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He insisted that supposed errors were made even before his entry into the ERC, and yet these errors were never corrected when he took over.
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Daily TribuneHe insisted that supposed errors were made even before his entry into the ERC, and yet these errors were never corrected when he took over.
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A senatorial candidate is under fire on social media after a local rapper called him out for using one of his songs as a jingle during the aspirant’s campaign kickoff on 11 February.
“Di pa nakaupo, nagnakaw na agad. [W]ala kaming kinalaman dito (He is not yet elected he is already stealing. We are not involved here),” rapper Omar Manzano clarified.
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines and the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers earlier reminded political aspirants to secure licenses from the artists before using their songs in the election campaign.
The Commission on Elections last month warned candidates against the unauthorized use of songs as their jingles. This is to avoid violations of intellectual property rights which carry criminal and civil liabilities.
For the past several years, congressional hearings on the long-delayed rate reset of regulated energy entities have remained unresolved.
While it has long been established that the lack of a completed rate reset was due to the Energy Regulatory Commission’s inaction, stakeholders point to certain individuals who kept blaming the regulated entities as if they were the ones that lacked effective oversight.
In a recent hearing at the House of Representatives, certain lawmakers continued to suggest a collusion between the ERC and the regulated entities, even going so far as to bring in a former ERC commissioner.
The retired official was in ERC for seven years when the problem on the rate reset started and dragged on.
That’s why it was appalling that this retired pensioner attacked the office he used to belong to and the regulated entities he was supposed to have oversight of.
The former ERC head, as revealed by some House probers, receives a princely P350,000 monthly pension.
During his testimony, he conveniently failed to recognize that he had been a commissioner for years and it was during his time that the significant delays on the rate reset started.
He denied having oversight powers, saying that it was a collegial decision. And yet he now, six years later, relentlessly said that more refunds must be made by the regulated entities — refunds that resulted from his inaction and inability to effectively carry out his mandate as the commissioner.
He insisted that supposed errors were made even before his entry into the ERC, and yet these errors were never corrected when he took over.
The incumbent ERC officials have already moved to address the long-delayed action of their predecessors, who included the House whistleblower.
