by magnolia_eic | Jan 5, 2012 | Headlines, National News
THE Department of Energy (DoE) is currently forming a team that will scrutinize the books of accounts of the oil companies in support of President Benigno S. Aquino III’s call for transparency, a Palace official said on Wednesday.
“From what I understand from Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras, they are close to already forming the team that will scrutinize the books of the oil companies. They already have representation from the sectors,” Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said
during the regular press briefing in Malacanang on Wednesday.
Report said the oil firms are willing to open their books of accounts for government examination in response to a call from the President to face public scrutiny.
On the other hand, various groups expressed concern over reports that oil players will implement upward price adjustments this January, according to news reports.
Valte assured that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is regularly conducting monitoring of prices to prevent overpricing.
Oil companies are ready to follow the requirements being imposed by the DoE as mandated by appropriate provisions” relevant laws, such as the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation
Act.
The oil firms are also mandated to comply strictly with the “financial protocols of the Bureau of Customs and Bureau of Internal Revenue, as well as statutory submissions to the Securities and Exchange Commission. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 20, 2011 | Headlines, National News
THE Department of Energy (DOE) continues to keep a close watch on the prices of oil and other petroleum products in the country, Malacañang assured Sunday, amid the reported fresh round of price hikes in gasoline and diesel.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said that the government is continuing its efforts to monitor the prices and are working on the deliverables that were agreed upon during President Benigno Aquino III’s last meeting with various transport groups.
Valte was reacting to a statement made by Pinagkaisang Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide’s (PISTON) secretary general George San Mateo, urging President Aquino to do something about the reported oil price hikes next week that would increase gasoline prices by almost one peso and about 30 cents for diesel per liter.
The Palace official informed transport groups that some of the deliverables which President Aquino discussed with them during their meeting last September “have been farmed out to the different agencies” and that the completion for these is already moving.
Valte also responded to early warnings from the transport sectors, as claimed by San Mateo, that they might be forced to launch another series of protests should the government fail to fulfill its promise to investigate oil price hikes and review the Oil Deregulation Law.(PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 27, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
THE government, through the Department of Energy (DOE) rehabilitated about 50 photovoltaic solar
panels from its other projects to light some 50 poor households in Alumar Island off Getafe town in a
cooperation project by two governments.
The national and local governments of the Philippines and the Japanese Government through the
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) was able to pool some P500K to make the wishes of
the islanders come true.
The government of Japan through JICA put up some P275K while the local government of Bohol and
Getafe put in P150. Member households put up the remaining P75K to complete the costs needed to
install and operationalize the Solar Household Project here, explained DOE information Officer Lou
Artiaga to members of the media.
Beneficiaries in turn get a solar lighting package of 20 or 50 watts good enough for at least two 10
watts fluorescent lights, a 7-watt compact fluorescent light.
Homeowners can also separately plug in a radio cassette and an Liquid Crystal Display television set
for the 50 watt package, said Alan Abear, DOE Cebu senior research assistant.
We have projects like the solar drier that didn’t work well, so we pulled out the solar panels and
rehabilitated them for the Solar Home Projects, which has ignited world attention for its being a
leading eco-solution to the problem of power, Magdaleno Baclay Jr of DOE told the media.
We contributed P2,000 and committed to united and plan for the community’s development so we
can spread the light project to the whole 400 resident households of this island, shared Evangeline
Salabero, one of the 50 project beneficiaries.
We pay about P200 monthly and pool the amount so we can pay for the expansion of the project,
she added.
An island lying on the edges of the inner bank of the double barriered-Danahon Reef, the community
used to be dependent on fishing until the government presented other possible options to lessen the
dependence on fishing the common resource.
Now into seaweed farming, most people of Alumar earn an average of P3,000 a month from dried
seaweeds.
Some families however complement their income by gleaning seashells, or catching crabs for market.
(racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 8, 2010 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Energy (DOE), in its continuing effort to lessen the impact of global warming by implementing a cleaner, more efficient and cost- effective utilization of energy, is undertaking the retrofit program of selected government office buildings replacing all existing T12 and T8 standard fluorescent tubes with the revolutionary Compact Fluorescent Lights or CFLs.
Energy Secretary Jose Rene D. Almendras signed the Memorandum of Agreement with the heads of 34 government agencies, including the Philippine Information Agency, to put this program into effect.
According to Secretary Almendras, although we can build more and generate more energy, we must do our share of addressing consumption.
“This is an intermediate step because the future of lighting is here, you can have the power of a 100 W bulb in a 7W LED that can effectively save 93% of KW hour consumption.,” Secretary Almendras added.
Compared to standard fluorescent tubes and ordinary incandescent light bulbs, CFLs are four times more efficient and lasts up to 10 times longer, and has about the same light output as 100 watt incandescent. CFLS use less energy, making it less expensive and saves more money in the long run.
Unlike the ordinary fluorescent tubes and incandescent light bulbs, CFLS are mercury free, thereby reducing the incidence of air and water pollution when disposed. Replacing a single incandescent bulb with a CFL will keep a half-ton of Carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere over the life of the bulb.
The contract signing took place on October 5, 2010 at the DOE head office in Taguig City attended by no less than Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman, Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima and the PIA Director General Atty. Jose A. Fabia. (PIA)
