Para makatipid sa enerhiya... 4-day workweek, pag-aaralan ni PBBM

ni Mylene Alfonso @News | March 5, 2026

Photo: Bongbong Marcos - FB

Bukas si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. sa pag-aaral ng posibilidad ng four-day workweek sa mga tanggapan ng pamahalaan bilang hakbang sa pagtitipid ng enerhiya sa gitna ng patuloy na tensyon sa Gitnang Silangan.

“Sa ngayon po ay maaaring pag-aralan po ng Pangulo ang ganyang suhestiyon lalo na kung magiging malala pa po ang nangyayaring Israel-Iran issue,” pahayag ni Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary at Palace Press Officer Claire Castro sa Palace briefing.  

“Sa ngayon po ay hindi pa po ito napag-uusapan,” patuloy ni Castro.

Noong Martes, inatasan ni Pangulong Marcos ang mga ahensya ng pamahalaan na magpatupad ng mga hakbang sa pagtitipid ng enerhiya sa gitna ng umiiral na tensyon sa Gitnang Silangan at hinikayat din ang mga lokal na pamahalaan at ang publiko na magsagawa ng kaparehong hakbang.

Nanawagan din ang Pangulo sa mamamayan na bawasan ang kabuuang konsumo ng enerhiya, habang nagpahayag ng pag-asa na hindi magtatagal ang sigalot sa Gitnang Silangan.

Binigyang-diin din niya ang pangako ng pamahalaan na magpatupad ng mga hakbang upang mabawasan ang posibleng epekto nito sa bansa.

Tiniyak din ng Pangulo na may nakahanda nang mga hakbang ang pamahalaan upang maibsan ang posibleng epekto sa ekonomiya ng Pilipinas.

Sa direktiba ng Pangulo, naglabas ng advisory ang Inter-Agency Energy Efficiency and Conservation Committee (IAEECC) na naglalaman ng mga panukalang paraan upang makatipid sa enerhiya.

Sa advisory para sa mga ahensya ng pambansang pamahalaan, government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs), state universities and colleges (SUCs), at mga lokal na pamahalaan (LGUs), hinihikayat ang lahat ng tanggapan ng gobyerno na magbawas ng hindi bababa sa sampung porsyento (10%) sa kanilang konsumo ng gasolina.

Maynilad sustains NRW reduction drive through continued network upgrades

by Info @Brand Zone | March 4, 2026

File Photo: Maynilad contractors conduct pipe replacement works in Manila, one of the operational interventions under the company’s intensified non-revenue water (NRW) reduction program, which brought NRW down to 30.7% by end-2025 from 38.4% a year earlier.

West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) will continue strengthening its water loss reduction program through sustained investments in Non-Revenue Water (NRW) management initiatives, supporting efforts to improve network efficiency and maximize available water supply across its concession area.

These initiatives form part of Maynilad’s MWSS-approved Business Plan for 2023 to 2027, which provides for continued infrastructure rehabilitation, leak detection activities, and targeted system upgrades aimed at reducing water losses across its network serving densely populated urban communities in the West Zone.

Portions of Maynilad’s distribution network were inherited from earlier water systems developed over several decades, with some legacy pipelines in Metro Manila dating back to the early 20th century and requiring continuing rehabilitation.

Under Maynilad’s MWSS-approved Business Plan, approximately ₱7.7 billion has been allocated for Non-Revenue Water management initiatives programmed for 2026 implementation.

NRW management remains a central component of Maynilad’s operational strategy. In 2025 alone, the company recovered about 256 million liters per day (MLD) of water through intensified leak detection, pipe replacement, pressure management, and network monitoring interventions—an amount equivalent to the output of a major water treatment plant, or nearly the combined production of two of Maynilad’s southern water treatment facilities.

According to Maynilad Central NRW Head Engr. Ryan B. Jamora, reducing water losses enables utilities to make more treated water available to customers without immediately developing new water sources.

“Recovering water through NRW reduction helps us optimize existing infrastructure and improve overall system efficiency,” Jamora said. “Much of this work happens underground through continuous monitoring and early leak detection before problems become visible at the surface.”

For 2026, NRW initiatives will support selective pipe replacement in high-loss areas, expanded leakage control activities, network diagnostics, and the continued evaluation of emerging technologies designed to improve leak localization and field response efficiency.

Maynilad said its current approach prioritizes data-driven interventions, enabling engineering teams to focus resources on areas where interventions deliver the greatest operational benefit while minimizing disruption to communities.

Leak detection activities were demonstrated in Barangays Bungad and Paltok in Quezon City as part of Maynilad’s ongoing stakeholder engagement efforts to provide operational context on how underground leaks are identified and addressed within active urban environments.

Pipeline systems are subject to natural deterioration from operating conditions such as traffic loading, road works, and coastal exposure, making NRW management a continuing engineering requirement for large metropolitan utilities.

Under its approved Business Plan, Maynilad targets reducing NRW levels to 25% by 2027 and 20% by 2030, consistent with regulatory commitments and the company’s long-term service reliability and sustainability objectives.

The 20% NRW level is widely recognized in the water industry as an efficient benchmark for large urban utilities, where further reductions may require disproportionately higher investment relative to incremental water recovery. Maynilad said its NRW program therefore focuses on achieving sustainable and economically efficient loss reduction while maintaining service reliability across a complex metropolitan network.

Date of Release: March 3, 2026

Gulo sa Middle East... P2 dagdag-presyo sa petrolyo

by Mai Ancheta @Business News | March 4, 2026

Photo: FIle

Posibleng umakyat ng dagdag na dalawang piso ang presyo kada litro ng produktong petrolyo sa mga susunod na linggo kapag umakyat ng mula lima hanggang 10 dolyar ang taas per barrel sa crude oil mula sa kasalukuyang $72 per barrel.

Ito ang pagtaya ni Department of Energy-Oil Industry Management Bureau Director Rino Abad matapos ang airstrike sa Iran na nagresulta sa tensyon sa Middle East.

Ayon kay Abad, batay sa pagtaya ng mga analyst baka madagdagan ang presyo per barrel ng langis mula sa kasalukuyang presyo kung magpapatuloy ang tensyon sa Gitnang Silangan na pinakamalaking pinagmumulan ng supply ng langis.

“Kung aabutin natin iyong 10 US dollar, baka umabot pa tayo ng mga additional two pesos for the next few weeks,” ani Abad.

Pero nilinaw ni Abad na kung ang Iran lang ang maapektuhan na nagsu-supply ng 1.16% ng global supply, hindi masyadong nakakabahala kung magkaroon ng

pagkaantala sa oil export.

Pero ibang usapan na aniya kung ang buong Middle East producing countries ang maapektuhan lalo na kung magkaproblema sa Strait of Hormuz dahil 16 hanggang 17 percent ng pandaigdigang supply ang maapektuhan.

Dahil dito, sinabi ni Abad na nakabantay ang Department of Energy sa sitwasyon sa Middle East upang ma-update ang publiko sa epekto ng giyera sa supply ng langis.