By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Bayan Muna Party-list Representative Teddy Casiño said the root cause of Mindanao’s power crisis is “the government’s neglect of the Agus-Pulangi hydropower systems due to the policy of privatization."
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today Ma. Sally Esperitu, proprietor of the eatery Kusina Kabacan in nearby Kabacan town attributes her drop of daily sales to the brownouts. “Sa peak hours pa gid gakabrown-out. Sin-o pa gusto makaon nga wala man kuryente (These brown-outs usually happen during peak hours. Who wants to eat in a place without electricity)?”said Esperitu.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today Fr. Geremia, who personally knew Juvy Capion, questioned the apparent apathy of President Benigno Aquino III, who did nothing to stop the killings of lumads, saying, “If you order or allow the military to kill people like Juvy and her children, haven’t you lost your legitimacy? You may find words to justify your rules of engagement, but you cannot justify this crime before God and your people.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “Kung titingnan natin, mga marginalized ang mga member-consumers ng electric cooperatives, hindi mayayaman ang nakararami sa kanila lalo na sa mga barangays at sitios”, (If we look at it, member-consumers of electric cooperatives are marginalized, majority of them are not rich especially those residing in the barangays and sub-villages), Apec Representative Ponciano Payuyo said.