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Nuclear power ‘unfit’ for PH, says ex-energy official

A former energy official from the Ferdinand Marcos Sr. era is urging the upcoming administration of the latter’s son and namesake to focus on renewable energy development over nuclear power. In a statement to Philstar, Alberto Dalusung III dismissed nuclear power plants as inflexible and “completely unfit to respond to the country’s load profile.” Dalusung […]

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BOC launches Automated Inventory System nationwide

The Automated Inventory Management System (AIMS) sought to improve the Bureau of Customs’ error-prone jobs at the Customs Facility Warehouses (CFW) level. Now, the government agency is fully employing the enhanced system in every Collection District. The common problems that AIMS address include the handling of a plethora of paperwork, repetitive report generation, manual encoding […]

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DILG pushes for “no CCTV, no business permit” policy

Commercial enterprises that deal with several customers or those operating within hazard-prone areas will have to install closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems, lest they will fail to secure a business permit, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) as it pushes municipalities and cities to enforce the idea as an ordinance. Speaking […]