By John Victor D. Ordoñez, ReporterTHE PHILIPPINE government should build state-of-the-art nuclear power plants instead of trying to revive the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), which may be too old to function, Philippine senators said at the weekend.“The Bataan

FILE PHOTO of BRP Sierra Madre taken March 29, 2014. — REUTERSTHE PHILIPPINES should beef up its naval warfare capabilities by streamlining investments in the country’s shipbuilding industry to help boost deterrence against Chinese aggression in the South China Sea,

THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said it is seeking Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) approval for the 500-kilovolt (kV) Batangas–Mindoro Interconnection and Backbone Project (BMIBP).The NGCP filed an application to the ERC for provisional authority to carry out

BUDGET SECRETARY AMENAH F. PANGANDAMAN — COURTESY OF DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT FACEBOOK PAGETHE cabinet-level Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) will convene in a “special meeting” early next month to review its macroeconomic assumptions and fiscal targets through 2028,

PHILIPPINE STAR/JOHN FELIX M. UNSONBy Chloe Mari A. Hufana, ReporterFORMER Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte faces an uphill legal battle here and overseas after a former police colonel linked him to the systematic murder of thousands of drug suspects during