Fidel Ramos Essay

Personal Background
Fidel Valdez Ramos was born in Lingayen, Pangasinan on March 18, 1928 to his parents Narciso Ramos (1900-1986) and Angela Valdez-Ramos (1905-1977). His father was a lawyer, crusading journalist, and a 5-term legislator of the House of Representatives who was also a founding member of the liberal party while his mother was a teacher. Fidel Ramos is a member of a prominent clan traced into his mother’s ancestry, the Valdez Clan of Batac, Ilocos Norte which happens to be a clan where Ferdinand Marcos is also a member making them 2nd degree cousins. Fidel Ramos is blessed with five daughters –Angelita, Josephine, Carolina, Cristina, and Gloria— with his wife Amelita Jara Martinez. Former President Fidel Ramos is fond of physical fitness such as body building and sports like badminton, golf, and swimming. He likes playing chess and scuba diving, as well as motorcycling. Ramos’ music taste favors the works of Beethoven

Numerous areas in the country are suffering from power shortages which resulted to frequent ‘brownouts’. It is due to the growing demand of the consumers that it exceeded the power production of power plants, the suspension of the operation of the Bataan Power Plant, and the abolishment of the Department of Energy. In one of his State of the Nation Addresses, Ramos requested the Congress to make a law that will require the existence of an energy department and which resulted to the creation of te Department of Energy. As a solution, the then state-owned National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) entered into contract with Independent Power Producers where the government guaranteed that it will provide whatever the IPP needs. The contracts between the government and the IPPs are implemented with ‘force majeure’ provision which requires the government to pay the IPPs at all cost. This solution espoused by Fidel Ramos resulted to higher cost of