|
|
|
Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
|
|
|
Meralco rates are high – UP study
|
|
A study by the
University of the Philippines showed the Manila Electric Company (Meralco)
was charging its customers nearly a peso more per kilowatt-hour,
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago charged Wednesday.
Santiago, co-chairman of the Joint Congressional
Power Commission (PowerCom) said the study showed Meralco’s high
rates came about because of its contracts with independent power
producers (IPPs) and its participation in the wholesale electricity
spot market (WESM).
|
|
 Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sulpicio gets even with inquiry board
|
|
SULPICIO Lines Inc. on Wednesday got even with the Board of Marine
Inquiry that accused the shipping firm of using Titanic-era life
vests, which reportedly did little to help the passengers of the
ill-fated MV Princess of the Stars that sunk late last month during
the height of Typhoon Frank.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
Housing official in extort
case kicked out of govt
|
|
Nestor Favila, the former special projects head of the National Home
and Mortgage Finance Corp., who was found guilty for grave
misconduct in April, will finally pay the price for his acts after
the Office of the Ombudsman on Wednesday sought his expulsion from
government service.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
No peace talks set yet with communists
|
|
DEFENSE Secretary Gilberto Teodoro admitted Wednesday that the
government has no plans yet to initiate talks with the National
Democratic Front and will follow the directive of President Gloria
Arroyo to defeat communist guerrillas and other threat groups by
2010.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
Palace says no vehicle smuggling in Cagayan
|
|
Malacañang said there is no vehicle smuggling in Port Irene and
that Executive Order No. 156 banning sales of used vehicles outside
Subic Freeport does not apply to the Cagayan Economic Zone, where
the former port is located.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
More French, Russian tourists eyed
|
|
The Department of Tourism has called on travel-related
establishments and businesses such as hotels, resorts, tour
operators, and transport services to promote the country’s
adventure tourism destinations...
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
Palace disowns Villar
ouster
|
|
Malacañang claimed Wednesday it had nothing to do with the alleged
plot to oust Senate President Manuel Villar from his post, pointing
out it respects the independence of the branches of the government.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
Entrepreneurship competition for schools set
|
|
An organization that partners colleges and universities with the
business sector called Pilipinas-Students In Free Enterprise (Pilipinas-SIFE)
launched on Wednesday a competition among college and university
students that seeks to develop projects which will help
underdeveloped communities through free enterprise.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
Man who raped his niece
gets double-life sentence
|
|
THE Supreme Court meted out a double-life sentence to a pedophile
who raped his eight-year-old niece 10 years ago.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
