Valedictory message. Graduates unfurl streamers
as Executive Executive Eduardo Ermita delivers the commencement address
at yesterday's graduation ceremonies of the Polytechnic University of the
Philippines at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. The protesters, who
were not immediately identified, said Ermita, who was awarded an honorary
Doctorate for Public Administration, was mouthing lies.
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'Stop Meralco from
passing on cost of theft' Solon says systems loss charge
is anti-poor
BY WENDELL VIGILIA
REP. Amado Bagatsing (Kampi, Manila), an ally
of Rep. Pablo Garcia (Kampi, Cebu) has filed a bill that would
prohibit Manila Electric Co (Meralco) from passing its systems
losses to consumers, saying the charge is "anti-poor."
GSIS president and general manager Winston
Garcia, who has been engaging the Lopez family in a word war
over the ownership of the country's largest power distributor,
is a son of Rep. Garcia.
He has been vocal about Meralco's lack of
transparency in determining its rates and has been demanding
that it open its financial records.
PRIVATE traders mostly stayed away from a
rice import tender yesterday, hoping supplies will increase and
prices ease on international markets in coming months.
The private traders and groups offered to buy
only 21,560 tons out of a total of 163,000 tons on offer at the
tender conducted by the National Food Authority.
Traders and NFA officials said both the
government and the private sector would wait until prices soften
before returning to market.
