Following a warning from the country’s biggest power distributor that there will be an increase in electricity prices this month due to a hike in the cost of power supplied by generation companies, NP-NPC-LDP Vice-Presidential Candidate Loren Legarda today reiterated the need for proper action on the power crisis.
“Increasing rates are band aid solutions. We [...]

SURIGAO CITY - El Niño has threatened to slow down the progress of Surigao City, an otherwise fast developing trade and industry hub in the Caraga region, with four-hour daily brownouts caused by the low-water level at Maria Cristina Falls, the region’s source of hydroelectric power.
“Unless the Arroyo administration does something about [...]

The current electrical power crisis would not have hit the country if the Arroyo administration had not been so preoccupied with trying to hold on to political power, NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda said on Monday, following reports of the power situation in Northern Luzon.
“And what is the Energy secretary doing now? He’s busy [...]