MANILA, PHILIPPINES–CUSTOMERS OF MANILA ELECTRIC CO. (MERALCO) CAN EXPECT TO PAY P1.83 PER KILOWATTHOUR (KWH) MORE IN THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS THIS MONTH.
Meralco incurred a total generation cost of P15.9 billion for the supply month of February, translating to a generation charge of P6.76/kWh to its customers in their March 2010 bill.
Meralco has filed a petition before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) seeking to lower by 44.46 centavos the increase in the generation charge for the March billing, from […]
THE PROBLEM OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS A CHALLENGE TO WOMANHOOD, SAID NP-NPC-LDP VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA TODAY AS THE COUNTRY JOINS THE CELEBRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY.
“Ang issue ng climate change at gender ay magkakabit. A starving mother carrying her ailing child is often the public face of famines and food shortages.Mothers are the ones who are pressed to produce food and water for the family during times of drought or disaster brought by climate change. Ang mga […]
SPEAKING BEFORE WOMEN’S GROUPS ON THE CELEBRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, NP-NPC-LDP VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA TODAY EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR ACCESSIBLE MATERNAL AND CHILD CARE, ALARMED AT THE HIGH RATE OF MATERNAL DEATHS IN THE COUNTRY.
“In this day and age, it is plain injustice that women still die during childbirth. Women’s health should be part of the next administration’s priorities,” said Loren, the only woman vying for the VP seat.
Some 230 Filipino women die for every […]
ON WOMEN’S DAY, NP-NPC-LDP VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BRGY. KABUHAYAN LAW AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS BY PROVIDING MORE ASSISTANCE TO MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES (MSMES), WHICH WILL ADDRESS WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS.
Loren, author of the Barangay Kabuhayan Act (RA 9509) and the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Act (RA 9501), called for the implementation and funding of these laws to stimulate the so-called informal […]
PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO BELONG TO THE LANDED GENTRY SHOULD SET THE EXAMPLE IN IMPLEMENTING TRUE LAND REFORM BY HAVING THEIR OWN HACIENDAS DISTRIBUTED AMONG THEIR TENANTS, NP-NPC-LDP VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOREN LEGARDA STRESSED BEFORE A GROUP OF FARMERS AND TRADERS IN SATURDAY IN COTABATO.
“For the country’s agriculture sector and farmers to be truly empowered, we need to see concrete, sincere commitment to land distribution among the farmers who deserve it,” Loren said.
Previous administrations, including the current one, have […]
