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                    [Title] => But our problem  is with idle lands
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                    [DatePublished] => 2008-01-16 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134276
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                    [AuthorID] => 1805283
                    [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc
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                    [Title] => 30-50¢ hike in diesel prices seen
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The implementation of the Biofuels Law next month may result in 30 centavos to 50 centavos per liter increase in fuel.


This was the estimate released by Total Philippines Corp. president and managing director Anna Whitehouse.

"The impact of the implementation of Biofuels Bill will be 30-50 centavos. We are still negotiating with the suppliers. This estimated impact on diesel pump prices may change depending on the results of the negotiations," Whitehouse said.
[DatePublished] => 2007-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 388071 [Title] => Palace allays fears of power crisis in Mindanao by 2009 [Summary] => Malacañang yesterday allayed concerns over a possible power crisis in Mindanao by 2009, saying that the government has a broad blueprint to address the energy requirements of the region.

Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye downplayed the statement made by Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla about Mindanao facing a power crisis in 2009 if the old power plants are not rehabilitated and if new ones are not built.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373216 [Title] => Biofuels measure likely to boost shares of Chemrez [Summary] => The imminent enactment of the Biofuel bill is expected to boost Chemrez Technologies Inc. (ChemTech) when it resumes trading its shares today simultaneous with the listing of additional shares worth P1.5 billion.

Stock market analysts said the public offer involving 340.91 million shares was at least four times oversubscribed due to strong demand from foreign and domestic investors. ChemTech used to be Corro-Coat Inc.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 371105 [Title] => Payback time [Summary] => It may be President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s sorry lot to be so underappreciated by the Filipino people, but that does not undermine her economic legacy to the nation. [DatePublished] => 2006-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 367652 [Title] => Honda cars ready for biofuels [Summary] => Who’s afraid of biofuels?

If you own a Honda automobile, you need not be. Your car — and all Honda cars in the Philippines — can run on 10-percent bioethanol blend without modification.

This is the assurance given by Honda Cars Philippines to all Honda owners as the country prepares for the eventual enactment of the Biofuels Law.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435230 [AuthorName] => Junep Ocampo [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358029 [Title] => RP oil import bill soars 22% to $3.6B in first half [Summary] => The accelerated promotion and development of alternative fuels such as biodiesel and bioethanol cut down the country’s oil demand by 8.16 percent in the first half of 2006 compared to the same period in 2005, a Department of Energy (DOE) report showed.

The DOE report showed that in terms of volume, net oil imports fell to 52.4 million barrels (MMB) in the first six months of 2006 from 57.1 MMB in the same period last year.

However, the oil import bill continued to soar due to the sustained rise in international oil prices during the period.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354810 [Title] => Advocacy group upbeat on passage of Biofuels Bill [Summary] => The Philippine Biodiesel Association (TPBA), an advocacy group for the alternative fuel, has expressed optimism that the Senate, under the presidency of Sen. Manuel Villar, bodes well for the early passage of the Biofuels Bill.

The group said Villar, the principal author of the Clean Air Act (CAA) of 1999, is a known supporter of a clean and green environment.

"We are hopeful that Sen. Villar, an advocate of cleaner environment, will support the early passage of Senate Bill 2226 to complement the CAA," the group said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 351611 [Title] => ERC asks public to support bills on energy sufficiency [Summary] => With the unstable price of oil and petroleum products in the world market due to conflict in the Middle East, the Department of Energy asked the public to support the proposed Renewable Energy Bill, which is now pending before the Congress.

Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla said the Department of Energy will strongly push for the enactment of the proposed Biofuels and Renewable Energy Bills, both crucial pieces of legislations that would help realize energy self-sufficiency.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350056 [Title] => Senate urged to speed up passage of Biofuels Bill [Summary] => The Philippine Fuel Ethanol Alliance (PFEA) is urging the Senate to speed up the mandate of the use of fuel ethanol as an alternative to gasoline.

"This measure, which promotes fuels derived from locally grown crops, will be a means to achieve energy security against a backdrop of ever-escalating world oil prices," said PFEA in a recent briefing at the Senate.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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