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‘Public safety should factor in holding events’

ILOILO City – The safety of citizens must be the first consideration of local government units (LGUs) in holding or canceling tourism events, stressed Director Helen...
A personnel of MORE Electric and Power Corp. mans the switchboard of the power substation in Barangay Bolilao, Mandurriao, Iloilo City. The new power distributor has taken control of all power substations in Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

No official order for MORE Power CPCN – ERC exec

ILOILO City – Contrary to what had been announced these past few days, MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) owned by ports magnate Enrique Razon...
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Region-wide lockdown? Easier said than done – DOH

ILOILO City – Should a lockdown be observed in Western Visayas to shield its residents from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or stop the virus from...
Marcelo Cacho, Panay Electric Co. (PECO) head of Public Engagement and Government Affairs

PECO: What reliability? Consumers hit MORE Power for electricity service breakdown

ILOILO City – Power consumers here are outraged by the brownouts taking place just one week after ports magnate Enrique Razon’s MORE Electric and Power Corp....
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,...
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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,...