By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Prices of oil products and LPG have been increasing monthly this last quarter. The latest increase in LPG was the heftiest, jacking up prices by P140 – P157 ($3.18 to $3.56) per 11-cylinder tank. Also electricity rates would increase by P4.14 ($0.09) per kWh or an additional of P830 ($18.86)…
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Women, mothers protest power rate hike
The government is insensitive to our plight and let big corporations like Meralco to profit even from the poorest people.”
Freeze prices amid disaster, Aquino told
By MARYA SALAMAT
“For humanitarian consideration, it is appropriate that the government restrain all price hikes at this point.” — Anakpawis
Mothers decry electric rates hike
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“We directly pin the blame on Aquino’s relentless drive to retool all services under the Public Private Partnership, which is really just privatization.” – Gabriela
As EPIRA proves an utter failure on its 11th year, groups urge Aquino to scrap it
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – This month, Filipino consumers are being asked yet again to cope with increased electricity rates, spurring protests and renewed calls to scrap the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or EPIRA. The law is being blamed for having allowed electricity rates to increase so much. The Manila Electric Company (Meralco),…
Setting priorities
By IGAL JADA SAN ANDRES Bulatlat.com MANILA – I remember an article I wrote for one of my Journalism classes way back in September of 2010. An electric post belonging to Meralco caught fire in Pook Ricarte that week because it was overloaded. Residents affected by the widening project in Magsaysay Avenue leading to Katipunan…
Wage increase, solar energy pushed to counter high electricity rates
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Filipino workers are burdened by First-World electricity rates and prices and Third-World wages.” – KMU
EPIRA to blame for new power rate hike—Bayan
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Expect paying more for your electricity this month as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has recently allowed Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to increase its rates yet again. Meralco said power rates for October are expected to rise by as much as 14.19 centavos (US$0.33) per kilowatt per hour because of…
Toiling Masses Hailed in People Power Anniversary; Price Hikes Mar EDSA 1 Commemorations (PR)
Press Release February 24, 2011 As prominent personalities take spotlights in today’s commemoration of EDSA I, Anakpawis Partylist gave the full tribute to the masses and unsung heroes who are yet to reap the fruits of their struggle 25 years ago. “We owe the democracy we enjoy now to no one but our collective participation.…
Like Arroyo Like Aquino? Same Cabinet/Government – Same Anti-people Policies
By MARYA SALAMAT
Forming his team to set the direction of change or political payback? So far, except for Justice Sec. Leila de Lima, the Cabinet of Pres. Benigno Aquino III is a mixture of key figures in his campaign, representatives of big business, and old hands of the former Arroyo administration.
KMU Asked Meralco to Stop Collecting Additional Fees, Give Rebates to Consumers Now
Bulatlat.com Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May First Movement) yesterday asked the power distributor Meralco to stop imposing additional power rates and instead refund around P7 billion (or more than US$157m) overcharges that it had collected from over 4 million Meralco customers in 2004 and 2007. Since last month, Meralco had been imposing…