Ray S. Eñano
Luzon quake tests inferior steel bars
The magnitude 6.1 earthquake that rattled Central Luzon and Metro Manila on April 22 has evoked bad memories from the...
Power impassé wreaks havoc on Zamboanga
Zamboanga City, the Sardines Capital of the Philippines, is groping in the dark. A standoff between the city’s main power...
Government should weigh 2 Kaliwa Dam options
President Rodrigo Duterte should step into the brewing Kaliwa Dam controversy before the government finds itself in deep water, so...
Woeful Zambo co-op; Telecom towers a boon
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has a point in telling some irresponsible electric cooperatives to shape up or ship out. Electricity...
It’s time for SEC to flex its muscles
The Securities and Exchange Commission, as the country’s corporate watchdog, must show its teeth to assure investors they can compete...
National heritage law stunts property market
The national cultural heritage law, or Republic Act No. 10066, has either altered many business plans or prompted some companies...
Malampaya, outages weigh on power rates
Electricity rates so far are displaying a less erratic behavior but they could act up if power generators and sources...
More foreign tower firms needed in PH
The Philippines will need more tower companies to assure faster internet speed and put it at par with neighboring Asian...
Open telecom access regime facing a snag
The Philippines has one of the lowest telecommunications tower densities in the world, with less than 20,000 towers serving 100 million...
PECO’s fate is no longer in the hands of the Cachos
Panay Electric Co. Inc., or Peco, will officially cede control of the electricity distribution in Iloilo City on January 18...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.