IRA slash row: What gives?

By THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina | September 14, 2004 - 12:00am

Last weekend, Senate President Franklin Drilon and Sen. Manuel Villar allayed fears of local government units that their Internal Revenue Allotments (IRAs) would be slashed. They pointed out that this is a remote...

Ethanol may save RP’s foreign exchange outflow

By THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina | August 26, 2004 - 12:00am

Delegates to the 51st Philippine Sugar Technologists’ Convention in Cebu City last week were all excited about the ethanol fuel program and its prospects of cutting down the outflow of dollars at a time...