Solon: Use Malampaya revenue to boost AFP, education By Gerry Baldo 07/04/2011

Solon: Use Malampaya revenue to boost AFP, education

By Gerry Baldo 07/04/2011

The revenue generated by the Malampaya Natural Gas Project should be used to modernize the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the education sector and not kept in the coffers of the Department of Energy.

Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara, chairman of the House committee on higher and technical education, made the recommendation to boost the AFP and education.

Angara said the money should be used to strenghten the country’s defense capability in the West Philippine Sea where the Malampaya project is located. It could also be used to uplift the standard of the country’s education system and help the agriculture sector..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110704nat5.html