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Xinhua world news summary at 0630 GMT, Feb. 28
MANILA -- A 60-year-old father, a 54-year-old mother, and their two sons, aged 14 and 12, died in a fire that gutted over a dozen houses in Cebu City in the central Philippines, a city firefighter said Wednesday. Wendell Villanueva of the city fire office said the victims were in deep sleep when the fire broke out shortly before 2 a.m. local time on Tuesday. (Philippines-Fire-Death) - - - - WASHING.....»»
4 dead, 8 injured in central Philippine fire
MANILA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- A 60-year-old father, a 54-year-old mother, and their two sons, aged 14 and 12, died in a fire that gutted over a dozen houses in Cebu City in the central Philippines, a city firefighter said Wednesday. Wendell Villanueva of the city fire office said the victims were in deep sleep when the fire broke out shortly before 2 a.m. local time on Tuesday. A daughter of the couple who.....»»
Talisay City fire: P3M worth of properties lost, 1 firefighter injured
CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least P3 million worth of properties went up in smoke after fire hit a residential area in Sitio Libra, Purok Kamonggay, Barangay Poblacion, Talisay City, Cebu on Wednesday morning. The fire alarm was raised at 8:10 a.m., according to a report by the Talisay City Fire Station. It burned around.....»»
CJ on fire as Beermen roll
On the heels of his PBA All Star Game explosion, an on-target CJ Perez delivered his most incendiary performance in the Philippine Cup to date......»»
EDITORIAL — The cost of negligence
As of early evening yesterday, the death toll from a vehicular collision in Cotabato stood at 17, with four others needing hospitalization for injuries and severe burns......»»
Amateur takes charge in American Express; Hoey falls short
Amateur Nick Dunlap upstaged some of the world’s top players with a solid, eagle-spiked 12-under 60 as he seized a three-stroke lead over Sam Burns after three rounds of the American Express in La Quinta, California Saturday (Sunday Manila time)......»»
Hoey loses steam at Pete Dye, falls to joint 26th after 70
Rico Hoey slowed down with a two-under 70 at Pete Dye’s Stadium course and slipped from joint third to a share of 26th halfway through the American Express now controlled by American Sam Burns in La Quinta, California Thursday (Friday Manila time)......»»
Senate pressed on bill to develop natural gas
Senators are being urged to immediately deliberate on a pending legislation that would put in place state policy for the full development of the Philippine natural gas industry......»»
Four die from gas poisoning in Nueva Vizcaya
Three persons, believed to be treasure hunters, and a village official died from methane gas poisoning in a tunnel in Purok 3, Barangay Magsaysay Hill in this town on Monday......»»
Senate urged to act swiftly on bill to develop natural gas
The Senate should take swift action on a proposed legislation that would lay down state policy for the full development of the Philippine natural gas industry as the measure is a legislative priority of President Marcos, according to key members of the House of Representatives......»»
Taal Volcano back to spewing high-volume of toxic gas
LUCENA CITY, Philippines – After spewing lower volumes of sulfur dioxide (SO2) for the past five days, Taal Volcano in Batangas province again emitted a high level of toxic gas on Saturday, March 23. A total of 14,287 metric tons (MT) of SO2 from Taal’s main crater was measured over the past 24 hours and.....»»
Water under the bridge
Last year, Razon-led Prime Infrastructure Capital Inc. and Lopez-owned First Gen Corp. said they were in discussions to develop a gas aggregation framework using the latter’s liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal in Batangas......»»
Garcia backs DOE’s oil, gas search proposal in Alegria
Garcia backs DOE’s oil, gas search proposal in Alegria.....»»
Geologists discover evidence of gas hydrates in the Manila Trench
Geologists discover evidence of gas hydrates in the Manila Trench Phys.org.....»»
Dahil sa monopoly SANIB-PUWERSA NG 3 TYCOONS SIRIT-PRESYO SA KORYENTE — CONSUMERS GROUP
ANG US$3 bilyong kasunduan sa pagitan ng tatlong mga bigating energy firms sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng natural gas ng mga power plants ay isang malaking banta para sa mga consumer dahil magdudulot ito ng pagtaas sa presyo ng koryente sa pamamagitan ng monopolyo ng liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. Ayon kay consumer group United ….....»»
MGen, Aboitiz take over Chromite Gas Holdings
Pangilinan-led Meralco PowerGen Corp. has partnered with Aboitiz-owned Therma NatGas Power Inc to take over Chromite Gas Holdings as part of a plan to launch the country’s first and most expansive ......»»
Government urged to develop natural gas industry
Developing the country’s natural gas industry is critical to driving investments that will enhance national energy security, reduce electricity costs and create more jobs for Filipinos, according to the Senate committee on energy technical working group......»»
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0900 GMT, March 5
KIEV -- Ukraine stands ready to extend gas transit from Russia if there is a request from the European Union (EU) countries, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Monday, citing Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. "If the European countries act as a consortium or one of the European partners will act as a transit country for their gas -- we are ready to provide such a service," Shmyhal told a press confe.....»»
LPG price: P3.30 more for every 11-kg tank
MANILA, Philippines — The price of cooking gas has gone up again and this is the third month in a row that this happened. An increase of P0.30 per kilogram in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices effective Friday, March 1 was announced by Petron Corp. in an advisory. READ: Gasoline prices to be slashed by.....»»
New Delhi raises target for defense exports
India is set to increase production of aircraft engines and gas turbines, aiming to become a major player in the arms tradeThe Indian government has increased its annual target for defense and aerospace production to $36 billion, while raising the export target to $6 billion. Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said the country aims to increase its production of jet engines and gas turbines to.....»»