I am sorry to hear that Energy Sec. Ikot Petilla has resigned. But I am not surprised. When I first talked to him after he was appointed, I told him that being Secretary of Energy is the toughest and least appreciated job in the Cabinet. He has little power over oil prices and power rates, but he will be pilloried for failure to keep these low. Indeed, I wouldn’t recommend t...

THE ENERGY portfolio is among the most controversial in the government because it deals with a very sensitive commodity—electricity. Add to this the volatility in crude oil prices, and anyone heading the Department of Energy will find the job a tough balancing act. The Philippines being a country that imports nearly all its oil and fuel requirements, the energy chief’s fate flu...

We cannot agree more with the editorial “Petilla’s record” (Opinion, 5/5/15). Indeed, Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho L. Petilla leaves with the power supply adequate and the oil firms keeping their pump-prices depressed. We, in the Bukidnon Transport Multi-Purpose Cooperative, a member of 1Mindanao Energy Cooperative, a recently organized federation of 8,000 Mindanao-based ...