workers. Their work on sleep-wake behavior and its relations to the body clock has deep implications for mostly young workers in call centers that blaze in lights all night long.

PARIS, France—Countries gather this week in the hope of erasing bitter memories of the Copenhagen summit and restoring faith in the battered UN process for combating climate change.

Fragmented parties an obstacle to victory MANILA, Philippines – The sheer number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) can send more than 1 representative to Congress. In the past party-list elections, many groups, both land- and sea-based, have attempted to win seats, but have so far failed to get the needed votes to propel their representatives…

MANILA, Philippines—A former leader of a local transport group was shot dead by four gunmen at a jeepney terminal in Quezon City on Sunday afternoon because of a suspected dispute within the organization.

MANILA, Philippines—Emmanuel Y. Angeles is quick to stress that he is not a businessman. Instead, he says he is a lawyer, having practiced law for 50 years. He is also an educator, having built a school in Angeles City, Pampanga and transforming it into the first university in Central Luzon.

But RP still biggest threat to industry’s top two MANILA, Philippines—While still ranked among the top providers of information technology and business process outsourcing services in Asia Pacific, the Philippines will have to do something about its perceived weak political and economic environment if it wants to be a step ahead of the competition.

Flaws in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)’s economic integration plans are being exposed as some members struggle to adapt to a massive free-trade deal with China, and the US and EU opt to pursue pacts with individual states.

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) headed by Chairman Francisco Duque III yesterday warned government employees taking part in mass leaves shall be meted with administrative sanctions.

OTHER national government agencies have officials, like those of the PNP, who have taken to heart the work of reforming under the Performance Governance System (PGS) of the Institute for Solidarity in Asia. The Bureau of Internal Revenue is one of the six central government agencies that were asked by the Office of the President…

How did the Philippine National Police (PNP) become a Performance Governance System (PGS) participant? The following is a report of the PNP and the PGS. The PNP was chosen as one of the first six national government agencies to participate in a program designed to raise the standards of governance practice at the national level.

Will PNP’s good governance reforms continue? ONLY half a year after the Philippine National Police (PNP) was initiated into the Public Governance System of the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (with its balanced scorecard), the PNP has already achieved much of its goals for 2010 and is palpably on the way to accomplishing goals for…

MANILA, Philippines – Due to a tightness in the supply of palay as a result of drought damage, the National Food Authority (NFA) has raised slightly its support price for palay to P17.70 per kilogram inclusive of drying, transport and cooperative development incentives.

MANILA, Philippines—Conservation measures are generally instituted to prevent the collapse of fish stocks due to overfishing. These can be in the form of closing an area for any fishing activity, limiting the amount of fish that can be caught or allowing the use of only specific fishing gear.

The embattled head of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (Campi) scored the chiefs of four Japanese member-companies for misreading the group’s position on the government’s new program for the industry.

MANILA, Philippines – Pity the country’s state colleges and universities (SCUs) — they operate on “budgetary crumbs”. But, ironically, they are mandated — and expected — to be of great service to the Filipino people, particularly those in the countryside.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s external debt slipped by 1.1 percent last year as the debt payments of the National Government and private enterprises exceeded fresh borrowings, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday.

NEGATIVE VOTE: A politician friend offered what looks like a partial solution to our dilemma of boycotting party-lists with dubious nominees but, in so doing, merely improving their chances of winning seats in the House of Representatives.

I received such a tremendous response to the previous column on the crisis of our educational system that I decided to push the issues even further, to explore truly radical responses to save the next generation of Filipinos from the grip of mediocrity.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) may have opposing views on the use of condoms, but they agree on other ways to prevent the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – The government’s lax enforcement of aviation safety rules has prompted the European Commission (EC) to ban Philippine carriers from flying to the 27 member states of the European Union (EU).

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The US manufacturing sector expanded in March at its fastest rate for six years, a report has said.

A reader asks for advice about a male office supervisor who makes her uncomfortable with his excessive praises over her physical appearance. She says that when he says things like “that blouse shows off your curves and cleavage magnificently” especially in the presence of co-workers, she feels that he is undressing her mentally. Worse, she…

The Manila Electric Co. and other power distribution utilities are the usual whipping boys whenever there is a spike in our electric bills.

THE European Union prohibited all airlines based in the Philippines and Sudan from flying in the bloc under the latest changes to a list of unsafe carriers.