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BANGKOK, Thailand — Heatstroke has killed 61 people in Thailand so far this year, more than in all of 2023, the health ministry said on Friday after weeks of scorching weather across the region.
MANILA, Philippines — Yuchengco-led Rizal Green Energy Corporation (RGEC), through its special purpose company, Dagohoy Green Energy Corporation (DGEC), installed the inaugural solar panel array of its 27MWdc Dagohoy Solar Power Project (DSPP) in Barangays San Vicente and Sta. Cruz in Dagohoy, Bohol recently.
MANILA, Philippines — Several local government units (LGUs) nationwide are commending the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) flagship program, Project TRANSFORM (Transdisciplinary Approach for Resilience and Environmental Sustainability through Multistakeholder Engagement), a multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to empower communities to combat climate change and achieve sustainable development.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia experienced its hottest April in more than four decades, two senior weather agency officials said Wednesday, as the region endures a suffocating heatwave and global temperatures break records.
Senator Win Gatchalian is seeking to amend murky provisions of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises, or the CREATE Act, to address concerns such as lack of clarity and consistency in the measure's implementing rules and regulations (IRR).
The Department of Agriculture, on May 6, urged Congress to restore the National Food Authority’s function as a rice price stabilizer and increase its fund allocation for programs to enhance rice production and farmers’ incomes as lawmakers’ deliberate on measures seeking to extend the Rice Tariffication Law.
MANILA, Philippines — The worst is over in terms of the record-high temperatures and searing heat, with many areas in the country possibly experiencing thunderstorms in the second half of May, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
MANILA, Philippines — Extreme heat driven by climate change has forced the government to speed up its return to the old school calendar, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. himself asking Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte to provide a "concerted plan" for schools to go back to the June-March schedule by "next year."