By Limuel S. Celebria I witnessed my first Dinagyang, the Iloilo Ati-Atihan rather, in 1974. This was when the event – far from being a festival – was barely a few years away from its copycat infancy. Clad in bell-bottom jeans and platform shoes, which was the rage at the time, I joined a throng
January 22, 2020
By: Limuel S. Celebria I am amused at the recent statement by the Iloilo Regional Trial Court judge handling the expropriation case filed by More electric and power company (More) against Panay Electric Company (PECO). RTC Branch 35 Judge Daniel Amular, who was accused administratively by More for “grave misconduct, gross ignorance of the law,
January 9, 2020
By: Limuel S. Celebria I am neither surprised nor disappointed by the court’s decision to convict the principal accused in the 10-year old Ampatuan Massacre case in which some 58 were killed including some 32 journalists. It was an open and shut case which dragged on for years mainly because so many were accused, including
December 23, 2019
By: Limuel Celebria Our previous columns have been focused on the city’s power sector. We simply couldn’t help it. The vitriolic exchange of issues between ‘outgoing’ power distributor Panay Electric Company (PECO) and its would-be successor, More Electric and Power Company has engaged the entire community. The clash between PECO and MORE, including supporters on
November 16, 2019
By: Limuel Celebria When Congress comes out of its Halloween break this week, it is quite possible that a resolution will be filed calling for an investigation into the two-day power outage that plunged Iloilo City and the rest of the Western Visayas region as everyone was preparing for the observance of All Saints/ Soul’s
November 5, 2019
By: Limuel S. Celebria THE continuing struggle for power distribution rights in Iloilo City between the old guard Panay Electric Company (Peco) and the new kid on the block More Electric and Power Corporation (More) appears just about ready for a final showdown – a do or die battle with the highest court of the
October 29, 2019
By: Limuel S. Celebria SOMETIME last week, at least four fires erupted nearly simultaneously in various parts of the city. The fires were caused by power transformers that burst into flames due to overload. Luckily, the fires did no extensive damage to nearby residential communities. Thanks mostly to the quick response of our city’s firefighters.
October 26, 2019
By: Limuel Celebria FOR HER first bill, Iloilo City’s first lady representative filed HB 909 calling for an increase in the bed capacity of the perennially over-crowded West Visayas Medical Center in Mandurriao district. The bill, which also called for an appropriate increase in budget and personnel for the regional hospital, was filed by Congw.
October 2, 2019
By: Limuel S. Celebria BELEAGUERED power firm Panay Electric Co. Inc. is barking up the wrong tree when it excoriated Iloilo City Rep. Julienne “Jamjam” Baronda following the denial of its application for the renewal of its franchise by the House Committee on Franchises. PECO, it seems, is heaping all the blame on Congw. Baronda
September 21, 2019
By: Limuel Celebria IN THE years I’ve known farmer-entrepreneur Rommel Ynion, I’ve never heard him sing nor hum a single note. And there were days when we were together from morning till night. He doesn’t even listen to radio. I thought there’s just not a single musical bone in his immense body. Until lately. Now,
August 22, 2019