Brownouts in Mindanao during elections, highly possible, DOE official says

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.

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Cotabato women oppose gov’t solution on power crisis

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.

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UP-Mindanao students bat for abolition of STFAP

By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today "Implementation of STFAP is sorely inefficient, and with this, it means shortchanging a lot of students, and even compromising their chances of getting an education in UP,” Mariel Moralde, a sophomore Bachelor of Science in Anthropology student of University of the Philippines-Mindanao said.

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