Home appliance maker Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corporation (PMPC) is shutting down its manganese battery manufacturing plant displacing 60 workers as new technology for alkaline batteries has replaced the obsolete technology of manganese batteries.
This would be the second plant closure of PMPC, the first being the Panasonic cellular phone manufacturing unit in 2006.
The plant closure [...]
An environment group and local residents of two towns near Metro Manila are opposing the construction of two landfills, which, they claim, are both located in watershed or forest areas.
Environment group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) and local groups from San Mateo town in Rizal province and San Jose del Monte in Bulacan [...]
The highly ambitious development of a lakeshore commercial, industrial and financial zone in Taguig City would now extend up to the eastern outskirt of Metro Manila, particularly in the 200-hectare lakeshore parcel in Taytay, Rizal.
Mayor Joric Gacula said talks are underway between the Taytay local government and the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) for the [...]
A tribute to Angono muralist Jose Blanco passes away, 76
Jose “Pitok” V. Blanco is the indisputable master of Philippine genre painting. Blanco tells us what it is to be a Filipino in Folk traditions and in contemporary artistry. He is the father of seven renowed filipino painter of Angono, Rizal
Nagluksa ang buong Angono sa [...]
The creation of Group Artist of Taytay is a colorful story. In the year 1975, a number of Taytay Artists – Freddie (godo) Zapanta, Ely Medina, During Lacampuenga, Rino Felizardo, Raffy Zapanta, Rodie Julian, Roger Tolentino and Quiel Magno – considered late bloomers in painting, were invited individually by then Gov. Isidro Rodriguez. They were [...]
Neo-Angono Artists’ Collective concept of the National Press Club Mural Project on the History of Press Freedom
The mural is a man-on-the-street scene depicting the daily routine of the people. This suggests that the freedom of the press – and the struggle to fight for it – should be everybody’s concern since this is the [...]
THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has directed an investigation on a new dump site in San Mateo, Rizal province amid complaints by residents and nongovernmental organizations that it is within a protected area.
“I am having it double-checked so that we are able to make a decision on the matter,” Environment Secretary Jose [...]
THE BOARD of listed electronics maker Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corp. will shut down its battery unit in Taytay, Rizal by the end of March as part of its parent’s efforts to consolidate its operations.
In a disclosure to the stock exchange on Friday, the unit of Japanese electronics giant Panasonic Corp. said it had authorized its [...]
In the urban regions of Manila’s metropolis, five young Filipinos have built the country’s first mobile, self-contained, wireless telecentre. The students are all graduates of the Philippines 1st telecenter, GLOW, which launched in 2000. They have designed a new and innovative approach of delivering ICT learning combined with a sustainable business model, to communities that [...]
MANILA, Philippines – Rizal Governor Casimiro “Jun” Ynares III announced Friday the transfer of the seat of the Rizal provincial government from Pasig to Antipolo City in March.
The people of Rizal have complained that the capitol is inappropriately located outside the territorial jurisdiction of the province.
But Ynares said that the transfer of the provincial operations, [...]
