Puerto Princesa groundbreaking2 Puerto Princesa acquires another eJeepney

Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn recently announced the city’s acquisition from PhUV Inc. of another electric jeepney (eJeepney) for use in its Climate Friendly Cities Program. “The eJeepney fleet is the third and final component of our CFC Program, completing what we call the green circle. We take pride in the fact that Puerto Princesa is the very first city in Asia to complete the CFC green circle”, he says.

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Puerto Princesa groundbreaking2 Puerto Princesa acquires another eJeepney

Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn recently announced the city’s acquisition from PhUV Inc. of another electric jeepney (eJeepney) for use in its Climate Friendly Cities Program. “The eJeepney fleet is the third and final component of our CFC Program, completing what we call the green circle. We take pride in the fact that...Read More

DSC 4477 The eJeepney Revolution: The Beginning of a Greener Lifestyle

The Philippine Star
February 24, 2010

MANILA, Philippines - Electric vehicles have been around for a long time but only recently have they been put to actual use in local cities. Puttering around like large golf carts, they have long been treated as novelty vehicles, transporting customers within malls or transferring people from...Read More

Love Affair 1 A Valentine’s to remember

The Manila Times, Saturday, 20 February 2010
Learning & Innovation
BY MOJE RAMOS-AQUINO, FPM

Put those wrappers inside your bag lest the Mayor get angry at you,” a woman admonishes her son as he was about to throw some thrash unto the street. And that is why Puerto Princesa, despite the swirling dust is very clean...Read More

Puerto Princesa groundbreaking1 Puerto Princesa embraces climate-friendly cities plan, starts biodigester construction

February 14, Puerto Princesa -- Puerto Princesa today held groundbreaking ceremonies for a pioneering $2-4 million biodigester that can provide up to 1-MW of power to fuel the city's growing electric public transport fleet and other public energy needs. The historic event, flanked by an array of electric vehicles and cyclists, brought the city...Read More

Puerto Princesa kids.JPG Our country needs Green Nationalism

By Edward S. Hagedorn, Mayor of Puerto Princesa

Early this year, we witnessed the grand launch of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. With 169 stories and the equivalent of two Empire State buildings standing one atop another, it is considered today the tallest building in the world.

Most were awestruck at the grandness of Dubai's $1.5...Read More

DSC 0295 (Large) E-jeepney wows foreign investors

BY CRIS G. ODRONIA, Reporter
The Manila Times
Wednesday, 03 February 2010

Impressed with the electric version of Jeepneys now plying a few routes in the country, some financial institutions have expressed interest to implement similar programs in other countries, according to Philippine Utility Vehicle (PhUV) Inc. Vice...Read More

MVPMAP.JPG RP auto industry faces ‘make-or-break’ stage with revised MVDP, Part I

By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT
Manila Bulletin
January 2, 2010

The year 2009 proved to be a very challenging year for the automotive business as it took severe beating from the global financial meltdown.

The closures of manufacturing plants, financial bankruptcies and massive layoffs of workers of the world’s biggest...Read More

eJeepney Charging Station 01 / © Luis Liwanag/ICSC E-vehicles: Batteries should be included in R&D

Business Mirror

Written by Rizal Raoul Reyes / Correspondent

 Sunday, 03 January 2010

THE car battery will play an important role in enabling electric vehicles (e-vehicles) to gain wide acceptance in the country, a research scientist said.

Dr. J.B. Manuel Briona, a research scientist at the center for...Read More

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Toym Imao is a distinguished trailblazer in the field of Philippine art. A scupltor and painter, Toym, as he is known to friends, has a huge, ever growing sculptural portfolio. Recognized for his provocative sense of aesthetics, Toym has received many awards, among them the top prize of the...
By Kris Pronto, for iCSC The "Sakay" eJeepney was designed by the distinguished Filipino artist Toym Imao to honor the little known Philippine revolutionary Macario Sakay.
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