Seeing the light

Article Abstract:

The Philippines' National Power Corp (Napacor) hopes to end the country's chronic shortage of electric power. This shortage developed from several factors including the cancellation of a nuclear power plant in Bataan without any alternative power source being established and the deterioration of Luzon Island's hydro-electric plants. A new fast-track program is intended to supply 895 megawatts (MW) to Luzon and perhaps end the brownouts that plague the capital city, Manila. Napacor envisions an 11% yearly rise in generating capacity, equal to 1,200 MW.

Planning, Energy policy, Electric power, Philippines, Philippine National Power Co.

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Sin under seige

Article Abstract:

Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim appears to be succeeding in ridding the city's red-light district of its girlie bars. The mayor, who claims to be on a moral crusade, plans to convert the area into a wholesome family destination. After having been frustrated by the courts, Lim has managed to put the bars out of business by simply refusing to re-issue their operating permits. Bar owners charge that Lim may have ulterior motives in closing them down.

Laws, regulations and rules, Social policy, Sex oriented businesses, Manila, Philippines, Lim, Alfredo

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The survivor

Article Abstract:

The bitter experiences of a computer programmer, Im Vin now settled in the United States (US) at the hands of Khmer Rouge fighters, about twenty-six years ago in Cambodia are described. He was among the few survivors of the Cambodian tragedy, during which Khmer Rouge executed his family and many other educated Cambodians.

United States, Public affairs, Social aspects, Cambodian Civil War, 1970-1975, Im Vin

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