Philippines' Marcos says 'perhaps time to revisit nuclear energy'
- MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who declared a national energy emergency this year, said on Monday (Jul 27) that nuclear power might hold answers for a country paying the highest electricity prices in the region.
- Marcos made the suggestion in a wide-ranging State of the Nation speech that placed spiralling energy costs and inflation, driven by the war in the Middle East, centre-stage.
- "Perhaps it is time for us to revisit nuclear energy production," Marcos told the joint session of Congress.
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- MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who declared a national energy emergency this year, said on Monday (Jul 27) that nuclear power might hold answers for a country paying the highest electricity prices in the region.
- Marcos made the suggestion in a wide-ranging State of the Nation speech that placed spiralling energy costs and inflation, driven by the war in the Middle East, centre-stage.
- "Perhaps it is time for us to revisit nuclear energy production," Marcos told the joint session of Congress.
Sources: CNA