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Consumer group decries increase in FIT-All
June 16, 2018Consumer advocacy group CitizenWatch said the Feed-In-Tariff Allowance, or FIT-All, in electricity bills is proving to be an additional burden for Filipino consumers already overburdened by the increase of prices attributable to rising inflation rates, oil price hike in the world market, weakening of the peso against the US Dollar and the untimely impact of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law.
Citizen Watch seeks solution to FIT deficit
June 15, 2018Consumer advocacy group Citizen Watch called on the government to explore ways to address the ballooning deficit of the feed-in tariff fund’s and review the feed-in tariff allowance to lessen the burden to consumers.
CITIZENWATCH PHILIPPINES STATEMENT ON SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN MOVE TO PASS THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED CANCER CONTROL BILL
June 1, 2018CITIZENWATCH PHILIPPINES STATEMENT ON SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN MOVE TO PASS THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED CANCER CONTROL BILL 16 Senators led by Committee on Health Chairman JV Ejercito has submitted for plenary consideration Senate Committee Report No. 399, moving for the approval of Senate Bill No. 1850 known as the National Integrated Cancer Control Bill. The […]
Consumer advocates welcome power rate reduction
May 19, 2018CitizenWatch Philippines convenor Hannah Viola said in a statement: “It is laudable that despite the increasing trend of commodities, the price of electricity has gone down, but to ensure that the concerns of the end-users to affordable and reliable power are fully addressed, CitizenWatch Philippines calls for the chain method of cutting down the costs of electricity,”
Hurting the Masses
May 7, 2018Orlando Oraa Oxales, Convenor of CitizenWatch Philippines, shares his insights on his weekly column, “Open Thoughts”, published by the Manila Standard:
“For the Duterte administration, inflation appears to be the next battleground that may prove to be damaging political issue in next year’s mid-term elections. As with key government policy, a sense of urgency and responsiveness in executing mitigating programs that would ease the burden of ordinary consumers is key.”
Commentary: Waging a Hot Battle Against Inflation
May 5, 2018Atty. Hannah Viola, Convenor and Legal Counsel of CitizenWatch, and Stratbase ADR Institute Fellow, shares her insights with philstar.com:
“For the past weeks, Filipinos have not only complained about the extreme heat levels but also the heated rise of inflation.”
Pass the National Integrated Cancer Control Act
April 30, 2018Pass the National Integrated Cancer Control Act by Orly Oxales (Originally Published on April 30, 2018 Manila Standard) In a country like the Philippines, few worse tragedies can befall a family than cancer. For the poor, the fate is doubly tragic—treatment is exorbitant, virtually impossible—and a diagnosis is almost always seen as an automatic […]
SUMMER IS POWER PLANT WATCH SEASON
April 26, 2018As we seek to protect rights of the consumers to have reliable, accessible and affordable for the Filipinos, CitizenWatch Philippines pledges to continue its initiative, Power Plant Watch where the group closely monitors the performance of power plants and identifies shutdown of power plants by name to increase transparency in the generation side.
CA ruling on WESM price spike to cost consumers P17 B
December 15, 2017(Originally published on December 14 by the Philippine Star) MANILA, Philippines — Customers are expected to bear the brunt of the Court of Appeals’ decision reversing the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) order which voided the sharp spike in spot market rates in December 2013. Advocacy group Citizen Watch said the CA decision would pass on […]
Citizen Watch decries P17 billion in projected charges to be passed on to power consumers
December 12, 20172013 was a disastrous year for the power sector. In addition to the scheduled closure of Malampaya, several other plans were also shut down, causing rates in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to skyrocket for the electricity sold from October to December that year. Thankfully the Energy Regulatory Commission, in its regulatory function, […]