These leaning poles and dangling wires are found along Timawa Street in Molo, Iloilo City. Cong. Julienne Baronda says this is a serious public safety matter that should be addressed promptly. The House of Representatives will conduct an investigation on the series of pole fires in the city. These fires are endangering the lives of city residents, according to Baronda.

HOUSE TO PROBE ILOILO POLE FIRES

Iloilo Panay News -
ILOILO City – The House of Representatives will conduct an investigation on the series of pole fires in this city. These fires are endangering the lives...
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 suspends PECO expropriation proceedings

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 35 suspend proceedings in the expropriation case filed by MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) against...

Carles takes novel step to enforce fishing ban

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – If between November this year to Feb. 15, 2020 sardines, herrings and mackerels continue to be sold in public markets most especially in northern...
A young woman’s attempt to kill herself by jumping from the second floor of a parking building on Ledesma Street, Iloilo City failed. These men came rushing to help her after her fall yesterday morning, Nov. 21, 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Student injures legs in failed suicide bid

Iloilo
ILOILO City – A 20-year-old female student jumped from the second floor of a mall’s parking building on Ledesma Street, Barangay Osmeña, City Proper yesterday morning. She...
This leaning pole in front of the Archbishop’s Palace in Jaro, Iloilo City is actually owned by Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., according to Panay Electric Co. But since the telco had no team in sight when the pole leaned on the night of Nov. 13, the power distributor sent its own team to temporarily fix it. The pole was previously erroneously identified as PECO’s. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

PECO turns table on PLDT, lists telco’s shortcomings

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Panay Electric Co. (PECO) denied specifically attributing pole fires here to the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT). “We merely stated that of the...

‘ON THE RIGHT TRACK’ Vape ban boosts Iloilo City anti-smoking drive

Iloilo
ILOILO City – This city is one of the first in the country to campaign against vaping, according to Iñigo Garingalao, executive director of the Iloilo...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) explained in a statement on Tuesday that banks cannot increase ATM fees on their own and that any bank that intends to adjust ATM fees must formally file its request with the BSP. ECOMPAREMO

‘Not all P4s beneficiaries know how to use ATMs’

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) cash grants are downloaded to Land Bank of the Philippines and beneficiaries are issued with cash cards to...

44% in drug watch list arrested in WV – PRO-6

Iloilo Panay News -
ILOILO City – Various police units under the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) arrested 44.23 percent of drug personalities in the latter’s drug watch list from...
Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong, PRO-6 spokesperson

‘No drug labs but WV a transshipment point’

Iloilo
ILOILO City – There are no drug laboratories in Western Visayas, stressed the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6). The region, however, is being used as transshipment point...
TURNOVER. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (3rd from left) formally turn overs super typhoon “Yolanda” housing units to beneficiaries on Nov. 19, 2019 in Iloilo City. In photos are (from left) National Housing Authority NHA) Region 6 manager Engineer Grace Guevarra, NHA Iloilo/Guimaras district manager Ma. Luz Ysatam, Nograles, Mayor Seigfredo Betita of Carles, Iloilo and Cong. Raul Tupas of Iloilo’s 5th District. All housing projects in areas hit by 2013’s super typhoon “Yolanda” would be fully completed by 2020, according to Nograles who also chairs the Inter-agency Task Force Yolanda. GLENDA SOLOGASTOA/PN

‘Yolanda’ housing project ‘100% completed’ by 2020 – Nograles

Iloilo
ILOILO City – All housing projects in areas hit by 2013’s super typhoon “Yolanda” would be fully completed by 2020, according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles...
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