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PCAB license renewal alert – 2016

PCAB has announced the license renewal schedule for Contracting Fiscal Year (CFY) 2016-2017. Contractors must follow this schedule in order to avoid an Additional License Fee. Starting 01 February 2016, PCAB will accept renewal applications for CFY 2016-2017 under the following revised schedule (Board Resolution No. 376, series of 2014): Last Digit of License Number / Filing Month 0  /  …

October AMO Seminar Schedule | 2015

October AMO Seminar Schedule: One 2 day Authorized Managing Officer (AMO) Seminar is set for 22-23 October 2015. The AMO Seminar is hosted by The Society of Philippine Electrotechnical Constructors and Suppliers Inc. (SPECS) in Baguio. For more details please contact SPECS directly: Tel: 63(2) 722-4725, 413-0994, 386-8782 (Joy) 0928 461-7470 Email: [email protected] The current AMO Seminar Schedule…

September AMO Seminar Schedule | 2015

September AMO Seminar Schedule: One 2 day Authorized Managing Officer (AMO) Seminar is set for 25-26 September 2015. The AMO Seminar is hosted by The National Constructors association of the Philippines (NACAP) in Baguio. For more details please contact NACAP directly: Tel: 477-9588 0920 205-1845 0920 462-1924 (Nanette) Email: [email protected] The current AMO Seminar Schedule for 2015 as…

PCAB license verification not working

The PCAB license verification in the CIAP (Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines) website is not working and when it renders results, the results may be wrong. What is supposed to be the perfect tool for PCAB license verification currently only does the industry harm. Let us explain: When you click on “Online License Verification” in the right sidebar in the CIAP website…

PCAB License: The AMO

The term AMO (Authorized Managing Officer) is often loosely used for the individual responsible to PCAB (the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board) for compliance with the license issued to a contractor.  This is strictly speaking not quite so: Only juridical entities (corporations, partnerships, etc.) have AMOs. A juridical entity cannot act by itself and accordingly someone must be…

Environmental laws: For man or for the environment limit

by Mary Ann Lucille Sering July 15, 2015 It may come as a surprise but the Philippines actually has the most progressive environmental policies in the world. Not a few eyebrows are raised every time I make that claim. Progressive laws are supposed to translate in the improvement of the conditions they are meant to address. If progress is not seen or felt, the perception is, the law has failed to…

August AMO Seminar Schedule | 2015

August AMO Seminar Schedule: One 2 day Authorized Managing Officer (AMO) Seminar is set for 30-31 August 2015. The AMO Seminar is hosted by The National Constructors association of the Philippines (NACAP) in Quezon City. For more details please contact SPECS directly: Tel: 477-9588 0920 205-1845 0920 462-1924 (Nanette) Email: [email protected] The current AMO Seminar Schedule for 2015 as released…

July AMO Seminar Schedule | 2015

July AMO Seminar Schedule: One 2 day Authorized Managing Officer (AMO) Seminar is set for 30-31 July 2014. The AMO Seminar is hosted by The Society of Philippine Electrotechnical Constructors and Suppliers Inc. (SPECS) in Metro Manila. For more details please contact SPECS directly: Tel: 63(2) 722-4725, 413-0994, 386-8782 (Joy) 0928 461-7470 Email: [email protected] The current AMO Seminar…

PCA Metro website discontinued

Sad news for the construction industry, the PCA Metro website has been discontinued. The PCA Metro website had, over the past more than six years become most actively visited construction industry site and the reference point on contractors’ licensing in the Philippines through dissemination of information. Through articles posed in the PCA Metro website, via its Public Assistance Help Desk with…

The seven sins of greenwashing

By MARY ANN LUCILLE SERING With the growing number of people becoming conscious on caring for the environment, new marketing strategies soon emerged. “Greenwashing,” however, is of the negative kind. It is a term referred to a type of advertising and marketing strategy to pass off a product as environment-friendly but is not.  It is critical that greenwashing must be countered for consumer…

Belle nears tree-planting goal for Tagaytay property

With its “one tree at a time” guiding principle, Belle Corporation is nearing its self-imposed target to plant 1 million trees by 2050 and plans to extend this by another 50 years. This was announced by Tagaytay Highlands founder/vice chairman Willy Ocier during the planting last Saturday of 140 trees (out of 364 targeted for 2015) by company officials and staff, members of the posh and exclusive…

Renewables seen as best way to solve Asia’s energy dilemma

Asia and the Pacific face an energy dilemma. Demand is soaring but so are the region’s greenhouse gas emissions. Asia is expected to become the largest energy consuming region in the world well before 2050. At the same time, developing Asia’s share of worldwide energy-related carbon dioxide emissions has more than doubled from 17% in 1990 to 37% in 2011, and without a change in current energy use…

Save the reefs to avert further destruction

Butuan City – Filipinos all over the country are urged to join hands to save and protect the reefs to avert subsequent destruction. Reefs are known to help protect shorelines from waves and storms that cause flooding and erosion, support commercial and subsistence fisheries, and are home to a thriving recreation and tourism industry. The Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) of the Department of…

Jollibee pilots solar power for stores

The country’s largest fast-food chain has successfully implemented its first solar-panel installation at the Jollibee branch in Taytay Uptown. The store is the first to adopt the renewable energy technology which the company plans to implement in more Jollibee stores nationwide. “Tapping into this alternative energy source contributed significantly in reducing our operating costs, while enabling…

P64M greening program to reduce Antique’s poverty

Antique—The P64-million greening program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-6) is also seen to reduce poverty in Antique province. “We positively hope to erase Antique’s name from the list of poor provinces in the country,” said Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao. This is after DENR-6 recently signed agreements with 34 people’s organization to implement the first batch of…

Music, arts tapped to protect Mt. Natib forest

Mt. Natib, Orani, Bataan—When the usual protest rallies and bureaucratic meetings fall short to save endangered forested mountains, environmentalists and even developers now turn to alternative ways in which more people can chime in to their efforts—through music and arts. Foreign and tribal dances, indigenous arts and folk music wafted in the festive, chilly mountain air at the first Mt. Natib…

Hagedorn opposes coal-fired plant

Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO After losing in the recent recall elections, former Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn is now back to fighting for the environment. In a statement, Hagedorn called … Read more here:: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/696102/hagedorn-opposes-coal-fired-plant