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

WHO NOW RUNS PECO OPERATION?

Iloilo Panay News -
ILOILO City – After the then Vice President for Operations and General Manager of Panay Electric Co. (PECO) resigned in July,  a big question cropped up –...
At the Iloilo Ferry Terminal, a Guimaras-bound motorboat is preparing to leave the wharf. The rolled tarpaulin cover of this boat may now be unfurled again to protect passengers from the elements, following a court order. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Court: No rollup, removal of boat tarpaulins

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 33 here restrained the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) from enforcing an order to...
Activists in Iloilo City demand the release of 57 colleagues in Bacolod City arrested in a raid on the eve of All Saints’ Day. Do policemen plan to arrest activists in Iloilo City, too? IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘ACTIVISM NOT A CRIME’ Iloilo groups brace for raids, arrests

Iloilo Panay News -
ILOILO City – Members of Iloilo progressive groups staged a picket in front of the Police Regional Office 6 in Fort San Pedro here yesterday to...
These packs of siomai from Rizal province were seized at the Iloilo Terminal Market. The city government has banned meat and by-products from areas hit by the African swine fever. These siomai packs entered Iloilo City via Roxas City in Capiz province. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Pork siomai from ASF-hit Rizal enters Iloilo

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Eleven packs of pork siomai from Antipolo City in Rizal province were confiscated at the Iloilo Terminal Market, popularly known as “Super”, by...
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

PECO: Blackouts being used as black propaganda

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Panay Electric Co. (PECO) has accused MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MPEC) of using the recent two successive days of power interruption as...
Skimmers, an academic organization of students from the University of the Philippines-Visayas in Miag-ao, Iloilo, perform a cheer-dance routine critical of President Rodrigo Duterte. PHOTO COURTESY OF GIAN GENOVEZA

‘UPV constituents have right to self-expression’

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The Office of the Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) reaffirmed the premier state school’s commitment to promote and defend...

‘PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD’: ERC investigates pole fires in Iloilo City

Iloilo Panay News -
ILOILO City – The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has started investigating the complaint of Mayor Jerry Treñas on the possible threat to public safety of “inadequately-maintained lines,...
From the Parola wharf, the berthing area of motorboats plying the Iloilo City – Guimaras route has been temporarily moved to the old wharf of Bacolod City-bound fastcrafts on Iloilo City’s Muelley Loney Street to give way to the dredging of the mouth of the Iloilo River. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Did MARINA clear local coastguard in sea tragedy?

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Did the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) investigation on the capsizing of three motorboats at the Iloilo Strait on Aug. 3 clear the Philippine Coast...

99 smokers, 60 litterbugs apprehended across city

Iloilo
ILOILO City – During All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1) and All Souls’ Day (Nov. 2), 99 violators of the city’s ordinance prohibiting smoking in public places...

Revenge killing? Girl shot inside house

Iloilo
ILOILO City – A mother is seeking justice for her Grade 7, 16-year-old daughter who was shot inside their house in Barangay Navais, Mandurriao district on...
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