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Can MORE Power operate even without a CPCN?

ILOILO City – Can MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) operate without a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) from the Energy Regulatory Commission...
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PRO-6 orders operation audit following Alimodian truck crash

ILOILO City – Was the vehicular accident in Barangay Ginomoy, Alimodian, Iloilo on Saturday afternoon that resulted in the death of four policemen and the wounding of 31...
TIGHT SCREENING. As two alert airport security personnel watch, newly-arrived airline passengers pick up their baggage from conveyors after undergoing x-ray inspection at the Iloilo Airport in Cabatuan, Iloilo. The Bureau of Quarantine has deployed personnel in all airports to screen travelers as authorities try to prevent the entry of a mystery virus from China. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo prov’l gov’t to monitor travelers from South Korea

ILOILO – The provincial government ordered the monitoring of persons with travel history in South Korea following the surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in...
MANGLED WRECKAGE A rescuer attempts to remove Captain Bonifacio Alabe, head of the Police Regional Office 6’s Mobile Force Battalion, from the mangled truck that fell off a ravine in Barangay Ginomoy, Alimodian, Iloilo. Four of his men died and 31 others were injured. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

FATAL PLUNGE Truck falls off Alimodian ravine; 4 cops dead, 31 others injured

ILOILO City – Four police officers died and 31 others were injured after the truck they were riding plummeted into a 100-meter deep ravine in Barangay Ginomoy,...
Mayor Geefre “Kalay” Alonsabe of Alimodian, Iloilo says there will be measures in place in order to ensure that the participants of the Himud-os Festival, as well as the spectators, will not be at risk for the coronavirus disease 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

HIMUD-OS FESTIVAL TO PUSH THROUGH: Alonsabe says precaution vs COVID-19 will be taken

ILOILO – The local government unit of Alimodian will proceed with the holding of its annual Himud-os Festival amid concerns about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Mayor...

Business as usual despite COVID-19 scare

ILOILO City – Fear on the possible spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has not affected hotels, resorts and restaurants here. It is business...
Court sheriffs post the Writ of Possession issued by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 23 on the building of Panay Electric Co. on General Luna Street, Iloilo City for MORE Electric and Power Corp. “to exercise possession and control” of power distribution facilities. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

BATTLE FOR POWER: MORE Power takes control of PECO substations, assets

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has started the process of taking over the power distribution facilities of Panay Electric Co. (PECO)...
Panay Electric Co. administrative manager Marcelo Cacho (left) refuses to receive from court sheriffs the Writ of Possession issued by the court. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘Shocked’ PECO challenges takeover, seeks legal remedies

ILOILO City – Unprecedented, highly irregular and shocking. This was how the legal counsel of Panay Electric Co. (PECO) described MORE Electric and Power Corp.’s (MORE Power) takeover...
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Capitol takes preventive measures vs COVID-19

ILOILO – Attention, all employees and clients at the Iloilo provincial capitol: the provincial government has issued entry rules and regulations as a defensive measure against the...
The town of Toboso in Negros Occidental recently declared members of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing New People’s Army as persona non-grata. Lieutenant Colonel Emelito Thaddeus Logan, commanding officer of 79th Infantry Battalion, said terrorist group destroy peace and development of the communities in tshe province. PH.VLTRENDS.COM

Tubungan launches scheme to reintegrate former insurgents

ILOILO – The municipal government of Tubungan has launched a reintegration program that assists former rebels to start a new and normal life. Project ROKIT (Reintegration Oplan Kabalaka...