The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has adopted updated regulations covering reliability performance indices and on permissible unplanned outage days for power generating units across the country.

Local motorists face mixed price adjustments at the pumps this week as gasoline and diesel prices move in opposite directions.

The Department of Transportation has approved 12 major rail projects valued at over $30 billion, marking a significant shift after decades of slow progress in the country's transit sector. Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John Batan reported that seven of these major projects are currently under construction, one is finished, and six are slated to open within the next seven years. In a push for environmental sustainability, all 12 networks are designed as fully electric railway systems.