During a recent oath-taking event hosted by president Benigno Aquino at Malacanang, the Philippines presidential palace, proceedings were interrupted by a power blackout. Indeed, blackouts have become so widespread on the island of Mindanao that social-media users have taken to calling the energy secretary the secretary of darkness.
Infrastructure needs more energetic development in the region as a whole; the trouble is that investment in the sector has been the preserve of government and attempts to harness the private sector have achieved limited success.
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