From Well to Wheel
Marlon Tan has been connected with the energy industry for the past 15 years.
Brace for a fuel shortage in Luzon and thereafter, an economic crisis
With the stroke of a pen, the president, through Executive Order No. 839, ordered oil companies to rollback their retail prices to October 15 levels.
A failure to communicateWhat does a deregulated oil industry mean? In a recent column, former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno summed it up this way: ...Screwing the entrepreneurGovernment needs to think about the consequences of its moves, and stop passing the buck to the private sector. ...Remedies for cartelizationOn April 2, the Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of Republic Act No. 8479, otherwise known as the “Downstream Oil Deregulation Law”. ...Wringing their handsNow that oil companies have adjusted prices by Php1.50 per liter for gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, instead of the usual weekly Php0.50 adjustments, officials have ...Playing with powerOur readers will recall that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) during the Energy Summit to petition the Energy Regulatory ...Coupons!American retail chains routinely include glossy, colored ad supplements in newspapers with coupons offering discounts anywhere from basic commodities such as milk, to personal items ...Pulling out of PetronThe recent announcement that Saudi Aramco was in the market to sell its 40-percent share of Petron to the London-based investment fund Ashmore came as ...Dissecting the Energy SummitLast January, the Philippine Energy Department hosted, amid much pomp and pageantry, the Energy Summit. Anyone who was someone was there: CEOs of all the ...Purging the Pandacan Terminals and scuttling the nation’s supply securityIn a unanimous, 5-0 vote, the First Division of the Supreme Court wrote finis to the existence of the Pandacan Terminals as we know it. ... |
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Kastila (1878 - 1944)
This week we commemorate the life and great contributions to the Filipino nation of the distinguished President Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina. After passing the ...
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