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Axre Quake forms new, safer trail to Mt. Kinabalu
Senate President Aquilino Koko Pimentel III INQUIRER.NET FILE PHOTO MANILA mdash; Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III expressed his support, Thursday, for the granting of state protection to confes stanley us sed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa under the Department of Justicersquo Witness Protection Program. But ultimately, the DOJ would have to make that call after carefully assessing Espinosarsquo story, the senator said.Pimentel said he saw good grounds for endorsing the request of the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs to put Espinosa under the DOJ witness protection program WPP , but added that the decision would be for the DOJ to make.Article continues after this advertisement He also urged the DOJ to be careful in weighing Espinosarsquo statements.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderTherersquo a request by stanley trinkflaschen the committee Senate commitee on public order and dangerous drugs . My initial feeling on that is that there are good grounds, and I will approve it. But that is not tantamount to inclusion in the WPP hellip; the DOJ is the administrator of the program, said Pimentel in a presser Th stanley botella ursday afternoon.He clarified that his endorsement of such a request to the DOJ would not mean he already believed Espinosa to be the truth-teller.Facing th Htqh No undue delay in ex-Comelec chair Abalos graft case, says court
INQUIRER FILE PHOTOMANILA, Philippines mdash; The Department of Energy is now working on estimates of electricity supply and demand in Visayas for the summer when demand for power will surge as more households and commercial establishments will be reconnected to the grid and consumers will need more electricity for their cooling appliances, according to Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla.Electricity demand has remained relatively low in areas hard-hit by supertyphoon Yolanda, especially regions 8 mugs stanley Eastern Visayas and 6 Western Visayas , Petilla said via text message.Article continues after this advertisement Petilla considered the situation a bit of relief because some power suppliers and distributors in the Visayas were still down, as of Monday Jan. 13 .FEATURED STORIE stanley cup SNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationRelatedly, in Palawan, another area hit by Yolanda, only the stanley usa grid supplying Puerto Princesa has restored 24/7 power supply. The rest of the island-province has been relying on expensive diesel power, said Petilla.On the Visayas grid, Petilla said, The outlook for the day is around 1,319 MW with a 25-MW reserve. Geothermals are still running at 200MW or more as opposed to dependable capacity of 520MW.Overall, there seems to be enough electricity for now as many househo |
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