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The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is the transmission system operator for three grids constituting the Philippine grid and as a franchise holder and transmission service provider, it is in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country's power grid, [27] controls the supply and demand of power by determining ...
August 26 – The Broken Marriage Vow, ABS-CBN's adaptation of BBC One's hit global drama "Doctor Foster", wins the Best TV Format Adaptation (Scripted) in Asia category at the ContentAsia Awards in Bangkok, Thailand. [367] August 29 – Vogue Philippines releases its first issue featuring Chloe Magno, a Filipino-American model from Davao. [368 ...
The Marcos administration approved 194 infrastructure projects, ranging from public transport, power, health, information technology, water resources, and agriculture. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 77 of those project were carried from past administrations while 123 are “new and initiated” by the Marcos administration. [ 3 ]
Marcos topped the official count by the Congress of the Philippines with 31,629,783 votes. [1] The joint bicameral Congress proclaimed Marcos as the president-elect and Sara Duterte as the vice president-elect on May 25, 2022. [2] The transition lasted until the day of the president-elect's inauguration on June 30, 2022.
On July 4, 2022, House of Representatives Secretary-General Mark Llandro Mendoza announced that it was expected that 315 members and 24 senators would attend the event, a total of 339 people. Mendoza also announced that the number of media to be allowed into the Batasang Pambansa would be limited. [ 11 ]
The Asian Development Bank estimates that $102–431bn is needed annually across Asia-Pacific to help countries adapt to climate impacts, yet only $34bn was invested in 2022.
The Philippines also generates a significant amount of electrical energy from oil, albeit to a lesser degree than compared to coal and natural gas. In 2013, the Philippines sourced 5.97% of its energy from oil-based sources. [7] As of March 2016, there were a total of 212 gas and diesel-powered facilities in the Philippines.
STORY: In Gloria Molina's household goods store in the Philippine capital Manila, toothpaste, instant coffee and laundry detergent go by the handful. A regular bottle of shampoo costs around $2 ...