Cebeco 2 to hike power rates in February

Morexette B. Erram 01/06/2018

ANOTHER power distributor in Cebu will increase its electricity rates next month to compensate for the expected increase in supply rates from power generators with the implementation of the first package of the government’s new tax reform…

Duterte may gain ‘centralized power’ through federalism

Inquirer 01/04/2018

  A former congressman who is also a militant leader warned on Thursday that a road is now being paved for President Rodrigo Duterte’s “centralized power” as some government leaders floated the ideas of term extension and…

THE GIFT OF OIL: the power of nature in a bottle

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/31/2017

The world swirls and twirls faster than ever during the holiday season. While it is a festive time for family and friends, it can also spell stress and discomfort to fragile mortals who juggle various personal and…

Renewable energy initiative seen to lower power rates

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/20/2017

Consumers, particularly those on off-grid islands, can expect lower power rates once an initiative to expand the use of renewable energy resources in the country goes full swing by 2018. The National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) on…

La Niña could affect power supply from solar plants

Futch Anthony Inso 11/28/2017

THE weak La Niña that is expected to affect the country next month until the first quarter of 2018, might also affect the power supply of the Visayas area. According to Lou Arciaga, information officer of the…

Cut red tape, attract more power investors, gov’t urged

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/07/2017

The government is encouraged to reduce red tape to make it easier for businesses to invest in the country’s energy sector. Guenter Taus, European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) president, said that the Philippine government…

BINIBINING CEBU EVENING GOWN COMPETITION: Elegant gowns, female power, James Bond music

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/05/2017

It felt like being transported back to your favorite “James Bond” films. Accompanied by the Cebu Philharmonic Orchestra, the 54 candidates of Binibining Cebu embodied the theme, “Femme Fatale,” as they paraded onstage during the Evening Gown Competition…

Balance of power

Editorial 09/28/2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has yet to sign a consolidated bill to suspend this year’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, and already, there has been confusion over who gets to stay and who should leave as ex-officio…

More power projects seen with lesser red tape move

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/26/2017

Hoping to attract more investors for big-ticket power projects, the energy department plans to adopt streamlined approval processes for faster implementation of these projects and eventually address the growing power demand in the country especially in the…

Villaver, Zanoria power Kimlex in Gullas Cup

Jonas N. Panerio 09/22/2017

KIMLEX handed the SG-ARQ Builders their first loss of the 2017 Mayor Eddie Gullas Cup basketball tournament with a 114-97 decision Thursday night at the Talisay City Sports Complex. John Villaver and Eric Zanoria played leading roles…

LP: Online People Power ‘restored CHR’s budget’

Inquirer.net, Morexette B. Erram 09/21/2017

The Lower House’s decision to restore the Commission on Human Rights’ proposed P649.484-million budget was brought about by People Power through social media. In a statement, the Liberal Party (LP) said the restoration of the CHR budget…

Cebu millennials: Martial law can lead to abuse of power

Migeul Ernest Ermac, Morexette B. Erram, USJ-R Intern Rosalie Abatayo 09/20/2017

Forty-five years after it was declared by the late president Ferdinand Marcos, millennials have different perspectives on how martial law had impacted the country’s history and its people. Yet Cebuano millenials Ivan Rey Tan, Ted Frances Servano…

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