Not one ‘promdi’ subsidizing MRT-LRT riders

09 September 2011, Comment are Off
Sen. Ralph G. Recto today said people in the provinces need not worry about their taxes going to the fare subsidy of commuters in state-run Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) even as he stressed that it is still Metro Manila that shoulders bulk, if not all, of...

Probe urged on looming power rate hikes

06 September 2011, Comment are Off
Power rate hike ‘shockers’ don’t jibe with spirit of EPIRA law Sen. Ralph G. Recto today said the impending series of power rate hikes do not jibe with the spirit and intent of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) even as he called for a probe on its...