Dateline Kamuning: The government is considering all technologies to ensure energy security and improve energy mix for renewables, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Friday as he visited a wind farm project in Ilocos Norte. “At lahat nitong bagong teknolohiya ay talagang titingnan natin. We continue to work on all of the sources of renewable energy,” President Marcos said during the presentation to him of ACEN Corp.’s 160-Megawatt Wind Farm in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. “As I mentioned, solar.…. pagagandahin natin ‘yung mga geothermal, ‘yung mga dam natin, baka puwede pang i-expand ang hydrothermal na power na kinukuha natin diyan.” Aside from renewables, the administration is looking at nuclear power, he said, assuring the public that using such energy source must be within the highest safety and environmental standards to avoid accidents and disasters. “But nonetheless, kailangan na kailangan patuloy na tayong naghahanap ng bagong renewable energy sources. Kailangan patul...

  Dateline Kamuning: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said that he understands Vice President Sara Duterte on her decision to resign from the Lakas-CMD party. “Alam n’yo naman, si VP Inday Sara is very plain-spoken. Kung ano ang sinabi niya ‘yun ang ibig sabihin nun. She has too much work to do that she cannot be involved in any – that she cannot allow herself to be distracted. That’s the way I read it,” Marcos said in a press briefing during the presentation of the 160-megawatt wind farm in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte on Friday. The Vice President and Education Secretary earlier Friday tendered her resignation from the party citing “execrable political power play.”  Her resignation came following the reorganization of key positions in the House of Representatives where Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo, one of the stalwarts of Lakas-CMD, was removed from her post as Senior Deputy Speaker. Marcos said Duterte must have been overwhelmed and decided to resign from Lakas a...

Dateline Kamuning:   President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. vowed to promote and to protect the country’s interests before the 42nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. “I will join other Leaders of ASEAN to advance our community-building efforts in the region and ensure the well-being and security of our people, in line with Indonesia’s chairmanship theme of “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth,’” the President said in his departure speech at the Maharlika in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City on Tuesday. Marcos added he would push for continued efforts toward economic growth, food and energy security, investment, combating transnational crimes and protecting migrant workers in crisis situations, among others. The President said he and other ASEAN leaders will also exchange views on pressing issues of common concern such as developments in the South China Sea and the situation in Myanmar. ”I am always optimistic because all the...

Kamuning Dateline:   A combined force of U.S. and Philippine service members participated in a combined joint littoral live-fire exercise today, the culminating field training event for Balikatan 2023. Approximately 1,400 Marines, soldiers, sailors, airmen and Coast Guardsmen from both countries took part in the training, which involved detecting, identifying, targeting and engaging a target ship using a variety of ground and air-based weapons systems. “This training increased the exercise’s realism and complexity, a key priority shared between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military,” said Lt. Gen. William Jurney, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and the U.S. director for the exercise. “Together we are strengthening our capabilities in full-spectrum military operations across all domains.” Balikatan is the largest annual exercise between the two allies and 2023 marks its 38th iteration and the largest iteration to date, with more than 17,...

Dateline Kamuning:   The government is doing the necessary preparations in anticipation of the 72-hour ceasefire declared in Sudan, hoping it could provide an opportunity to bring home Filipinos stuck in the war-torn country, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday. President Marcos made the remarks following a meeting with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) on current issues including the the Sudan situation, particularly on how the government can bring Filipinos to safety. “Right now, we are hoping that the 72-hour ceasefire that has been declared will hold and we will — we are preparing ourselves,” President Marcos said. “So we’re trying — we’re watching this situation very, very closely and to see if there’s a window of opportunity na mailabas natin ang mga Philippine nationals natin.” https://fb.watch/k7lAm2lQ0I/ The President said Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople is on her way to the region in anticip...

Dateline Kamuning: An internal review being conducted in the Philippine National Police (PNP) aimed at determining cops with drug links will conclude in two weeks or so, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday, as he vowed to relentlessly fight the proliferation of illicit narcotics in the country. “Kaya naman ating ginawa ‘yung review, mga official sa police at dahan-dahan… malapit nang matapos. I think in another two weeks or so, we’ll be able to finish that. We’ll be able to review all of that,” President Marcos said during the 1st Joint National Peace and Order Council (NPOC) and Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) Meeting in Malacanang. “It’s a very complicated system, and it’s a very complicated situation. Hindi naman tayo puwedeng umaksyon on the basis ng tsismis. We cannot move on that basis. We have to be very careful because we have to [be] fair. It has to be just,” the chief executive pointed out. The President said the government has nothing against the ...

  Dateline Kamuning:   Malacanang announced Monday four locations considered “suitable and mutually beneficial” as additional Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites that are seen to boost the disaster response of the country as the locations will also be used for humanitarian and relief operations during emergencies and natural disasters. According to the Palace, the four locations inspected and assessed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) include the Naval Base Camilo Osias in Sta Ana, Cagayan; Lal-lo Airport in Lal-lo, Cagayan; Camp Melchor Dela Cruz in Gamu, Isabela and Balabac Island in Palawan.     During an Army event last month, President Marcos said Filipino and American officials had already identified and agreed on the four new sites and would soon make a formal announcement soon. The four extra sites will be scattered around the Philippines, but the main goal is to defend the country’s eastern coast, the President said, noting t...