All 16 Chinese technicians currently working for the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines will be sent home by July, Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla told AFP.
The State Grid Corporation of China has a 40-percent stake in the Philippine firm, which operates and maintains the nation’s power grid, but Petilla said the government wanted only Filipinos to run it.
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