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‘IT’S BACK TO PECO’: Court orders MORE Power to return operation to rival

ILOILO City – In a landmark decision, the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 23 directed MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) to return the operations...
POWER IN THEIR HANDS. Personnel of MORE Electric and Power Corp. check the power substation on General Luna Street, Iloilo City after taking over the facility from Panay Electric Co.

MORE Power: No order to stop operation

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has been operating the power distribution system here since taking over Panay Electric Co.’s (PECO)’s substations...
According to Department of Health secretary Francisco Duque III the South Koreans in Boracay are among the 26 Korean national that the country are eyeing for a possible coronavirus disease 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

COVID-19 alert: Public safety should factor in tourism events – DOT

ILOILO City – The safety of citizens must be the first consideration of local government units (LGUs) in holding or canceling tourism events, stressed Director Helen...

Oton house looted

ILOILO – A Tagalog-speaking robber carted away jewelry items and electric gadgets from a house in Barangay Abilay, Oton town. The robber also harmed a 16-year-old girl. The...

Capitol urged to probe ‘illegal’ Calinog quarry

ILOILO – The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Calinog town urged the Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office (PGENRO) to investigate what it alleged to be...
Should electricity consumers in Iloilo City transact already with MORE Electric and Power Corp.? Photo shows a consumer doing just that at the power distributor’s corporate services office on General Luna Street. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘ILLEGAL TO COLLECT’: MORE Power has no CPCN

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has no Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), hindering...
Panay Electric Co., the sole power distributor in Iloilo City for the past 95 years, has vowed exhaust all legal remedies to protect its assets. Though its franchise expired in January this year, it has been allowed to operate by the Energy Regulatory Commission via a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. PECO’s office is on General Luna Street, Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Court-issued writ illegal, PECO tells consumers

ILOILO City – It is “business as usual”, beleaguered Panay Electric Co. (PECO) assured consumers in a letter that criticized as “illegal” the court-issued writ of...

Iloilo bids for song and dance world record

ILOILO City – On May 2 a “unity song and dance” event with a target of 10,000 participants will be staged in Pototan, Iloilo. To be spearheaded...

SC stresses impartiality in PECO-MORE Power row

MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) will resolve the dispute between new Iloilo City power distributor MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) and previous distributor...

Reporting system seeks to prevent elderly abuse

ILOILO – In two pilot barangays of the municipality of Lambunao, the Reporting System and Prevention Program for Elderly Abuse Cases (ReSPPEC) is proving to be...