Articles tagged with Privatization

Makabayan calls for congressional investigation into NAIA privatization
July 09, 2025

The Makabayan group, which includes ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio and Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co, filed a resolution calling on the House committee on transportation of congress to investigate the privatization of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) under its public-private partnership (PPP) with San Miguel Corporation-SAP & Company (SMC-SAP). They said that privatizing […]

Pribatisasyon ng NAIA, pinaiimbestigahan ng grupong Makabayan sa kongreso
July 09, 2025

Naghain ng resolusyon ang grupong Makabayan na kinabibilangan nila Antonio Tinio, kinatawan ng ACT Teachers Party-list at Renee Co, kinatawan ng Kabataan Party-list, na nanawagan sa House committee on transportation ng Kongreso na imbestigahan ang pribatisasyon ng Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) sa ilalim ng private-public-partnership (PPP) nito sa San Miguel Corporation-SAP &Company (SMC-SAP). Anila, […]

Bayan Muna opposes Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan hydroelectric power plant privatization
May 24, 2025

Former Bayan Muna representative Atty. Carlos Zarate strongly condemned the Marcos Jr regime for its plan to privatize the Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (CBK) hydroelectric power plant complex in Laguna. He said this would only raise electricity rates, further burdening those who rely on the service. The 796.64 megawatt (MW) CBK plant complex operates under a 25-year build-rehabilitate-operate-transfer […]

Pribatisasyon ng Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan hydroelectric power plant, tinututulan ng Bayan Muna
May 24, 2025

Mariing binatikos ni Atty. Carlos Zarate, dating kinatawan ng Bayan Muna, ang plano ng rehimeng Marcos Jr na isapribado ng Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (CBK) hydroelectric power plant complex sa Laguna. Aniya, magdudulot lamang ito ng lalong pagmahal ng singil sa kuryente na dagdag pasanin ng mga nakaasa sa serbisyo. Ang 796.64 megawatt (MW) CBK plant complex ay […]

La Union town junks Primewater contract due to poor service
May 11, 2025

On May 8, the Metro San Fernando Water District (MSFWD) in La Union announced terminating its joint venture agreement (JVA) or partnership with PrimeWater Infrastructure Corporation due to numerous agreement violations. The MSFWD took back direct management, control, and operation of the water service and supply in the city of San Fernando and four other […]

Kontrata sa PrimeWater ng isang bayan sa La Union, ibinasura dahil sa bulok na serbisyo
May 11, 2025

Inianunsyo noong Mayo 8 ng Metro San Fernando Water District (MSFWD) sa La Union ang pagbasura nito sa joint venture agreement (JVA) o sosyohan sa PrimeWater Infrastructure Corporation dahil sa maraming paglabag nito sa kasunduan. Binawi ng MSFWD ang direktang pangangasiwa, kontrol at operasyon sa serbisyo at suplay ng tubig sa syudad ng San Fernando […]

Youth groups denounce 20-hour blackout in Tarlac and Nueva Ecija towns
April 06, 2025

The Kabataan Party-list (KPL)-Tarlac denounced the 20-hour blackout on April 5 in several towns in Tarlac and Nueva Ecija under the Tarlac I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Tarelco 1). The private National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and Tarelco 1 must be held accountable for the failure in electricity service to the public, it said. […]

20 oras na blackout sa ilang bayan sa Tarlac at Nueva Ecija, binatikos ng kabataan
April 06, 2025

Binatikos ng Kabataan Party-list (KPL)-Tarlac ang 20 oras na blackout noong Abril 5 sa ilang bayan ng Tarlac at Nueva Ecija na nakapailalim sa Tarlac I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Tarelco 1). Ayon sa partido, kailangang panagutin ang pribadong National Grid Corporations of the Philippines at Tarelco 1 sa palpak ng serbisyong kuryente sa mamamayan. Sa […]

Big bourgeois compradors carve up public airports for profit
October 13, 2024

The Marcos Jr regime privatized not just the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) but at least seven other local airports in the past or in the coming year. These public infrastructure and services are now being monopolized by the largest bourgeois compradors. Like NAIA, increase in service fees and the laying off of employees and […]

Mga pampublikong paliparan, pinaghatian na ng mga burgesya kumprador para pagkakitaan
October 13, 2024

Hindi lamang ang Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) ang paliparang isinapribado ng rehimeng Marcos Jr. Hindi bababa sa pito pang lokal na paliparan ang isinapribado na o isasapribado pa ni Marcos sa susunod na taon. Ang mga pampublikong imprastruktura at serbisyong ito ay pinaghatian na ng pinakamalalaking burgesya kumprador. Tulad sa NAIA, tiyak na susundan […]