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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s promise to boost local energy sources is anchored on private capital, so the government is courting investors to beef up the country’s natural gas and renewable energy industries amid a looming energy crisis.
May nagbabantang energy crisis sa Pilipinas dahil sa papalapit na pagkaubos ng Malampaya gas field. Ano-ano nga ba ang pwedeng magawa ng Marcos administration para maiwasan ito?
Napagpalit ni Marcos ang (sitwasyon sa) Reed Bank sa Malampaya. Ang Reed Bank “ay kinilala ng South China Sea Arbitral Award na bahagi ng Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone,” sabi ng international law expert na si Romel Bagares.
Marcos confused Reed Bank with Malampaya.
A reader recently requested VERA Files Fact Check to clarify the ownership status of the Malampaya gas field in offshore northwest Palawan following reports that the group of billionaire Enrique Razon Jr., through development arm Prime Infrastructure Holdings (PIH), Inc., is “poised to acquire a controlling stake” in the project through an agreement with Davao-based businessman Dennis Uy’s Udenna Corp., and in view of projections that its gas reserves would run dry by 2027.
Hiniling kamakailan ng isang mambabasa ng VERA Files Fact Check na linawin ang isyu tungkol sa pagmamay-ari ng Malampaya gas field sa malayong pampang sa hilagang-kanluran ng Palawan kasunod ng mga ulat na ang grupo ng bilyonaryong si Enrique Razon Jr., sa pamamagitan ng development arm na Prime Infrastructure Holdings (PIH), Inc., ay “nakahanda nang makuha ang controlling stake” sa proyekto sa pamamagitan ng isang kasunduan kay Dennis Uy, ang negosyanteng taga-Davao ng Udenna Corp., at sa nakikitang pagkaubos ng gas reserves nito sa 2027.
Nineteen road improvement and two bridge construction projects in Palawan province that cost the government some P420 million were overpriced and failed to conform with government standards, former national treasurer Leonor Briones told the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.