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Read more about the article By 2040, PHL will have 20,000 MW RE capacities –DOE chief
Gurbuz Gunol, IRENA Senior Programme Officer (left), turns over a copy of the Renewable Resource Assessment Publication to Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Robert Uy on Friday, April 21, 2017, in Taguig City. With them are NREB Chairman Jose Layug Jr. (2nd from left) and DOE-REMB Director Mario Marasigan (right). (Photo release by DOE)

By 2040, PHL will have 20,000 MW RE capacities –DOE chief

In order to sustain economic gains, the Department of Energy on Friday said the Philippines is working to have at least 20,000 megawatts of renewable energy capacities by 2010.

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Read more about the article Agrarian reform chief: only SC can stop Tagum farmers ‘installation’
Agrarian reform beneficiaries in Barangay Madaum, Tagum City wait for their installation inside the San Isidro farm area on Tuesday, April 18. However, their installation was postponed to Friday, April 21. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Agrarian reform chief: only SC can stop Tagum farmers ‘installation’

Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano said it is only the Supreme Court that could stop him from installing 159 agrarian reform beneficiaries in Tagum City.

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Read more about the article Farmers’ occupation in banana farm halted; police flouts DAR’s order, seeks court clarification
HIGH HOPES. Members of Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association Inc wait for the arrival of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano expecting that they will be able to return to their farms in Barangay San Isidro, Tagum City on Tuesday, April 18. However, the Writ of Installation issued by Mariano on April 11, 2017 was not executed after Philippine National Police Regional Director, Police Chief Superintendent Manuel Gaerlan sought advise from the Regional Trial Court Branch 14 in Davao City on the Writ. The PNP was supposed to provide assistance for the orderly execution of the farmers' return to their lands. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Farmers’ occupation in banana farm halted; police flouts DAR’s order, seeks court clarification

Hundreds of farmers were dismayed as they were prevented from taking over awarded lands today, following the failure of the local police to provide security and to aid the Agrarian Reform Secretary in installing the beneficiaries and their families.

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Read more about the article Dutertenomics: PHL’s economic, dev’t blueprint to bring major reforms
Despite the scorching heat of the sun, these workers of an ongoing building construction along Ponciano Reyes Street continue to work. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Dutertenomics: PHL’s economic, dev’t blueprint to bring major reforms

A government’s economic strategy dubbed as “Dutertenomics” was revealed on Tuesday in a bid to foster awareness on the economic and development programs of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Read more about the article Tagum farmers want to break free from Lapanday, sell bananas to other buyers

Tagum farmers want to break free from Lapanday, sell bananas to other buyers

As their land is now within their arms reach, farmers of Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association Inc., are planning to sell their bananas to other buyers as they push to end their ties with Lapanday Foods Corporation.

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