Chinese company tapped to solve Palawan’s power problems

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 21:19:20 +0000

President Duterte announced on Thursday that the national government had tapped a Chinese company to solve the current power problems in Palawan, following up on his earlier threat to abolish the local consumer cooperative which holds the electric distribution franchise in the province.

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Co-ops hit bid to kill franchises, give new ones to big firms

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 21:17:04 +0000

Co-ops hit bid to kill franchises, give new ones to big firms

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY — At least 120 power cooperatives nationwide mounted what they said was a Black Valentine protest on Thursday to denounce an effort to undermine cooperatives in favor of big companies wanting to take over electricity distribution in the provinces.

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