by magnolia_eic | Apr 12, 2011 | Headlines, National News
POSIBLENG mahatagan usab sama sa pantawid-pasada program sa gobyerno alang sa
mga drayber sa jeep ug tricycle ang mga mangingisda ug mga mag-uuma nga naggamit og
gasolina sa ilang panginabuhian.
Matud pa ni Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras sa pakighinabi sa radyo, nga naghimo
na ang Department of Agriculture (DA) og listahan sa mga mangingisdang tiggamitan og
pump boat.
Samtang gikumpleto na usab sa DA ang datos alang usab sa mga mag-uuma nga tiggamitan
og krudo, sama sa irrigation pump.
Sa higayong mahuman na ang datos, tukion usab sa gabinete kun unsaon sila pagtabang.
Gibutyag usab ni Almendras nga nangita na sila og paagi aron dili na gastuhan sa gobyerno
ang pagpahimo og mga smart cards sama sa pagbutang og ads aron dili na kuhaon pa sa
pondo gikan sa maong programa. (ecbPIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Mar 2, 2011 | Headlines, National News
AMID threat of more fuel price hikes, the Department of Energy reassured consumers
Wednesday it can protect them from profiteers, even without emergency powers for President
Benigno Aquino III.
DOE Undersecretary Jose Layug Jr. also said giving Aquino emergency powers to deal with
rising fuel prices may invite doubts from some groups, adding, “some people might even
spread speculations about the implications of such powers.”
“We have sufficient laws and mechanisms to protect the public against profiteering. We do
not see the need for emergency powers,” Layug said in Filipino in a radio interview.
Earlier, Layug said the DOE has asked oil companies for a regular advisory on their pricing
trends based on world prices of oil, and that they should increase their inventories from 15 to
30 days. He also said the DOE meets every Monday with transport groups to brief them on
possible fuel price adjustments.
On the other hand, President Aquino had thumbed down emergency powers as proposed by
members of the House of Representatives last weekend. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Mar 2, 2011 | Headlines, National News
ANDAM ang Department of Energy (DOE) nga makipagsabot-sabot sa grupong Consumer
ug Oil Price Watch (COPW) ni Raul Concepcion kalabot sa computation sa gipatuman nga
price adjustment sa mga produktong petrolyo.
Sa usa ka pakighinabi sa radyo, gipahayag ni Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras
nga mahimong moapil sa weekly meeting sa DOE kada Lunes sa buntag ang grupo ni
Concepcion aron makita niini ang formula ug computation sa gipatuman nga price adjustment
sa mga kumpanya sa lana.
Giingong andam usab silang makipagsabot-sabot sa grupo ni Concepcion aron mahibaw-an
ang kaugalingong computation niini ug uban pang impormasyon nga mahimo nilang ipaambit
nga makatabang sa gobyerno.
Kalabot usab sa suhestiyon ni Senador Ralph Recto sa paggamit sa inventory-based pricing
sa computation sa price adjustment, gitataw ni Almendras nga wala siya nisulti nga dili kini
angay gamiton.
Adunay tukmang panahon lang matud pa sa paggamit niini ug sa karon, ang spot-based
pricing ang gigamit sa gobyerno.
Niangkon usab ang kalihim nga nag-unang hagit sa DOE ang supply security diin
kinahanglang mas padak-an pa ang kasamtangang suplay sa produktong petrolyo sa
Pilipinas tungod na usab sa kagubot sa pipila ka nasud sa Middle East. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 28, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
WITH the project jatropha showing signs of being in jeopardy, Governor Edgar Chatto said he has commissioned a study group to review the contracts and see what the provincial government can do.
Then briskly sold by capitol through a point person, Project jatropha hopes to ignite in Bohol’s idle lands the habit of cultivating jatropha curcas, as an alternative source of livelihood and at the same time furnishing the source for the government’s bio-fuel development program.
Former governor Erico Aumentado believed that growing jatropha is a good alternative livelihood especially when the government itself is buying through the Philippine National oil Company under the Department of Energy’s alternative energy development program.
The project jatropha accordingly assures some 24,000 farmhand jobs, and the governor wasted no time in inking a memorandum of agreement with Philippine National Oil Company-Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC) that would seal the Project Jatropha here.
The initial covenant was for Bohol to convert its idle lands into productive green-fuel source with the initial 3,000 hectares of jatropha curcas plantation, the farmers themselves getting paid P1.25 per plant while eight years later still owning the fruit-bearing tuba-tuba.
That agreement signed in 2009 also allowed PNOC to put up P23,000 per hectare as mobility fund which would be used for sourcing out for planting materials, labor component and inputs.
According to sources, one of the MOA provisions, call for the PNOC to buy jatropha from Bohol farmers in the next 25 years, considering the escalation costs.
But despite a dream-come true promise for Bohol farmers, recent reports said that financiers have backed out of the agreements and the present governor is at a loss on how to manage the problem.
Left with practically a combustible investment with people already nurturing fruiting jatropha and no buyers, Governor Edgar Chatto said part of the study is to determine the content of the initial agreements, identify the sites reforested with jatropha, and what are the deliverables of each signatory.
We need to review the agreements to that we will have an idea on how to approach the problem and craft solutions, Chatto said. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Mar 19, 2010 | Headlines, National News
THE Department of Energy (DoE) hopes to snowball a plan for all power consumers to join in observing Earth Hour 2010.
And by voluntarily turning off their lights from 8:30-9:30 p.m. on March 27, the government wishes to increase awareness on climate change issues.
There is more to it than just switching off the lights for an hour once a year, says Lou Arciaga, DoE Science and Research specialist and Public Information Officer-designate as quoted in reports.
The explained that just as the Earth Hour 2010 puts up a global call for action to every individual, business and community throughout the world, It’s also about giving people a voice in the future of our planet and working together to create a sustainable low carbon future.”
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, when 2.2 million homes and business firms turned their lights off for an hour to make a stand against climate change.
In 2008, it became a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. (PIA)
