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                    [ArticleID] => 1524436
                    [Title] => Deceased mayor, power coop chief indicted over P5-M deal
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The Office of the Ombudsman has indicted the late mayor of a town in Kalinga and the chief of a power cooperative in Benguet in connection with a P5-million barangay electrification project.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-21 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 257700 [Title] => Transco-Beneco row could plunge Baguio in darkness [Summary] => BAGUIO CITY — This summer capital and the entire Benguet province, which are serviced by the Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco), might be in total darkness by July 25.

This, if Beneco fails to reach an agreement with the National Transmission Corp. (Transco), which has threatened to cut off power to the electric cooperative for non-payment of P179 million in underbilled accounts.

Transco earlier sent a disconnection notice to Beneco, but the court issued a 20-day temporary restraining order which will lapse on July 25.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173133 [Title] => ‘Bring down power rates in rural areas’ [Summary] => BAGUIO CITY — The country’s electric cooperatives are blaming the Department of Energy for not reducing electric rates of rural household users despite the power reform law.

The electric cooperatives have banded together to form a coalition called "Emancipate Power Co-ops!" or Empower and launched here yesterday a one-million signature campaign to compel the Arroyo administration to bring down electricity rates in rural areas and to fully implement the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira).
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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