WHY does Mr. Winston Garcia insist on representing the Government Service Insurance System in his fight with the Lopezes?
Does he really think that just because of his position in the GSIS, he represents all government employees? Has he tried to get their opinion? He is gambling with these employees’ future. The pension fund is not his alone. He is just its caretaker.
He will soon be out of office as soon as his bosses in Malacañang are either booted out or their terms expire. What will he do then? In my opinion, Mr Garcia might be diverting attention from his management of the pension fund altogether. His strategy seems to be to go after his neighbor’s trash so that his own trash won’t be looked at.
The Senate should start looking at the management of the pension fund. I’m not saying they’ll find anything there, but it’s worth it to take a cursory look at how it’s being managed being that it affects all past, present, and future government employees. Look at how the money is being invested, look at the balance sheets. It’s only fair we take a look at Mr Garcia’s backyard as well, not just the Lopezes. I’ll bet there are unwanted weeds and trash in his backyard that’ll need cleaning up or may lead to the eviction of its occupants.
– Bong Dignadice, Fontana, California (via e-mail)
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July 20th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Engr. Jose:
I am sure many of us are happy and welcome you for joining us here. It’s so hard now to have somebody from Meralco that can answer the many questions that puzzle the ordinary layman. I hope you can help me with the following questions.
1. Who determines the system loss, the energy buyers like Meralco or the energy suppliers such as NAPOCOR, WESM, First Gen Corporation, et al ?
2. How is system loss measured and calculated for each energy suppliers?
3. How does Meralco segregate transmission loss from their distribution losses?
4. How does Transco measure the actual wattage carried by their transmission lines every hour of the day?
5. Who pays for the transmission? Meralco or the energy suppliers?
6. What is the basis for the calculation of the Transmission Charge?
7. Why is there a Supply Charge when there is already a Distribution Charge?
8. Why is Metering System Charge based on the power consumption?
July 20th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Jang-jang:
Don’t forget the power Meralco contracted with the Lopez-affiliated IPPs that was paid for by the Meralco customers but never delivered; close to 19 B. Pesos, according Cong. Villafuerte.
“Take or Pay” is the most onerous business practice allowed by the ERC for the IPPs to exploit the consumer public.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:54 am
sa kababayan ko na galit kay garcia - bakit hindi niyo tingan ang performance niya sa GSIS. iyan ang dapat natin basihan dahil ng hawakan niya ang GSIS gumanda at tumaas ang kita.
Baka naman galit kayo sa kanya dahil ang mga bisaya ay nakikilala na gayun.
ito rin ang dahilan na ang mga schools sa provinces ay kalaban na rin sa board exams ng mga taga maynila- ito ay manipisto na hindi na pued ngayun dahil nasa computer age na tayo at hindi na kayang lokohin ang mga probensiyano.
Kung may kasalan si Garcia sa mga bintang dapat kasuhan at ipakulong pero wag gamitin ang pambabastos at puro haka haka lamang.
Sa amin sa Samar - hinaharap namin ang kalaban ng tapatan, kaya kung puro bintang lang ang alam mo sa maynila kanalang pumunta at magdada.
July 18th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Engr. Jose:
Issues between Meralco and the GSIS are no longer technical or engineering problems. They are issues bordering on corporate abuses and business ethics. A lot of people would want to know if GSIS has the right to inspect the books and transactions of Meralco; and, although permitted by law, is it ethical for a power distribution utility company to purchase some 18 Billion Pesos worth of “undelivered power” from affiliated energy suppliers and charged it to their customers? These are some of the immediate issues that has to be clarified.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:50 am
DJ,
I’ll return the quetion to you, HOW MUCH ELECTRIC SUPPLIES MERALCO GETS FROM NAPOCOR, WESM AND LOPEZ-CONTROLLED IPPs?
Sabi mo 56% of Meralco supplies comes from Napocor? Double check your data iho. Alam ko 40% lang from Napocor at 10% from WESM. So, 50% ang sa Lopez IPPs? WOW! Laki talaga ng dugas ng Meralco sa taong-bayan!
Rob Tan,
Legit issue ang “pagbaba ng presyo ng singil ng kuryente”. Direktang makikinabang ang consumer dito.
Yung 12% VAT, as I said DAPAT BAWASAN kasi sobrang tax na ang impose from generation, transmission at distribution ng kuryente. Wag naman alisin, bawasan lang, lets say to 6% VAT na lang.
Tama ba bata?