‘I don’t sell drugs’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Rene F. Alima 11/29/2016

THE sister of the 38-year-old suspected drug pusher who was killed in a police operation last Nov. 25 voluntarily presented herself to the police on Monday, wanting to clear her name amid allegations that she was a…

Two Iloilo coal-fired plants to boost power in Visayas

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/27/2016

New power plants can add at least 200 MW to Visayas grid when completed Two coal-fired power plants set to operate within the year are seen to boost the capacity of the Visayas Grid and offset supply…

SPC Power plans to bid for Naga complex again

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/31/2016

SHOULD the Naga Power Plant Complex (NPPC) be placed on the auction block now , its current operator SPC Power Corp. would be willing to participate in the bidding process anew. SPC chairman Alfredo Henares told stockholders…

LUDO CAN’T RUSH COAL-FIRED PLANT

Carmel Loise Matus 04/27/2016

Environment officials are throwing the book at the proponents of the coal-fired power plant who are pushing for its immediate construction in the middle of an urban poor village in Cebu City. The power plant cannot be…

KIDS AT RISK

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/24/2016

Priests worried that only a wall separates  kids with special needs from proposed Ludo coal plant On most afternoons, more than 30 children with special ailments and special needs take their nap inside cribs at the Little…

Councilors question why Ludo is rushing coal-fired plant project

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/20/2016

Why the rush? Some Cebu City councilors raised this question to the proponent of the 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Barangay Sawang Calero during their regular session yesterday. Ludo Power Corporation (LPC) has again asked the city…

An intergenerational responsibility

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 04/17/2016

It is going to be an extraordinary Mother Earth Day celebration this Friday, April 22. UN Secretary General Ban Kee Moon has invited world leaders to converge that day in the United Nations for the signing ceremony…

Coal plant backer defends project

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/30/2016

Amid objections from environmental groups, proponents of a coal-fired power plant assured the Cebu City Council that the project won’t cause adverse pollution in the immediate vicinity. Ludo Power Corp., through its consultant Geosphere Technologies Inc., told…

Outrageous

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 03/27/2016

Last week, Scotland closed the last of its coal power plants. “The Longannet power station, the last and largest coal-fired power plant in Scotland, ceased operations Thursday. What once was the largest coal plant in Europe shut…

Coal supplier vows to remove stockpile

Carmel Loise Matus 03/10/2016

RESIDENTS and a school in Sitio Lacaron, Barangay Pitalo, San Fernando town in southern Cebu were relieved after a representative of the coal storage project committed to remove the coal stockpile in a private property 10 days…

EMB issues notice, desist order on coal supplier

Carmel Loise Matus 03/03/2016

THE Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7) yesterday issued a notice of violation on the owner of the coal stockpile in a private lot in San Fernando for failing to secure an environmental compliance certificate (ECC).…

Residents blame coal pile for respiratory problems

Carmel Loise Matus 03/02/2016

Chona Panilagao, administrator of Inchland Academy in San Fernando town in southern Cebu, has been experiencing shortness of breath since January. She blames it on the pollution caused by coal dumped in a private property about 25…

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