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In the face of government neglect, Yolanda survivors clamor for continuing aid

In five days, this March 8, the Yolanda survivors will be marking the fourth month of the disaster. And genuine help from the government remains bleak. The recent news show the real state of the survivors. In one the most badly-hit areas, the municipality of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, all the survivors could do is pin their hopes on the micro-lending facilities promised by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

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Renewable energy is “sustainable” than fossil-fuels says UN lead negotiator

Government may find it an “expensive emergency measure” to put up coal-fired power plants to address the power crises in the country but more especially in Mindanao, the country’s climate change lead negotiator in the United Nations said.

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Read more about the article Solon fears Mindanao blackout will be used to “project a phantom power crisis”
THE PULL All hands from workers of a telephone company contractor pull up a heavy cable to stretch across electric posts in Buhangin. (davaotoday.com photo by Kenneth Jean Millondaga)

Solon fears Mindanao blackout will be used to “project a phantom power crisis”

A partylist lawmaker said they “fear” that the island-wide Mindanao blackout early morning today “will once again be used by the Aquino government to once again project a phantom power crisis and push or fast tract the privatization of the remaining government power assets like the Agus-Pulangi power complex.”

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Davao City Water District: water interruption caused by Mindanao-wide power outage

With the unexpected citywide water interruption on February 27 caused by the Mindanao-wide power outage, Davao City Water District will postpone the three sets of water cuts scheduled February 28 – March 2.

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