Statistics assuage fear of coronavirus
MORE worrisome than the coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) is the panic it engenders for being “incurable”. It has made
people minimize travel and public exposure, thus devastating...
ERC decision invalidates PECO’s ‘legitimacy’
THERE is no
longer ground for Panay Electric Co. (PECO) to insist that, despite expiration
of its franchise, it possesses the certificate of public convenience and
necessity...
Let PECO and MORE Power bury the hatchet
THERE is no more alternative for Panay
Electric Co. (PECO) and MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) but to bury
the hatchet. Whatever they say...
Presumption of constitutionality
BY ORDERING the court sheriffs to
serve a writ of possession to Panay Electric Co. (PECO), in effect turning over
the power distribution utility in Iloilo...
A smooth PECO-to-MORE transition still possible
NOTHING would please the electricity
consumers in Iloilo City than to see Panay Electric Co. (PECO) and MORE
Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) collaborate in...
A new beginning for power users
THE SEEMINGLY endless “power struggle” has ended with a lady judge’s
decision to uphold the law (RA 11212) awarding the power-distribution franchise
to MORE Electric and...
Did Pope Francis defend homosexuality?
THERE
was a time when Sen. Manny Pacquiao, an ex-Roman Catholic, earned the ire of
the gay community when he condemned the latter for lobbying to...
It’s no fun to be a ‘drug-dependent’ senior
IF YOU are
one of us senior citizens, you would not always welcome the privilege of
“enjoying” discounts on prescription drugs. Sickness is never enjoyable, no
matter...
Have we lost the EDSA spirit?
YESTERDAY brought to memory the first
day of the four-day bloodless EDSA People Power Revolution (February 22 to
25, 1986) that toppled the 20-year reign of the...
ABS-CBN down memory lane
TO BE BLUNT about it, President
Rodrigo Duterte could disenfranchise the country’s top broadcasting network,
ABS-CBN Corp., which allegedly failed to air his ad during the...