Palace eyes refund if collusion among power firms is proven
By Christian V. Esguerra
Malacañang floated the possibility of a refund should power producers be found to have colluded to jack up electricity rates.
Malacañang floated the possibility of a refund should power producers be found to have colluded to jack up electricity rates.
Satisfaction with the Aquino administration fell to +56 in September from +66 in June, as net satisfaction dipped across all areas and among classes D and E, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
Malacañang on Monday belied reports that remote areas in Eastern Visayas were yet to receive relief assistance despite millions in international aid pouring in.
President Aquino on Monday hailed a power-sharing deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), saying a final peace agreement to end the decades-long rebellion was within reach, but warned that “contentious” issues remained.
Thailand’s government said Monday that elections will be held on February 2, hours after the Prime Minister dissolved the Lower House of Parliament in a bid to calm the country’s deepening political crisis.
The satisfaction rating of President Benigno Aquino III’s administration dipped by 10 points based on a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).
Around 100,000 people took to the streets of the Thai capital on Monday seeking to topple the government, police estimated, despite the prime minister’s decision to call snap elections.
Malacanang on Saturday expressed confidence that the proposed P2.26 trillion budget for 2014 will be passed into law before yearend.
REHABILITATING the towns of northern Cebu hit by supertyphoon “Yolanda” last Nov. 8 also means empowering the families by consulting them, the head of the Cebu provincial government’s task force said yesterday.
The billions of pesos in calamity and quick response funds—at least the ones allocated by Congress—for the Eastern Visayas are not for the so-called rehabilitation and reconstuction czar to spend but will go to the line departments, according to Sen. Francis Escudero.
President Benigno Aquino III has tapped Finance Undersecretary John “Sunny” Sevilla to be the officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Customs.
Is it my fault that I am good-looking?
This was the question asked in Filipino by Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile when asked to comment on Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s reported plan to bring up his lovelife in her privilege speech this Wednesday.
A resolution, extending the validity of this year’s calamity-related funds for another year, was adopted by the Senate on Tuesday.
