TODAY, our column gives way to an e-mail from One Pissed Off Kano, as he calls himself, giving a strong reaction to the subject of our column of May 26, 2008 entitled “Power rates should be looked into.”
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Dear Mr. Novera,
I was both surprised and pleased to see your article addressing a problem we, the common [...]

IN A TWO or multiparty system, there is no such thing as a common ethos or guiding belief as to who between the executive and the legislative should provide the leadership role in policy-making.
This is easy to see in the fact that each party has its own ideology or program of government, or at least their [...]

A RAGING feud is going on in Metro Manila between major stockholder Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO), concerning high power rates being charged to consumers where even the President has now intervened.
The final showdown between the major parties will come tomorrow when stockholders hold their annual meeting. Will the Lopezes [...]

CONGRATULATIONS. This afternoon of May 23, 5:30 p.m. at Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center, 18 Iloilo City government officials and employees will be conferred the title Master in Public Management (MPM), after completing the course under the tutelage of the Ateneo Graduate School in classes on weekends (Saturdays) and after office hours.
A few others, [...]

LOPEZ BAZAAR. Here’s an opportunity for many of us with a kind heart for the needy and disadvantaged to make good that desire to help these people. In fact, you will not only be able to help, you will also be getting “something good” in return for your cash donations.
There’s a rummage sale at the [...]

LIKE the characters in the famous (or infamous?) ZTE deal of the government with China that hogged the headlines when the Senate was investigating it, maybe we should give the same advice to the oil companies. Moderate your greed!
It appears that the agenda of the oil companies in our country is simply profit, profit and [...]

WE ARE HAPPY to know that there is at least one company in Iloilo City which supports the call to “Save the Earth” from wastes and pollution.
This company is the Iloilo Supermart, which asks its customers in all its branches here, including the Washington Commercial at J.M. Basa St., to bring along their reusable purchase [...]

THE BIG headline in newspapers last week was Meralco, with Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) General Manager Winston Garcia threatening to take over the operation of the big power distributor when the stockholders meet on May 27, 2008. In fact, it is now gathering proxies to pursue the move.
It is possible that this can happen because [...]

WE BELIEVE that the Regional Offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) have done a very good service for the past few years by facilitating the issuance of passports in five working days for a regular fee of P500 or, if you need it rush, you can pay P750 and you get your passport [...]

THE VERSION of the Bicameral Conference Committee of the cheap medicines bills has been ratified by Congress.
And from the way Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye welcomed it, the President might just sign this “Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicine Act of 2008” into law. We hope, though, that meantime the President holds her reins and ask [...]