There were demonstrations outside a meeting venue last Friday, both against and in favor of coal-fired power for Palawan. Pretty unusual you would think that ordinary people would demonstrate in favor of coal-fired power—that there would be demonstrations against coal-fired power would not raise any eyebrows. However, according to reports from Palawan and from the Clean Energy for Palawan Facebook site, the promoters of coal-fired power plants in Palawan had paid quite a lot of people a claimed P500 each to join the demonstration, given them a ride in an air-conditioned bus, and a free lunch . . .