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+ February 18, 2021 Where the government is losing to the CPP-NPA is in the battle for people’s hearts. While the CPP-NPA leaves no stone unturned in their effort to get the people’s sympathy to their cause, government can only think of brazen display of power on suspected CPP-NPA sympathizers.
The latest proof of this, and this involved a highly unlikely group of CPP-NPA sympathizers, was the “rescue” of Lumad children from a retreat house run by priests of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD).
In the first place, no “rescue” was necessary. The SVDs who run the University of San Carlos (USC) are people who are respected in Cebu and the whole country, and could easily have been given the benefit of the doubt. DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) and/or NCIP (National Commission for Indigenous Peoples) should have approached USC authorities for a clarification of issues and the peaceful release of the children if so warranted.
Published December 14, 2020, 7:00 AM
The Department of Energy (DOE) has suspended the issuance of “certificates of energy projects of national significance” (CEPNS) to various projects being proposed by industry players.
In an advisory served by Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi, the department stated that it has stopped the CEPNS “to give way to a thorough evaluation of its effectiveness with respect to securing regulatory permits and licenses, endorsements and other requirements relative to the timely development and completion of energy projects.”
Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi
The suspension had been effective December 10 this year, and there was no DOE-given timeframe as to when it will last.