Twelve thousand
NEARLY 12,000 power consumers in Iloilo City’s Arevalo district are now enjoying improved electricity service following the recent energization of the 10/12 megavolt-amperes (MVA)...
Talking ‘useful idiots’, etc.
WE START with this bit of foreplay to set the mood…
A “useful idiot” or “useful fool” is a derogatory description of a person/persons, suggesting that the person thinks they are...
Talking MORE Corporate Social responsibility
INDEED, “I Am Iloilo City’s” sole power distribution utility, MORE Electric and Power Corporation a.k.a. MORE Power, is the essence of what Corporate Social...
What about the 1st District?
JUST RECENTLY, the Supreme Court has issued a final ruling upholding the constitutionality of MORE Electric and Power Corporation’s (MORE Power) expanded franchise, allowing...
Death becomes him
A CERTAIN Luis Gamboa Jalandoni did the Philippines and the Filipinos a great service by dying on June 7, 2025. And immediately on cue,...
CSR, FARMORE, etc.
CORPORATE Social Responsibility, or CSR, is a business approach where companies set aside a portion of their resources to make a meaningful impact on...
Almost insurgency-free
INDEED, Congress is now almost insurgency-free. What once seemed to be shaping into another “white area” — a zone vulnerable to urban infiltration —...
Le affair electric cooperatives
IN A previous column, I asked if the government should fund or continue funding electric cooperatives (ECs).
It may seem like a good idea. But...
MORE ‘green’ initiatives
A FEW COLUMNS back, I wrote about the initiative of Bohol Light Company Inc., the lone power distributor in Tagbilaran City and part of...
Should gov’t fund electric cooperatives?
AT FIRST glance, it may seem like a good idea. But a closer look suggests otherwise. This raises a critical question: Why should the...