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DOE urged to bundle assets with long-term contract

September 2, 2001 - 12:00am

The government can improve the market value of power generating plants of the National Power Corp. (Napocor) from 30 to 40 percent more than their assessed value by simpling bundle these state-owned assets with long-term...

Headlines

Foreign chambers cite need to resolve issues on energy sector

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | August 19, 2001 - 12:00am

The Foreign Chambers of the Philippines (FCP) underscored the need for the Arroyo administration to address a number of issues in the oil and power industry to enhance investors’ confidence in these sectors. FCP...

Business

‘Power bill only as good as IRR’

July 15, 2001 - 12:00am

The country’s independent power producers said yesterday the government’s initiatives in solving problems in the power sector through the passage of the Omnibus Power Act can only be successful if it is...

Headlines

Last chance to make Napocor sale ‘pro-poor’

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | June 2, 2001 - 12:00am

It’s all over but the shouting. The House of Representatives ratified yesterday the contentious Omnibus Power Act by accommodating some and rejecting most refinements...

Opinion

Last chance to make Napocor sale ‘pro-poor’ - GOTCHA by Jarius Bondoc

June 2, 2001 - 12:00am

It’s all over but the shouting. The House of Representatives ratified yesterday the contentious Omnibus Power Act by accommodating some and rejecting most refinements...

Opinion

DOJ chief wants Tinga for energy post

February 26, 2001 - 12:00am

Justice Secretary Hernando Perez strongly recommended yesterday the appointment of former Taguig Rep. Dante Tinga as secretary of the Department of Energy. In his letter to President Arroyo, Perez stressed that...

Headlines

‘Deregulation of power sector now ill-advised’

January 9, 2001 - 12:00am

A leading member of the Senate majority coalition said yesterday the deregulation of the power industry is ill-advised at this time, while it is in the national interest that the power-generating plants owned by...

Nation

Bicam finalizing power bill report

January 7, 2001 - 12:00am

The Senate-House conference committee is now scrambling to finalize a report on the proposed Omnibus Power Act of 2001 in time for the five-day special session of Congress which starts tomorrow. The President called...

Headlines