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The National Government Administrative Center ( NGAC) is a 200-hectare (490-acre) mixed-used development situated in New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac. It will primarily host facilities for the Philippine government such as offices of various government agencies, government housing units, sport facilities and other support services facilities. [2]
The Department of Information and Communications Technology ( DICT) ( Filipino: Kagawaran ng Teknolohiyang Pang-Impormasyon at Komunikasyon) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the planning, development and promotion of the country's information and communications technology (ICT) agenda in support of ...
The New People's Army(Filipino: Bagong Hukbong Bayan), abbreviatedNPAor BHB, is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines(CPP). [14]: 119 It acts as the CPP's principal organization, aiming to consolidate political power from what it sees as the present "bourgeois reactionary puppet government" and to aid in the "people's ...
The New People's Army rebellion (often shortened to NPA rebellion, among other acronym-based names) is an ongoing conflict between the government of the Philippines and the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist [3] [9] Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). It is the world's longest ongoing communist ...
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA; Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Pangkaunlarang Kumbersiyon ng mga Base) is a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Office of the President of the Philippines. It is a government instrumentality vested with corporate powers under Republic Act 7227 (Bases Conversion and Development ...
The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections or NAMFREL is an election watchdog in the Philippines. It was the first and one of the most famous election watch campaigns. [1] It is known to have introduced non-partisan national election monitoring to the Philippines after exposing the issues involved with the 1986 Snap Elections.
History 2001–2009: Power grid operations, maintenance, and expansion under Philippine government (NAPOCOR/NPC and TransCo) On June 8, 2001, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed RA 9136 (Electric Power Industry Reform Act), which introduced market competition in the energy sector and mandated the creation of National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) 18 days after the law was approved on ...
Here are key takeaways from AP's report: The project. The government has ambitions for making the Philippines a liquified natural gas hub for the Asia-Pacific region. And Batangas province is at ...