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On May 17, the last ship under the "grain agreement" should leave Ukrainian ports, which expires on May 18. This was stated by UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric, Reuters reports. ....
POWER RATES HIKE. Felino Herbert Agdigos, general manager of Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative, on May 17, 2022 discusses why power rates in the city have increased. He said the hike in generation charges was beyond their control and had to be passed on to consumers. (PNA file Photo by Leilanie Adriano) LAOAG CITY - Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc on Thursday assured electric consumers that the Ilocos Norte government and the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) are working on possible measures to reduce surging power rates in the province. While Ilocos Norte is known as the capital of renewable energy in the Philippines with a total wind potential capacity of 719 megawatts and solar energy of 312 megawatts, many consumers here took to social media and expressed their dismay at the INEC for its exorbitant electricity rates which stood at PHP19 per kilowatt-hour as of July compared to PHP16 per kWh last month. "Our income is no longer enough to pay our expensive el ....
On May 17, 2022, the Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Kirov Region, the Udmurt Republic and the Perm Territory, at the request of an individual entrepreneur, inspected 45 cubic meters of barn boards intended for shipment to the Czech Republic. ....
(PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan) MANILA-Three neophytes, five former legislators and four reelectionist lawmakers comprised the 12 newly-elected senators in the just-concluded May 9 national and local polls. The new senators who will have a fresh 6-year term that will end in June 2028, were proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) headed by Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan, on Wednesday afternoon at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum Tent in Pasay City. Actor Robin Padilla, who is in first place with 26,612,434 votes, is a first time lawmaker, together with broadcaster Raffy Tulfo, who is in third place with 23,396,954 votes. Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar, who was a former Las Pinas Representative, is also a first time member of the Upper House. He got 19,475,592 votes (6th place). The five former senators that also took their oaths were former Antique Represe ....