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ELECTRIC POWER REFORM ACT
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[DatePublished] => 2014-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1526426 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 162826 [Title] => Pag-take over ng gobyerno sa Meralco tinutulan [Summary] => Tutol ang oposisyon sa Senado na i-take over ng gobyerno ang pamamahala sa Meralco at ang pagkakaloob ng emergency powers kay Pangulong Arroyo.
Ayon kina Senators Tessie Aquino-Oreta at Edgardo Angara, hindi ang pagtake-over sa Meralco ang tanging susi sa kasalukuyang suliranin ng mamamayan ukol sa PPA kundi ang pag-amyenda sa Electric Power Reform Act (EPIRA) upang magkaroon ng panibagong negosasyon sa mga kontrata ng independent power producers (IPPs).
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 162590 [Title] => Meralco costumers tumutulong sa pananalapi ng pamahalaan [Summary] => Iginiit kahapon ng National Transmission Company (Transco) na kaya mataas ang bayarin ng mga Meralco costumers ay dahil mas mataas ang sinisingil dito ng Napocor kumpara sa ibang electric consumers sa Luzon, Visayas at Mindanao.
Natuklasan ito sa isinagawang public hearing sa Senado kaugnay sa Senate bill 4109 na naglalayong amyendahan ang umiiral na Electric Power Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA).
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 149784 [Title] => Napocor workers to get benefits [Summary] => Sen. Renato Cayetano said yesterday that all employees of the National Power Corp. (Napocor) are assured of benefits upon the privatization of the power firms generation plants and assets.
Earlier, opposition Senators Edgardo Angara and Tessie Aquino-Oreta expressed fears that up to 9,000 workers at the Napocor and other electricity-related agencies would be left jobless from March to June this year once the implementing rules and regulations of the Electric Power Reform Act are carried out. The law calls for the privatization of Napocor.
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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