09 / 04 / 2010
Philippines' power at crisis point. Asian Times.
The Philippines may be descending into the country's worst power crisis in two decades, with areas already suffering outages that can last as much as 11 hours a day. In Mindanao, the government has declared a state of calamity, leading critics of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to warn that the resulting discretionary funds will lead to cheating in next month's elections. - Jennee Grace U Rubrico
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