Sunday, March 12, 2006 (Philippines)

RAYS OF HOPE. Lihok Pilipina’s Tessie Fernandez and Alice Morada (center and right) receive the RAFI Triennial Award for Outstanding Institution from trustee Jon Ramon Aboitiz. (Sun.Star Photo/Arni Aclao) A P46-MILLION power project intended for investors in the South Reclamation Project (SRP) and the southern portion of Cebu is experiencing delays, because its Manila-based contractor lacks funds. The 100-megavolt ampere power plant in the Barangay Quiot, Cebu City substation is one of the listed projects “with concerns” taken up by the Regional Development Council 7 infrastructure development committee (IDC) in a meeting last Friday. [full story]