EPIRA

“Wala pa man, tumatayo nang spokesperson ang Pangulo para sa mga pribadong sektor na interesadong bumili sa power industry ng Mindanao. Para siyang tinderong naglalatag ng paninda sa baratillo,” thus said GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus on the President’s statement that he is considering the entry of private investors in ensuring a sustainable power supply in Mindanao.  read more »

Militant Mindanaoan solon Luz Ilagan of Gabriela Women’s Party today said legislators should look deeper into the real causes of Mindanao brownouts before even considering giving President Aquino special powers to address the power crisis in Mindanao.

“Special powers will not resolve the crisis. On the contrary, special powers, combined with a problematic energy policy powered by private, multinational interests will spawn an even bigger crisis that will result to higher power rates and leave the people of Mindanao in darker ages.”  read more »

Gabriela women trooped to the House of Representatives to demand the House to repeal EVAT, EPIRA and Oil Deregulation Law, the laws they dubbed as anti-poor legislations.  read more »

"Meralco ka ba? Kahit hindi pa Valentines, nagmamahal ka na!"

"Disconnection notice ka ba? Matindi ang kaba ko pag dumadating ka!"

Women trooped to Meralco and the Energy Regulatory Commission to protest what they dubbed as “the heartless, hateful and unconscionable increase in power rates” imposed by the country’s leading power distributor. Meralco announced an 11-centavo/kwh increase in its generation charge last week.  read more »

“Power consumers will remain at the mercy of Meralco for as long as the EPIRA remains. While Meralco will continue to arbitrarily impose power rate increases, the Aquino administration, through the ERC’s stamp-pad rate hike approvals and in its indifference towards any move in Congress to repeal the EPIRA is culprit to the added burden that poor Filipino households will have to bear.”

This is according to Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan as power distributor Meralco announced an 11-centavo per kwh increase in power rates.  read more »

“The EPIRA is a failure. That Filipino families now contend with having to pay the highest electricity rates in Asia is enough proof that Congress has done a great disservice by enacting this law. I urge my colleagues in Congress to correct this error and immediately review and repeal the EPIRA and pass measures that will bring help electricity rates down.”  read more »

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Liza Maza today joined government employees in denouncing the use of GSIS assets in the Malacanang-led bid to takeover Meralco.

“Malacanang should stop pitting government employees’ funds for this apparent financial crackdown on business and media institutions that refuse to toe her line,” said Maza.

Maza fears transferring the Meralco management from the Lopezes to the Malacanang-Garcia conspiracy is like putting electricity consumers from the frying pan to the fire.  read more »