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                    [Title] => Which is better, gov’t. run or privatized power?
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Yesterday at the 888 Forum in Marco Polo Plaza Hotel, one of the issues tackled was the abolition of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) by the group called Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) represented by its Secretary General Aaron Pedrosa. Pedrosa also bewailed the fact that the Philippines has the highest power rates in Asia, next to Japan.

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Malacañang remained firm yesterday that the 12 percent value added tax (VAT) on oil would stay, but assured the public that some provisions of the Oil Deregulation Law were being reviewed and alternatives like battery-run buses were being promoted.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 440770 [Title] => Group sees rollback in gas prices next month [Summary] =>

Consumer & Oil Price Watch (COPW) chairman Raul Concepcion expects a rollback in the prices of gasoline and other petroleum products next month.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 398257 [Title] => Group demands P7 rollback in oil prices [Summary] =>

The militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) yesterday demanded oil companies to roll back pump prices by at least P7 per liter as world crude prices steadily decrease.

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295159 [Title] => Mike A and family are Shell shareholders [Summary] => Okay, okay... so their shares of stock in Pilipinas Shell, the local unit of Royal Dutch Shell, are less than a percent of total shares (Lourdes T. Arroyo Inc., 0.4 percent; Antonio Tuason Inc., 0.3 percent; and Severo A. Tuason & Co. Inc., 0.2 percent), still... how come they can partake of Pilipinas Shell’s P2.98 billion profits last year and the profits this year that would surely double (first six months is already P2.87 billion) and neither you nor I can?
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 165785 [Title] => Petron adopts 5-pt. strategy to maintain market leadership [Summary] => Publicly-listed Petron Corp. is adopting a five-pronged approach to buttress its leadership in the local oil market.

In a recent presentation before oil experts in Malaysia, Petron president and CEO Motassim Al-Ma’ashouq said they need to respond to the needs of the time. "These responses form part of a broader review of our business philosophy," he said.
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Repealing the Oil Deregulation Law will be a step backward and may constitute a violation of some of the country's covenants with international creditors, according to Finance Secretary Jose T. Pardo.

Pardo was reacting to a threat by Congress that it will repeal the law unless local oil companies moderate their oil price increase. Pardo said such a move will be like "turning back." Unfortunately, Pardo said: "We cannot bring it back. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

DEREGULATION LAW
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Yesterday at the 888 Forum in Marco Polo Plaza Hotel, one of the issues tackled was the abolition of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) by the group called Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) represented by its Secretary General Aaron Pedrosa. Pedrosa also bewailed the fact that the Philippines has the highest power rates in Asia, next to Japan.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 787651 [Title] => Palace won't lift 12% VAT on oil [Summary] =>

Malacañang remained firm yesterday that the 12 percent value added tax (VAT) on oil would stay, but assured the public that some provisions of the Oil Deregulation Law were being reviewed and alternatives like battery-run buses were being promoted.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 440770 [Title] => Group sees rollback in gas prices next month [Summary] =>

Consumer & Oil Price Watch (COPW) chairman Raul Concepcion expects a rollback in the prices of gasoline and other petroleum products next month.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 398257 [Title] => Group demands P7 rollback in oil prices [Summary] =>

The militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) yesterday demanded oil companies to roll back pump prices by at least P7 per liter as world crude prices steadily decrease.

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295159 [Title] => Mike A and family are Shell shareholders [Summary] => Okay, okay... so their shares of stock in Pilipinas Shell, the local unit of Royal Dutch Shell, are less than a percent of total shares (Lourdes T. Arroyo Inc., 0.4 percent; Antonio Tuason Inc., 0.3 percent; and Severo A. Tuason & Co. Inc., 0.2 percent), still... how come they can partake of Pilipinas Shell’s P2.98 billion profits last year and the profits this year that would surely double (first six months is already P2.87 billion) and neither you nor I can?
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 165785 [Title] => Petron adopts 5-pt. strategy to maintain market leadership [Summary] => Publicly-listed Petron Corp. is adopting a five-pronged approach to buttress its leadership in the local oil market.

In a recent presentation before oil experts in Malaysia, Petron president and CEO Motassim Al-Ma’ashouq said they need to respond to the needs of the time. "These responses form part of a broader review of our business philosophy," he said.
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Repealing the Oil Deregulation Law will be a step backward and may constitute a violation of some of the country's covenants with international creditors, according to Finance Secretary Jose T. Pardo.

Pardo was reacting to a threat by Congress that it will repeal the law unless local oil companies moderate their oil price increase. Pardo said such a move will be like "turning back." Unfortunately, Pardo said: "We cannot bring it back. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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