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                    [Title] => Oil exchange targets monopolies – Garcia
                    [Summary] => The proposed National Oil Exchange (NOEC) has a similar aim with that of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) which is to dismantle monopoly in the market, according to Rep. Enrique T. Garcia Jr.


In an interview, Garcia, author of NOEC or House Bill No. 300, said he hopes that President Arroyo would consider this congressional initiative as one of her priority bills in the 12th Congress.


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                    [Title] => Just let Nene stay on as Senate president
                    [Summary] => The public should be roused to the crucial need for the televised coverage of the coming trial of former President Erap Estrada on a plunder charge before the Sandiganbayan.


Without TV cameras objectively and relentlessly focused on the witnesses while they testify, the public outside the court room will never know fully what happened and what is likely to happen next.


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                    [Title] => Where’s our Dingel? BMW has hydrocars! - POSTSCRIPT by Federico D. Pascual
                    [Summary] => DEFENSE Secretary Orly Mercado scored high with us last Tuesday during the presentation in Malacañang of preacher Wilde Almeda and his flock fresh from their rescue from Abu Sayyaf kidnappers fleeing from military pursuers.


An earnest Mercado delivered these major points during the few times that he spoke in that unusual presscon-cum-prayer rally marked by Almeda followers’ waving their hands and ejaculating hallelujahs: 


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                    [Title] => Proof of OilEx pudding is at the gas station pump - Federico
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REP. Enrique T.
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                    [Title] => Solon rejects proposal of Big 3 on Oilex
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Bataan Rep. Enrique Garcia Jr.
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                    [AuthorName] => Jerry Botial
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                    [Title] => OilEx proponents scared of compromise formula? - Federico
                    [Summary] => 

IT'S sad, but it appears that the proponents of the extremist National Oil
Exchange (OilEx) have run out of new twists to their old arguments for the
establishment of a state oil monopoly to replace the private oil oligopoly. 

An indication that they are running out of ideas is that instead of arguing
against our compromise formula (for the coexistence of the OilEx and the oil
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                    [Title] => Erap, fuel consumers look for golden mean - Federico
                    [Summary] => 

WITH Mindanao figuratively in flames and the Estrada administration apparently
unable to contain the conflagration, it is wise for President Estrada to
postpone his projected state visit to China this month.

Anyway, China will still be there next year, and the next, through 2004.
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                    [Title] => Terrorism, PC virus place Philippines on world map - Federico
                    [Summary] => 

LOVE BUG: Don't just worry about the Pinoy-made ILOVEYOU virus ravaging
computers worldwide. Immediately update your virus-protection software via the
Internet. Also heed our persistent advice to delete incoming e-mail attachments
without opening them. And if you can do without Bill Gate's Microsoft Outlook,
which has become the target and vehicle of most recent viruses, do not ever use
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                    [Title] => Petron accepts compromise formula, is ready for OilEx - Federico
                    [Summary] => 

WE had wanted to be proved wrong, but our prediction has come true that those
Abu Sayyaf terrorists reportedly trapped in their mountain lair on Basilan
island would slip, again, through the vaunted military cordon.

Way back on April 25, Postscript stuck its head out and headlined "Coming soon:
The Great Escape of Abu Sayyaf!" And, as we predicted, that was exactly what
has just happened.

After fierce, bunker-to-bunker fighting (as the military had put it), the
retreating terrorists were finally cornered inside a cave.
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                    [Title] => Is Garcia willing to pit his OilEx against Big 3? - Federico
                    [Summary] => 

 

WE have not heard over the long weekend from either the oil companies or Rep.
Enrique T. Garcia on their reaction to our compromise formula that would mean a
co-existence of the Big 3 and the National Oil Exchange (OilEx) proposed by the
Bataan congressman. 

But our ever-alert readers were reacting within hours of the publication in the
Internet of what one of them called the "Pascual Formula." The early consensus
among them was in favor of the compromise as proposed in our last Postscript
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In an interview, Garcia, author of NOEC or House Bill No. 300, said he hopes that President Arroyo would consider this congressional initiative as one of her priority bills in the 12th Congress.


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                    [Summary] => The public should be roused to the crucial need for the televised coverage of the coming trial of former President Erap Estrada on a plunder charge before the Sandiganbayan.


Without TV cameras objectively and relentlessly focused on the witnesses while they testify, the public outside the court room will never know fully what happened and what is likely to happen next.


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                    [Title] => Where’s our Dingel? BMW has hydrocars! - POSTSCRIPT by Federico D. Pascual
                    [Summary] => DEFENSE Secretary Orly Mercado scored high with us last Tuesday during the presentation in Malacañang of preacher Wilde Almeda and his flock fresh from their rescue from Abu Sayyaf kidnappers fleeing from military pursuers.


An earnest Mercado delivered these major points during the few times that he spoke in that unusual presscon-cum-prayer rally marked by Almeda followers’ waving their hands and ejaculating hallelujahs: 


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establishment of a state oil monopoly to replace the private oil oligopoly. 

An indication that they are running out of ideas is that instead of arguing
against our compromise formula (for the coexistence of the OilEx and the oil
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Anyway, China will still be there next year, and the next, through 2004.
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LOVE BUG: Don't just worry about the Pinoy-made ILOVEYOU virus ravaging
computers worldwide. Immediately update your virus-protection software via the
Internet. Also heed our persistent advice to delete incoming e-mail attachments
without opening them. And if you can do without Bill Gate's Microsoft Outlook,
which has become the target and vehicle of most recent viruses, do not ever use
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                    [Title] => Petron accepts compromise formula, is ready for OilEx - Federico
                    [Summary] => 

WE had wanted to be proved wrong, but our prediction has come true that those
Abu Sayyaf terrorists reportedly trapped in their mountain lair on Basilan
island would slip, again, through the vaunted military cordon.

Way back on April 25, Postscript stuck its head out and headlined "Coming soon:
The Great Escape of Abu Sayyaf!" And, as we predicted, that was exactly what
has just happened.

After fierce, bunker-to-bunker fighting (as the military had put it), the
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                    [Title] => Is Garcia willing to pit his OilEx against Big 3? - Federico
                    [Summary] => 

 

WE have not heard over the long weekend from either the oil companies or Rep.
Enrique T. Garcia on their reaction to our compromise formula that would mean a
co-existence of the Big 3 and the National Oil Exchange (OilEx) proposed by the
Bataan congressman. 

But our ever-alert readers were reacting within hours of the publication in the
Internet of what one of them called the "Pascual Formula." The early consensus
among them was in favor of the compromise as proposed in our last Postscript
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Oil exchange targets monopolies – Garcia

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | September 2, 2001 - 12:00am

The proposed National Oil Exchange (NOEC) has a similar aim with that of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) which is to dismantle monopoly in the market, according to Rep. Enrique T. Garcia Jr. In an...

Business

Just let Nene stay on as Senate president

By POSTSCRIPT | By Federico D. Pascual Jr. | July 15, 2001 - 12:00am

The public should be roused to the crucial need for the televised coverage of the coming trial of former President Erap Estrada on a plunder charge before the Sandiganbayan. Without TV cameras objectively and relentlessly...

Opinion

Where’s our Dingel? BMW has hydrocars! - POSTSCRIPT by Federico D. Pascual

October 5, 2000 - 12:00am

DEFENSE Secretary Orly Mercado scored high with us last Tuesday during the presentation in Malacañang of preacher Wilde Almeda and his flock fresh from their rescue from Abu Sayyaf kidnappers...

Opinion

Proof of OilEx pudding is at the gas station pump - Federico

May 18, 2000 - 12:00am

REP. Enrique T.

Opinion

Solon rejects proposal of Big 3 on Oilex

By Jerry Botial | May 16, 2000 - 12:00am

Bataan Rep. Enrique Garcia Jr.

Business

OilEx proponents scared of compromise formula? - Federico

May 14, 2000 - 12:00am

IT'S sad, but it appears that the proponents of the extremist National Oil Exchange (OilEx) have run out of new twists to their old arguments for the establishment of a state oil monopoly to replace the private...

Opinion

Erap, fuel consumers look for golden mean - Federico

May 11, 2000 - 12:00am

WITH Mindanao figuratively in flames and the Estrada administration apparently unable to contain the conflagration, it is wise for President Estrada to postpone his projected state visit to China this month. Anyway,...

Opinion

Terrorism, PC virus place Philippines on world map - Federico

May 7, 2000 - 12:00am

LOVE BUG: Don't just worry about the Pinoy-made ILOVEYOU virus ravaging computers worldwide. Immediately update your virus-protection software via the Internet. Also heed our persistent advice to delete incoming...

Opinion

Petron accepts compromise formula, is ready for OilEx - Federico

May 4, 2000 - 12:00am

WE had wanted to be proved wrong, but our prediction has come true that those Abu Sayyaf terrorists reportedly trapped in their mountain lair on Basilan island would slip, again, through the vaunted military...

Opinion

Is Garcia willing to pit his OilEx against Big 3? - Federico

May 2, 2000 - 12:00am

WE have not heard over the long weekend from either the oil companies or Rep. Enrique T. Garcia on their reaction to our compromise formula that would mean a co-existence of the Big 3 and the National Oil...

Opinion