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                    [Title] => Alarm raised over VizMin power outages
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Consumer rights advocacy group Government Watch (formerly Consumer and Oil Price Watch) has expressed alarm over power outages in parts of Visayas and Mindanao.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1538806 [AuthorName] => Neil Jerome C. Morales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 772897 [Title] => Almendras forms oil price monitoring committee [Summary] =>

Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras has formed the seven-member oil price monitoring committee of the Department of Energy (DOE) to be headed by former budget secretary Benjamin Diokno.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 662151 [Title] => Palace closely monitoring oil prices [Summary] =>

The government is closely monitoring oil prices as political unrest in some parts of the Middle East and Africa continues to threaten supply and raise concerns over possible price manipulation by local oil firms.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 624437 [Title] => ECJ's ultimate dream [Summary] =>

“To whom much is given, much is expected. This in effect is what business tycoon Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr. or “boss” to friends, had been wanting to do and give back to Tarlac, the place where the Cojuangco wealth all started.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135724 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 608153 [Title] => Meralco sees reduction in generation charges this month [Summary] =>

To appease the public from an impending power rate hike related to its performance-based rate (PBR) mechanism, the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said yesterday it expects a reduction in its generation charges this month.

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 Households in Metro Manila and nearby provinces may have to brace for another round of electricity rate hike as the Manila Electric Co. is seeking to collect P18 billion in under-recoveries through a rate adjustment.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 539751 [Title] => Court junks petition vs oil price increases [Summary] =>

A Manila court rejected yesterday a petition to stop Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Chevron Philippines Inc. (formerly Caltex Philippines Inc.) and Petron Corp. from raising pump prices weekly on grounds that the remedy being sought had no factual basis.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 533452 [Title] => Oil price rollback of P1.50/liter seen this month [Summary] =>

Oil consumers should expect a price rollback of another P1.50 per liter this month, Consumer and Oil Price Watch (COPW) chairman Raul T. Concepcion said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 516350 [Title] => Transport group seeks oil price freeze during calamities [Summary] =>

A lawmaker is seeking the amendment of the Oil Deregulation Law to empower the Department of Energy (DOE) to freeze the prices of fuel and other petroleum products in areas placed under a state of calamity.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 497580 [Title] => Oil companies roll back gas, diesel prices [Summary] =>

Pilipinas Shell, Petron, Seaoil, and Total Philippines yesterday reduced the prices of petroleum products by P1.50 per liter for gasoline and P1 per liter for diesel and kerosene.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
CONSUMER AND OIL PRICE WATCH
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                    [Title] => Alarm raised over VizMin power outages
                    [Summary] => 

Consumer rights advocacy group Government Watch (formerly Consumer and Oil Price Watch) has expressed alarm over power outages in parts of Visayas and Mindanao.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1538806 [AuthorName] => Neil Jerome C. Morales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 772897 [Title] => Almendras forms oil price monitoring committee [Summary] =>

Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras has formed the seven-member oil price monitoring committee of the Department of Energy (DOE) to be headed by former budget secretary Benjamin Diokno.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 662151 [Title] => Palace closely monitoring oil prices [Summary] =>

The government is closely monitoring oil prices as political unrest in some parts of the Middle East and Africa continues to threaten supply and raise concerns over possible price manipulation by local oil firms.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 624437 [Title] => ECJ's ultimate dream [Summary] =>

“To whom much is given, much is expected. This in effect is what business tycoon Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr. or “boss” to friends, had been wanting to do and give back to Tarlac, the place where the Cojuangco wealth all started.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135724 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 608153 [Title] => Meralco sees reduction in generation charges this month [Summary] =>

To appease the public from an impending power rate hike related to its performance-based rate (PBR) mechanism, the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said yesterday it expects a reduction in its generation charges this month.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 607975 [Title] => Meralco rate hike looms due to under-recoveries [Summary] =>

 Households in Metro Manila and nearby provinces may have to brace for another round of electricity rate hike as the Manila Electric Co. is seeking to collect P18 billion in under-recoveries through a rate adjustment.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 539751 [Title] => Court junks petition vs oil price increases [Summary] =>

A Manila court rejected yesterday a petition to stop Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Chevron Philippines Inc. (formerly Caltex Philippines Inc.) and Petron Corp. from raising pump prices weekly on grounds that the remedy being sought had no factual basis.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 533452 [Title] => Oil price rollback of P1.50/liter seen this month [Summary] =>

Oil consumers should expect a price rollback of another P1.50 per liter this month, Consumer and Oil Price Watch (COPW) chairman Raul T. Concepcion said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 516350 [Title] => Transport group seeks oil price freeze during calamities [Summary] =>

A lawmaker is seeking the amendment of the Oil Deregulation Law to empower the Department of Energy (DOE) to freeze the prices of fuel and other petroleum products in areas placed under a state of calamity.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 497580 [Title] => Oil companies roll back gas, diesel prices [Summary] =>

Pilipinas Shell, Petron, Seaoil, and Total Philippines yesterday reduced the prices of petroleum products by P1.50 per liter for gasoline and P1 per liter for diesel and kerosene.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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