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endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 21) — Senator Imee Marcos is calling on the government to check if its plan to rehabilitate the decades-old Agus-Pulangi hydropower plants in Mindanao holds water. The Agus-Pulangi Hydropower Complex, composed of seven mostly run-of-river hydroelectric power plants, is a "burning issue," Marcos said during a Senate hearing on the proposed removal of the expiration period of the Joint Congressional Energy Commission. The complex is currently owned by state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) and operated by the ...

SunStar CEBU EXPLAINER: City Council to 'consult' Veco, business, consumer groups on electricity cost. Yet, ERC already ordered the firm to explain and, earlier, Veco twice promised to lower rates SunStar File May 07, 2021 THE Cebu City Council has decided that its committee on energy will discuss with Visayan Electric Company (Veco) officials and representatives of Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) and local consumer groups the growing complaints against the rise in electricity bills, especially during the pandemic. The date still has to be...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 27) — The Department of Energy is not seeing demand-driven energy shortage in the summer season but said the country needs power reserves to address unplanned outages. During the hearing of the Joint Congressional Energy Commission on Tuesday, lawmakers repeatedly asked officials if there would be brownouts or blackouts from April to June. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, said there should be unimpeded power supply especially for the cold storage facilities of COVID-19 vaccines. " Sa ngayon po wala tayong na...

SunStar + April 06, 2021 THE Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) is calling on Visayan Electric Company to renegotiate its contract with power generators to lower the cost of electricity in their franchise area. The MCCI wants the Visayan Electric to renegotiate the prices of two of the highest power producers for the distribution utility--power generators Cebu Private Power Corp. and Green Core Geothermal Inc. “A year into the pandemic and everyone is still trying to rise above our different problems. It is very difficult to recover when the businesses are saddled ...

SunStar March 08, 2021 TODAY, March 8, marks International Women's Day and the whole of March is observed as International Women's Month. This momentous occasion is a fitting opportunity to celebrate women's achievements, to raise greater awareness and to lobby for accelerated women's equality. In the Philippines, much has been achieved in terms of gender equality. We have elected two woman presidents, President Corazon C. Aquino and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The latter is also the first and only woman to be elected as Speaker of the House. Leni Robredo is the second wom...