By MARYA SALAMAT
Small Filipino businessmen reportedly concede that it is not wage which is eating up a huge chunk of their profits, but energy costs.
Labor, business back measures vs. high electricity rates
Tags: Electric Power Industry Reform Act or EPIRA
The Gut Issue
It is all too clear that in “taking on” Meralco, Mrs. Arroyo merely seeks to deflect the people’s righteous anger over high electricity prices while maneuvering to position her own cronies and subalterns to gain a stronger foothold in the power industry. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No.…