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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Thursday, August 17, 2017
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ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution calling on Panay Electric Company (PECO), telecommunication and cable television companies and other such companies with already unserviceable wires or cables to remove them from electric poles.
These cables have become obstructions, public safety hazards to lives and properties, and cause inconvenience, said Councilor Reyland Hervias, resolution proponent.
He cited Section 16 of Republic Act 7160 (Local Government Code) which provides that “every local government unit shall exercise the powers expressly granted, those necessarily implied therefrom, as well as powers necessary, appropriate, or incidental for its efficient and effective governance, and those which are essential to the promotion of the general welfare.”
Copies of the resolution were given to the Office of the City Mayor, PECO, telecommunication companies, cable television cable companies and other such companies.
The city government has long been planning to place underground all electricity, television and telephone cables.
In 2013 the SP’s committee on public utilities even planned a public hearing on this. It was Sen. Franklin Drilon who requested for it. He proposed that the area traversed by Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue be the first to have underground electricity, television and telephone cables.
At the time, PECO protested the plan. Vice President for Operations Randy Pastolero said it would be very expensive on their part and “might even be dangerous to the public.”/PN
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