Residents of Barangay Ingore in Lapaz trooped to the public hearing conducted by the City Zoning Board chaired by Atty. Edgar Gil to express their bitter disappointment that Global Business Power Corp., which is building a coal-fired power plant there, broke its promise of giving priority them priority for employment when it is put up.
It [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 28, 2009
An absurd challenge
A local newspaper ran a headline this way: ‘PA BANIAS CHALLENGES DETRACTORS TO UNDERGO LIE DETECTOR TEST’.
I didn’t bother to read further, but I must say that I found the statement rather absurd and ridiculous. Banias was apparently talking about the controversy over the power supply agreement between Iloilo Electric Cooperative III (Ileco III and [...]
May 24, 2009
Crafting the Citizens Charter
The Iloilo Provincial Government has been chosen by the Civil Service Commission as the “showcase” for the implementation of the Anti-Red Tape Act. For this purpose, the provincial government will be crafting a Citizens Charter as a guiding documents for setting standards of excellence for public service delivery. [...]
