Showing posts with label business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label business. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Why Peco gets conservative with new power supply contract

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

RABID opposition by parties riling against additional power sources in Panay may have forced Panay Electric Co. (Peco) to be conservative in contracting power from the coal-fired power plant of Global Business Power Corp. (GBPC).

POWER FOR ILOILO CITY

Coal plant still on load test but now mitigating outages

By Tara Yap

LONG power outages may now be mitigated as the region’s first-coal fired power plant is currently generating 50% of its capacity after successfully synchronizing its system to the grid and Panay Electric Company, Iloilo City’s lone power distributor.

Jalaur project funding in nat’l budget

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

PART of the P17.5-billion “private public partnership” (PPP) fund can be used in the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project (JRMPP) of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA).

City may de-annex from MIWD – Jed

By Lydia C. Pendon

MAYOR Jed Patrick Mabilog has directed the City Legal Office to study all possible angles and bring to court all those who instigated the take over of the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) and the ouster of the old board of directors.

Monday, November 15, 2010

‘Peco’s supply contract with PEDC conservative’

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

IS Panay Electric Co.’s (Peco) power supply deal with Global Business Power Corp. (GBPC) enough to cover present and future power demands of Iloilo City?

Friday, November 5, 2010

Coal plant test run slated

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

THE contractor of the 164-megawatt coal-fired power plant in LaPaz, Iloilo City will test run the facility’s first unit next week en route to its actual commercial operations next year.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

W V aims as RP's forerunner in bio-fuel, renewable energy

BROWNOUTS may be minimized for the people of Western Visayas with the pouring in of renewable and bio-energy projects in the region.

Friday, October 22, 2010

HARMONIZE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Need for master plan for city, province cited

By Francis Allan L. Angelo and Lydia C. Pendon

THE city and province of Iloilo can harmonize growth and development through the crafting of a master plan for development.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

‘Twinning to give birth to Ilonggo economic empire’

By Dolly Yasa

BACOLOD City – The twinning of Bacolod and Iloilo cities is just the beginning of a productive partnership that would give birth to the Ilonggo economic empire in this part of the country underlined by a vision of creating “One Visayas Region”.