Jordeene B. Lagare

MANILA, Philippines — Good news awaits motorists following successive price increases in gasoline as oil companies are tipped to slash local pump prices by less than a peso this coming week,

MANILA, Philippines — Good news awaits motorists following successive price increases in gasoline as oil companies are tipped to slash local fuel prices by less than a peso this coming week,

Higher energy sales due to the greater use of air conditioners to beat the scorching heat, powered Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) first-quarter profit despite a slight dip in the top

MANILA, Philippines — Tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan expressed his willingness to develop conventional power plants, including those running on coal, as the past few weeks saw electricity supply in

Power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) plans to build micro modular nuclear power plants to energize remote areas in the Philippines within the next four years.“Our goal is to be able

MANILA, Philippines — Calling the “extraordinary” power supply situation brought about by El Niño as something akin to a “natural calamity,” the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has

MANILA, Philippines — With power rates still tipped to rise in May because of the extreme heat, power distributors and electric cooperatives nationwide are urged to explore ways to cushion the

STATE OF CALAMITY A young man from Iloilo City resorts to an old backyard deep well to get water. ILOILO CITY MAYOR'S OFFICE

ALL DRY A farmer in Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur province visits her rice farm, nowall dried up due to the absence of rain amid the El Niño weather phenomenon.

MANILA, Philippines — The ongoing El Niño drought is still causing serious damage to crops and animals nationwide, with losses now exceeding a third of what the Department of Agriculture (DA)