An alliance against coal-fired power plant here is not happy with the announcement made by the Aboitiz Power Corporation’s ThermaSouth coal-fired power plant that the plant is now ready for operation.
Drivers and small operators protested in front of the oil depot of Petron and Chevron in Km. 10, Sasa to demand a big-time rollback in fuel prices despite the recently announced P1 rollback on petroleum products.
Urban poor groups in Manila will set a protest action on Tuesday at the Supreme Court for junking petitions filed by different groups to nullify some provisions of Republic Act 7279 or the Urban Development and Housing Act which they claim as “anti-poor”.
House representatives today condemned the recent Supreme Court and Commission on Elections ruling that will enable the rich and famous to participate in the partylist system intended for the poor and marginalized.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved the release of P199 million to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for the procurement of 33 fire trucks.
The local government of Davao City received a total of P41.5 million pesos of fund for feeding children.
Filipinos are encouraged to participate in “Earth Hour 2015” slated on Saturday evening (March 28), from 8:30 to 9:30 pm.
The government on Saturday reiterated the call to remaining overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in conflict-stricken Libya to avail of the mandatory repatriation program of the government and return home as soon as possible.
Members of the Promotion of Church People’s Response and a Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines officer urged today the resignation of President Benigno Aquino III as the “public trust” for the president is gone.
The government’s ceasefire committee is now investigating the alleged training camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front outside Iligan City in Lanao del Norte.
