May 24, 2020

Extended payments to ruin power firms

By Alena Mae S. Flores – May 22, 2020 at 09:10 pm from manilastandard.net The country’s power generators warned Friday that extended payment flexibilities will take a toll on their operations, force them to stop new investments or close shop […]
May 23, 2020

ERC orders 6-month bill payments

By Alena Mae S. Flores – May 22, 2020 at 10:00 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Regulatory Commission ordered distribution utilities to stagger the payments of electricity consumers to up to six equal monthly installments, depending on the level of […]
May 22, 2020

Psalm to borrow P43 billion to pay maturing obligations

By Lenie Lectura – May 22, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (Psalm) intends to secure a P43-billion loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to pay for its maturing obligations this […]
May 21, 2020

In A Socially Distanced Economy, Financially Distanced Consumers Need Even More Protection To Survive and Thrive. (Part 2)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 18 May 2020 Part 2 Need for more consumer vigilance The challenge to consumer groups to rise up and become even more vigilant, fervent, and pervasive at exposing and fighting abuses would have to be a […]