Posts Tagged ‘MINDANAO’
More people seen leaving Mindanao due to drought, brownouts
BAGUIO CITYDrought equals brownouts equals bad economy equals migration. Government officials said the pummeling that Mindanao was suffering from drought and its effects on the island’s economy was likely to trigger a new wave of migrants headed for Luzon and add pressure to its local economies.
Arroyo gov’t concocted power crisisEstrada
MANILA, Philippines(UPDATE) Former president Joseph Estrada on Wednesday claimed that the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ‘concocted’ the ongoing power crisis in Mindanao and expressed fears the crisis could “derail national and local elections.’ ‘The current power crisis in Mindanao could have been avoided,’ Estrada said in a press conference.
‘Lumad’ oppose new dam for power
KIDAPAWAN CITY The shortage in electricity that is hounding Mindanao has failed to convince residents of at least three Mindanao provinces to support the planned construction of power plants in their areas.
17M ballots printed for May pollsComelec
MANILA, Philippines The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday that about 17 million ballots have already been printed for the country’s first ever automated elections in May.
Teodoro wants nuclear energy plant
Manila: Amid the backdrop of power shortages that continue to plague the country, nuclear power is now being looked at as the ultimate solution to the country’s power woes. Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro, former defence chief, said the establishment of a nuclear power plant on the southern main island of Mindanao should be looked at as a long-term programme to prevent a recurring energy…
Candidates frustrate audience at Ateneo forum
DAVAO CITY, PhilippinesAll presidential candidates except the three who have consistently topped the surveys were at the presidential forum at the Ateneo de Davao University here on Tuesday, and they disappointed sectoral representatives on their stance on such Mindanao issues as the peace process, mining, agriculture. Present during the forum were Senators Richard Gordon and Jamby Madrigal, former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, JC Delos Reyes, Eddie Villanueva and Nicanor Perlas. Liezl Bugtay, media officer of the non-governmental group Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao (AFRIM), said the forum exposed one thing: ‘most presidentiables delivered general statements on their take on…
GMA abandons special powers but to pursue new deals
By Aytch S. de la Cruz 03/09/2010 Realizing the futility of convincing legislators to attend a special session in Congress amid the election flurry, President Arroyo said yesterday she is abandoning efforts to secure emergency powers to address the power crisis in Mindanao. Arroyo, however, said she is mandating Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes to interpret the provision in the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira ) on addressing a power shortage to allow the government to move aggressively in solving the Mindanao crisis
Power supply still unstable, says NGCP
MANILA, PhilippinesThe country’s power supply remained unstable marked by the thin reserves of the Luzon and the Visayas grids, and huge generation deficiencies of the Mindanao grid. According to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), the Luzon grid has a gross reserve of 308 megawatts in the morning and which fell to about 100 Megawatts (MW) in the afternoon.
Aboitiz ‘09 profit grew by 559%
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‘Why is there sudden power lack in South?’
MANILA, PhilippinesReeling from the power shortage in Mindanao, rural electric cooperatives suspect that ’some sectors might be manipulating events to cause an artificial crisis’ on the island.
GMA may use special powers to address energy crisis
03/02/2010 Chances are high that President Arroyo would adopt the proposal of Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes to use special powers in addressing the worsening power shortage, especially in Mindanao, deputy presidential spokesman Gary Olivar yesterday said. Secretary Reyes has clearly explained his recommendation for emergency powers in Mindanao so that the President under the law can ask Congress to approve additional powers generation measures like modular generator sets, he added.
Diesel plant shuts down amid Mindanao power shortage
ILIGAN CITYSome of the reasons for a shortage of electricity in Mindanao have nothing to do with falling water levels, but rising costs. While the island reels from outages largely blamed on the decline in water levels in sources of hydroelectricity, the National Power Corp. ordered…
El Niño to worsen Mindanao power crisis
MANILA, Philippines–The El Niño weather disturbance is expected to worsen the already critical power supply in Mindanao as water levels in the hydropower plant complexes on the island continue to recede, according to an industry official. ‘The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) has said the…
House OKs bill creating Mindanao Devt Authority
02/14/2010 The House of Representatives has ratified a bicameral conference committee report creating the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA). Speaker Prospero Nograles, one of the authors of the measure, said once President Arroyo signs the bill, it will promote, coordinate and facilitate the active and extensive participation of all sectors to effect socio-economic development in Mindanao. The consolidated version of the bill will address the need for a coordinated and integrated…
