PRESIDENT Aquino has committed to further increase government’s multibillion-peso annual spending for various infrastructure and power projects in the remaining months of his term, which ends on June 30, 2016.

The President said the Philippines has a total dependable capacity of 15,665 MW which should be sufficient to meet the country’s projected demand level of 10,222 MW for 2015, although many Filipinos still have their fingers crossed on this assumption.

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