The mayor of Rodriguez town in Rizal province vowed yesterday to collect fees from garbage trucks entering the municipality in defiance of a ruling from the Department of Justice.
Philippines phasing out incandescent bulbs to cut greenhouse gas emissions
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - In a first for Asia, the Philippines plans to phase out inefficient incandescent bulbs in favor of more energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut household energy costs.
Rodriguez mayor threatens to close landfill to metro’s garbage
A garbage crisis is looming once again for Metro Manila residents as Rodriguez, Rizal Mayor Pedro Cuerpo threatened last Sunday to bar dump trucks ferrying garbage to the 14-hectare sanitary landfill in the municipality starting February 11.
Arroyo orders infrastructure spree vs US recession
On orders of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the government started Saturday an infrastructure spree that aims to protect the Philippines from the effects of a possible recession in the United States economy.
Maynilad to start work on BF Homes pipelines
Maynilad Water Services Inc. will start flushing pipelines at the corner of Aguirre and W. Vinzons Avenues in BF Homes, Parañaque City next week as its initial step in providing potable, affordable and sufficient water supply for 10,000 households in the subdivision.
New 2-story market opens in Pasay City
Several streets in Pasay City have been cleared of street vendors with the construction of a new two-story public market at the corner of Taft and Arnaiz Avenues.Mayor Wenceslao Trinidad Monday led the inauguration of the new public market which has a floor area of 3,240-sq m. It also houses 642 stalls for wet goods […]
Pasig builds bridges to Makati, Marikina
The Pasig City government will allocate at least P500 million to finance the construction of two bridges that will connect the city to Marikina and Makati and decongest traffic in the area.
No arbitrary toll hike in Skyway takeover
The turnover of Skyway operations to another private operator will not result in arbitrary increases in toll fees, a key official of the Philippine National Construction Corp. said yesterday.
MWSS creates task force to curb water fees
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) created yesterday a task force to curb steep water fees in subdivisions after residents complained about alleged excessive charges by owner-developers.
DMCI-First Balfour the lone bidder for railway project
Only one consortium made it to the bidding for a component of the P6.3-billion rail linkage project dubbed as the Metro Rail Transit-Light Rail Transit (MRT-LRT) Loop.