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Alternative power vs Meralco's high rates

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

The fight between the head of the Government Service Insurance System and the Lopez-owned Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is over. This came about after the Court of Appeals (CA) decided in favor of the Lopez-owned Meral... more

Views: 769 Rating: No Rating
Tags: Electricity
 

Restricted hands command glory in jail

Al Jeratso Region: United States

Reading the articles on the drug cartel's activities and the on-going killings related to the illegal drug distribution across the border into the United States is not only hair-raising experience, but a grim example of ho... more

Views: 596 Rating: No Rating
 

Slain suspects maybe fall guys?

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

Four of the six suspected robbers who allegedly killed nine employees of the Rizal Banking Commercial Corporation (RCBC) and a messenger of a depositor, were killed on what the police claimed as a legitimate encounter betw... more

Views: 468 Rating: No Rating
Tags: Crime
 

GSIS opts to go to court vs Meralco

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

It seems Government Service Insurance System general manager and president Winston Garcia is becoming pro-consumers, after he faced off Manila Electric Company's management for what he believed as behind the sufferings of ... more

Views: 685 Rating: No Rating
Tags: Electricity
 

WB asks Philippine gov't to build more roads

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

Lack of roads and infrastructures are hampering progress in the Philippines. And this is what the politicians had wanted. Otherwise, the government should have given priority to enhancing infrastructure developments in the... more

Views: 367 Rating: No Rating
 

The death of a poor congressman

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

The death of Congressman Crispin Beltran, one of the poorest legislators in the House of Representatives, was deeply mourned by his colleagues who even went out of their way to pass the hat around for some sort of voluntar... more

Views: 539 Rating: No Rating
 

Russia ignores relief assistance to Burma

Al Jeratso Region: Russian Federation

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit Burma's Irrawaddy Delta region this week. He will lead a group of UN relief workers to distribute relief goods to those who have not been attended to by the military r... more

Views: 524 Rating: No Rating
 

World Bank denies loans to Burma

Al Jeratso Region: Myanmar

Despite reports that some of the members of the Burmese military junta had stashed millions of dollars for their own interests, the country is reeling under pressures to repay its outstanding loans to the World Bank which ... more

Views: 499 Rating: No Rating
Tags: Burma
 

Bank guards must be properly screened

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

The killing of 10 bank employees in Cabuyao, Laguna last week could be treated with great caution next time bank companies hire the services of security guards or any of its employees. As standard operating procedures, the... more

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GSIS official unsure of takeover bid of Meralco

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

After reports that President Gloria Arroyo has scheduled a meeting with the Lopezes, owner of the Manila Electric Company and the ABS-CBN television station in the Philippines, in one of the m he wilost beautiful beach res... more

Views: 619 Rating: No Rating
Tags: Electricity , Power

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Name: Al Jeratso
Member Since: April 2007
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# of Articles: 374
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Al Jeratso is a freelance journalist, writer, poet and blogger. Many of his articles, touching on a wide variety of issues, appeared in major leading dailies and magazines both in Manila and abroad, including the United States and England. He held various editorial positions with several media organizations, the last of which was as senior news editor of a newswires organization in Manila.


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