Energy Regulatory Commission Chairperson Agnes Devanadera

Consumers should recognize ERC order – Devanadera

ILOILO City – The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has already spoken on the matter of which entity is the duly authorized power distributor in this city,...
Photo by Ian Paul Cordero/PN

DOH tracks cases of severe acute respiratory infection

ILOILO City – Now on Code Red Sublevel 1 Alert, the Department of Health (DOH) is intensifying its tracking of severe acute respiratory infection cases in...
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.

ERC to consumers: Don’t get confused; MORE Power authorized operator of distribution system

ILOILO City – There should be no confusion as to the rightful entity to distribute power in this city, according to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). It...
“Cleanliness and personal hygiene are important in containing the spread of diseases,” says Dr. Jane Juanico, head of the Infectious Disease Section of the Department of Health Region 6. PIA

COVID-19 OUTBREAK: STAY CALM BUT VIGILANT DOH presses vigilance as local virus cases confirmed

BY IME SORNITO AND ADRIAN STEWART CO ILOILO City – Stay alert, keep calm and practice good personal hygiene to combat the coronavirus disease or...
NEUTRALIZED The cadaver of one of the two members of the New People’s Army hit squad, Special Partisan Unit or SPARU, killed during an encounter with troops of the 62nd Infantry Battalion in Barangay Binobohan, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on the night of Feb. 28. 62ND INFANTRY BATTALION, PHILIPPINE ARMY

Death of NPA hitmen ‘to cut atrocities’ in Negros

BACOLOD City – The death of the two members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in central Negros has brought justice to civilians whose lives were...

ICPO wages war vs illegal gambling

ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) has declared an all-out war against all forms of illegal gambling in the metro. ICPO director, Police Colonel Eric Dampal,...
Maasin town in Iloilo is tagged as the bamboo capital of Panay due to its rich bamboo plantation. PNA

Maasin bamboo growers to train in product dev’t

ILOILO City – As the top producer of bamboo in Panay Island, the local government of Maasin in Iloilo will further boost its bamboo industry through product...
POWER IN THEIR HANDS. Personnel of MORE Electric and Power Corp. check the power substation on General Luna Street, Iloilo City after taking over the facility from Panay Electric Co.

MORE Power: No order to stop operation

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has been operating the power distribution system here since taking over Panay Electric Co.’s (PECO)’s substations...
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-issued writ illegal, PECO tells consumers

ILOILO City – It is “business as usual”, beleaguered Panay Electric Co. (PECO) assured consumers in a letter that criticized as “illegal” the court-issued writ of...

Iloilo bids for song and dance world record

ILOILO City – On May 2 a “unity song and dance” event with a target of 10,000 participants will be staged in Pototan, Iloilo. To be spearheaded...