Asking PECO to explain not enough
YESTERDAY’S news on the Energy
Regulatory Commission (ERC) asking Panay Electric Co. (PECO) to “explain
apparent operational lapses” was a step in the right direction and...
How safe is our money in the bank?
BY CHANCE I turned on
my TV at a time when broadcaster Joel Reyes Zobel was commenting on the
futility of saving substantial idle money in...
Bracing for ‘Tisoy’
AS I was
writing this yesterday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and
Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) was warning that typhoon “Kammuri”
was poised to enter the Philippine Area...
Nobody wins an argument
WAY BACK when I
was a child in the 1950s, religious “debates” at our plaza were in vogue –
usually between ministers of the Iglesia ni...
Still hoping for PECO’s gracious exit
PUBLISHED figures
on how much Panay Electric Co. (PECO) owes the Iloilo City government in
accrued realty taxes, unpaid since 2006, vary from P90 to P98...
What every seaman should know
OVERSEAS Filipino seamen earn much more than their interisland
counterparts; and so they easily acquire palatial homes, high-end cars
and anything under the sun.
This perception, however,...
Chinese drug lords ‘confidential’?
THE THREAT of
President Rodrigo Duterte to remove Vice President Leni Robredo from her
“anti-drug czar” post if she disclosed “confidential information” on the war on
drugs...
The ERC should now intervene
LET US commend
the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for denying its alleged hand in
organizing the “PECO ERC Press Con” held in Makati City on Nov....
Scrutinizing Baronda’s ‘redistricting’ bill
WE HAVE heard
people deride the “redistricting” bill of Rep. Julienne “Jam-jam” Baronda,
which would divide Iloilo City into two congressional districts.
House Bill No.
3074 –...
Mayor JPT serious in ‘auction’ threat
COULD
non-payment of realty taxes be ground for the Iloilo City government to
terminate the business of Panay Electric Co. (PECO)?
I
asked Mayor Jerry P. Treñas that...