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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Trashing privatization
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SPOKESMEN of the GSIS and the government have denied that either
wants to take over the Manila Electric Company (Meralco).
Considering that the Arroyo administration has displayed a penchant
for saying one thing and doing another, we feel it our duty to
remind officials that taking control of the Philippines’ biggest
and oldest electricity distributor is ill-advised.
State-sponsored efforts to acquire Manila
Electric Co. ostensibly are inspired by the public outcry over the
surge in electricity bills in the utility’s franchise area, which
accounts for 70 percent of the Luzon grid’s demand. This includes
the bulk of the country’s electronics exporters, on whose hands
lie our ability to generate ample dollars to cushion us from the
adverse impact of a recession in our largest market, the US.
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O T H E R C O L U M N S A
N D F E A T U R E S
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Dirty-tricks
operation against JDV?
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Apparently, the Comelec has made Sen. Dick Gordon very happy. He
praised the poll body for—at last!—finally signing a
P525-million poll-automation contract with Smartmatic.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Labor is limping into
history’s sunset
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The recent launching of a book on the life and times of labor leader
Democrito “Kito” Mendoza, a towering figure of the labor
movement now slowed down by age and reduced to reminiscences, summed
up the sad state of the country’s trade unions today.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Garcia, the
whistle-blower
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Winston Garcia, the president of the Government Service Insurance
System, is searching for the truth behind the high rates being
charged by power giant Meralco.
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Son of Mindanao is
new AFP chief
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An Army general best recognized from hailing from the tumultuous
southern Philippines has assumed leadership of the 113,000-strong
Philippine military Monday.
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ANALYSIS
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Chinese quake seen adding
to food, inflation problems
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SHANGHAI: The huge earthquake in southwest China could drive up food
prices even more and set back efforts to tame inflation, experts
warned Tuesday as stocks slid here in the wake of the deadly tremor.
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FEATURE
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A suburban nightmare grows in India
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NEW DELHI: Steel, marble and granite are high on
the list of materials needed to build homes in well-to-do suburbs on
the outskirts of India’s sprawling capital—but so are plastic
sheets, cardboard and reeds.
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LETTER
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One more Meralco problem
By Octavio Orestes, Parañaque City
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