Archive for the ‘Poverty’ Category
Meralco hikes rates anew
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be implementing around round of power rate increase this month. Meralco hikes rates by P0.56 a kilowatt, and the company said the power rate increase was due to the higher cost of power it buys from independent producers and the electricity spot market.
Meralco first vice president Ivana de la [...]
February 7, 2010
Tags: Consumers, El Niño, electric bill, electricity, Meralco, Philippines, power rates increase, utilities Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Customer Service, Philippines, Poverty, Pricing, Products, economy, money 
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Removing tuition cap will boost quality of education?
A recent study of World Bank shows that removing cap on tuition fee will help boost the quality of education in Philippines.
The World Bank in its study called “The Role and Impact of Public-Private Partnerships in Education” said that while the cap is intended to make private education affordable for the poor, it can also [...]
August 19, 2009
Tags: education for the poor, Philippines, role and impact of public-private partnerships in education, scraping tuition fee cap, standards of education, World Bank Posted in: Education, Philippine business news, Philippines, Poverty, finance, money No Comments
