Manila, Sept. 15 -- Senator Bam Aquino on Monday backed Negros Occidental Rep. Javier Miguel "Javi" Benitez's call for a congressional inquiry into rotational brownouts and high power charges in the Visayas, saying the crisis is already hurting students, small businesses and regional economies in the Visayas and Mindanao.

"Suportado natin ang pagkilos nina Rep. Javi Benitez at iba pang mambabatas mula sa Visayas na imbestigahan ang ugat ng outages at mataas na singil sa kuryente na naglalaro mula PHP18 hanggang PHP20 kada kilowatt-hour (We support the move of Rep. Javi Benitez and other lawmakers from the Visayas to investigate the root of the outages and high power rates ranging from PHP18 to PHP20 per kilowatt-hour)," Aquino said in a ...