RP's energy programs need overhaul
Are oil companies in cahoots with the Philippines' energy department? It is hard to imagine that the pump prices of gasoline and other by-products have sky-rocketed to new heights, with nothing much left for ordinary consumers and motorists to fill their vehicle tanks, without any complaints. Just look at how much is ordinary worker gets on a daily basis, and you will be awed by the difference it makes on people's lives. And gasoline prices have chilling effects on the ordinary citizens comprising of the impoverished, the jobless and the underemployed, who subsist on whatever they can earn to make an honest living? How much more is left if that ordinary worker uses a car to go to work? And those who can't afford are left with no choice but to save extra money by sacrificing themselves to take a daily commute from home to work. On the way to work, the ordinary worker is not free from other troubles: air pollution and traffic congestion--two main problems that hound the healt...