By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“This is a manifestation of the peoples’ anger over the recurring six to eight hours daily rotational brown-outs,” Ruby Padilla-Sison, secretary general for Makabayan-North Cotabato
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“Bill Gates promised to take care of one-third of the foundation’s budget to eradicate polio.” -- Ibarra Panopio, District Rotary Foundation Chair
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Citing that Mindanao mainly depends on the Agus-Pulangi hydro complex, which accounts for half of the island’s power supply, Llaneza said the most that the government can do is “minimize” power interruptions.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today He believes that the best solution for Mindanao’s power woes is to install an “effective mix” of renewable energy plants mainly hydropower and solar.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today Calling it as just a “stop-gap measure,” the Kidapawan City-Local Council of Women (KC-LCW) said the solution is “palliative and an added burden for the consumers” especially the women sector whom, it said, shoulder the brunt of household budgeting.