Politics

Groups decry daily brown-outs, government’s futile power policies

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Nov 15, 2012

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today

“It’s very ironic that Kidapawan City and the rest of the province continue to suffer from rotational brown-outs when we host two Mt. Apo geothermal plants that have the combined capacity of 104 MW,” said  Ruby Padilla-Sison of the Makabayan Peoples Coalition.

New DOE Sec challenged to prioritize Mindanao’s ‘power crisis’

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Nov 14, 2012

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

In the first place, the ‘artificial crisis,’ according to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Southern Mindanao, was a result of the government’s sellout of two diesel-powered power barges in the island, the power barge No. 117 in Nasipit town, Agusan del Norte and No. 118 in Maco, Compostela Valley, to the Aboitiz-owned Therma Marine Incorporated.  These power barges have a combined 200-MW generation capacity.

IMEM not so beneficial for Mindanao power, groups say

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Nov 14, 2012

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

According to Casiño, the Imem is similar to the existing wholesale electricity spot market in Luzon and is said to be also very dangerous “because it may easily be manipulated by power players.”

Teen claims military beat him

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Nov 14, 2012

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

Alan said the soldiers also took the other belongings he was carrying. “They threw my shirts on the mud and trampled them. They even tore the malong (a native blanket) that I was bringing. They said it was proof that I was indeed an NPA,” Allan said.

SC decision barring live media coverage of Ampatuan massacre trial slammed

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Nov 13, 2012

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

Joel Mahinay of the Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao said that “the ruling is anathema to the nature of a public trial and transparency,” adding that the trial “involves public interest which any invocation of the individual right of the accused must be subordinated.” 

NPA claims wounding 2 Army regulars, 6 Cafgus by explosive

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Nov 12, 2012

By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today

“The action was part of the continuing punitive measure being carried out by the NPA’s 1st Pulang Bagani Company against the 10th Infantry Division-Armed Forces of the Philippines to counter its atrocious methods of terrorizing the peasant and Lumad masses in Paquibato District, Davao City” — Rigoberto F. Sanchez, spokesperson of the NPA’s Merardo Arce Command