By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today WeGovern president and former Gabriela Women’s party-list representative Liza Maza said the institute’s basic advocacy is to increase the number of women in politics and all levels of governance.
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.
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.
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.”
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.