PDEA-6 regional director Alex Tablate

COVID-19 stumps drug traffickers, street criminals

ILOILO City – The virus causing a pneumonia-like disease now called COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) may be scaring drug traffickers and petty street criminals in Western...
MORE Power president Roel Castro (second from left) inspects substations such as this one in Jaro, Iloilo City to know the present state of the equipment which will be prioritized in the company’s rehabilitation program which has a capital expenditure of P1.8 billion for three to four years.

‘ILONGGOS DESERVE THE BEST’ | MORE Power to complement Iloilo City’s economic boom –...

ILOILO City – “Ilonggos deserve the best. Nothing more, nothing less!” So said MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) president and chief operating officer (COO)...
PHOTO BY IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Treñas mulls Iloilo City lockdown; WV provinces may follow, too

ILOILO City – Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, according to Mayor Jerry Treñas. Citing the number of persons under monitoring (980) and persons under investigation (27)...

Iloilo City gov’t poised to enforce curfew

ILOILO City – The city government is poised to enforce a curfew as an added measure to the border restriction here against the possible entry and...

Shop until 7 p.m.; drink until 8 p.m.

ILOILO City – Beginning today, March 18, shopping centers here will be operating on a shortened period – from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. only. On the other...
MORE Power president and chief operating officer Roel Castro

‘NOW, WHO’S LYING?’ MORE Power on CPCN: It’s now in our hands!

ILOILO City – Many has been said and done but the truth is: MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) is the legitimate power distributor here....
A former personnel of Panay Electric Co. for 19 years keeps his work at the Tabuc Suba substation. He was absorbed by MORE Electric and Power Corp. after the takeover on Feb. 28 by virtue of a Writ of Possession issued by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 23.

Will MORE Power charge higher rates? P1-billion ‘careless’ procurement hit

ILOILO City – Ports magnate Enrique Razon’s MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has to significantly increase monthly rates if it plans to follow through...
Iloilo Provincial Capitol

Iloilo prov’l capitol adopts four-day workweek

ILOILO – The provincial capitol is now observing a four-hour workweek – an alternative working arrangement suggested by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) for the duration...
A personnel of the Pavia Emergency Responders check the body temperature of motorists using a thermal scanner at a checkpoint in Barangay Ungka, Pavia, Iloilo last night. Iloilo province is under a “general community quarantine” against the novel coronavirus. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Panay-wide quarantine starts April1; Prov’l gov’ts to harmonize border restriction rules

BY IME SORNITO and GLENDA TAYONA ILOILO City – Beginning April 1 Panay Island will be under an island-wide quarantine in an effort to shield it from...
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘Celebrate town, brgy fiestas sans mass gatherings’

ILOILO – Towns and barangays may still celebrate their fiestas but the celebration must not involve mass gatherings, clarified Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. The governor issued...