THE PHILIPPINES could lose its standing as the world’s top nickel supplier with Indonesia lifting its export ban on the metal, and after the Environment department ordered closures and canceled concessions which affected 28 mines, accounting for half of the country’s total nickel output.
(First of two parts)2016 will probably go down in history as the year when most Filipinos truly understood the real threats of cyber attacks on their day-to-day lives. While technology and cybersecurity professionals have been advocating cybersecurity for many years, the events of last year, particularly the Comeleak and the Bangladesh Bank hacking, brought to the fore the issue of cyber risk.
HOUSE Speaker Pantaleon D. Alvarez has filed his own version of a bill seeking to remove the Bureau of Internal Revenue from the coverage of Salary Standardization Law in order to allow the agency to formulate its own compensation and position classification system.
MEXICO proposed a free trade deal with the Philippines and the possibility of freeing up visa arrangements during a meeting between top officials of the two countries.
THE Department of Energy said Friday that the maintenance shutdown of the Malampaya facility has been completed as scheduled.
THE Department of Energy (DoE) has drafted an executive order that will certify as urgent energy development projects as being of national significance, giving it the power to issue a key environmental clearance to hasten their completion, the Energy secretary said on Thursday.
TWO important provisions of the law that restructured the energy sector have yet be fully implemented, the Department of Energy (DoE) said, citing factors such as resistance from stakeholders and the lack of awareness from industry participants.
THE government must insulate the country insulated from risks arising from the US turn to greater protectionism as well as rising tension between the US and China, a global advisory firm said.
TAXPAYERS will ultimately shoulder the cost of compensating the mining industry after the Environment department suspended or cancelled the concessions of many miners, should the affected companies prevail in court, an industry executive said.
MINES and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Acting Director Wilfredo G. Moncano said stakeholders in his industry have been thrown into “confusion” over the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR’s) recent actions.