Poe commends MORE Power’s service in Iloilo

SEN . Grace Poe has applauded the efficient service of MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power), the distribution utility in Iloilo City, which was able to address the electricity shortage and high electricity bill in Iloilo City in just a span of three years following the grant of its legislative franchise.

Poe commended MORE Power during the continuation of the joint investigation of the Senate Committee on Energy and Committee on Public Services in relation to the frequent brownout experienced in different parts of the country due to the poor management of electric cooperatives.

The senator believed that the entry of private players like MORE Power is the key to improving the power services and preventing frequent brownouts.

kilometers traveled per week with or without passengers.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board would tap operators of public utility vehicles under an agreement.

Republic Act 11494 or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, RA 11518 or the 2021 General Appropriations Act, and RA 11639 or the General Appropriations Act allocated P16.97 billion for the implementation of the SCP.

This would provide monetary subsidies as a temporary livelihood for workers in the transport industry who were recovering from the impact of the

COVID-19 pandemic and the continuous implementation of the program.

According to COA, the LTFRB failed to fully utilize the SCP phase 1 funds despite the extension of its utilization until June 30, 2021.

It cited a total cash in bank balance as of Aug. 5, 2021 in the amount of P4,007,491,117.58 that was fully refunded by the LTFRB to the DOTr.

It recommended to the LTFRB to facilitate the immediate payment of all unpaid obligations to the SCP participants and their corresponding liquidation to the DOTr to determine the exact amount of unutilized funds as of Dec. 31, 2022.

“With bigger capitalization from the private sector and a responsibility to their shareholders, they can provide better service. In Iloilo City, when MORE Power’s franchise was approved, the service definitely improved,” said Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Services.

It was in 2020 when MORE Power started its operation, but within three years, its five-year development plan for improving power services in Iloilo City was almost completed.

MORE Power President and Chief Executive Officer Roel Castro said that since the company took over the power supply in Iloilo City from Panay Electric Company (PECO), it has invested P1.5 billion worth of investments dedicated to the modernization of the power distribution facilities. Macon Ramos Araneta cial and government establishments.

COMMUTERS between Novaliches, Quezon City, and Valenzuela City and vice versa do not have to worry about being stranded during the planned transport strike in Metro Manila on July 24 to 26, to be led by public utility jeepney (PUJ) operators and drivers protesting the government’s modernization program.

A total of 84 air-conditioned minibuses or modern jeepneys belonging to two transport cooperatives and plying the Gen. Luis St. (formerly Novaliches-Polo Road) route from the former Novaliches town proper to MacArthur Highway in Malinta, Valenzuela City are not joining the “tigil-pasada” (stop operation) spearheaded by the Manibela ransport group.

Fifty-two of the units are operated by the Novaliches-Malinta Jeepney Transport Service Cooperative (NMJTSC) and 32 units by the Novaliches Development Cooperative Inc. (NOVADECI).

EO 32, which was signed on July 4, provides that applications of telecommunications service providers within the prescribed period shall be deemed automatically approved.

Cities and municipalities are also tasked to set up one-stop shops for construction permits for telecommunications facilities.

A zero-backlog policy for applications with government offices shall also be in effect.

“It’s an accomplishment he can certainly tout during the State-of-the-Nation Address,” Salceda said.

He filed House Bill No. 8534 seeking to amend the National Building Code to require condominiums to reserve spaces for telecommunications facilities.

Rio N. Araja