CARTOON FOR AUGUST 04, 2026

The nuclear pitch deserves better numbers than this

Rep. Mark Cojuangco came to Iloilo last week selling nuclear power, and he brought a number with him: PHP 5.50 per kilowatt-hour, which he says Vietnamese households enjoy because of nuclear energy. Vietnam has no nuclear plant. Not one. Its grid runs on coal, hydro, and a fast-growing solar fleet, and households there paid roughly