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Rotating brownouts in the Philippine archipelago has stirred some speculations and has put some people to push through the creation of nuclear power plants. There are two issues here. One is the creation of nuclear power plants in the Philippines. Second, the real cause of brownouts. The Philippines have one nuclear power plant, completed but never fueled. It was never used because of the strong opposition from the Filipino people for the reason that it poses risk to human life and safety. It was declared 31 years ago as unsafe because of 4,000 defects on design and construction and it sits right on the active volcano. The propose nuclear plant or plants is/are proposed to several place in the Philippines land some considered as safe. However, it should be noted that the country is within the volcanic rim of fire. Those who proposed that the nuclear power plant is one of the cheapest source of energy. There are some issues to be considered such as the nuclear waste, safety from natural...

Today's front news announces the closing of Intel corporation in the Philippines. Its plant is situated in General Trias, Cavite, Philippines. Intel is one of the biggest microchip manufacturer and contribute also to the Philippine exports. It is the first American company that arrived in the Philippines and the first semi-conductor firm that was been in the country. On this closure, about one thousand eight hundred (1,800) Filipino employees will be affected. Yes, they will be compensated with their length of service and hoping to be rehire by the company subsidiary Numonyx. Why some companies have opted the neighboring Asian countries for plant operation instead of the Philippines. Some analyst have given two answers. Expensive labor and electricity cost. Speaking of electricity the Energy regulatory board just announced that it permitted the raising of electricity bills of ten pesos per hundred kilowatt consumption from Meralco customers and twenty pesos from other electric pr...