By: Emme Rose Santiagudo
A power firm donated computer equipment to the Iloilo City government to support efforts to digitize transactions by 2020.
On Friday, MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) President and COO Roel Castro turned over three computer sets, an A3 size capable printer, and an A3 size capable scanner to Mayor Jerry Treñas.
The Razon-led power firm said they want to support the direction of the local government particularly in digitizing its transactions.
“This is a very simple gesture of MORE Power of our support to the local government of Iloilo. While we are still inching our way into Iloilo, you have our assurance that MORE Power will always be an active supporter of the local government because at the end of the day it’s collaboration between the local government and the company since both of us are into I would call public service,” he said on Friday.
MORE Power is poised to take over power distribution services in Iloilo City after securing its franchise in February 2019.
Despite the continuing tug-of-war with Panay Electric Co. (PECO), Castro said they want to be an active collaborator of the local government and the stakeholders in the metro.
Hence, there should be no malice in their donation, he added.
“From our point of regardless of what is happening, we will always be an active collaborator with the local government and stakeholders in the area. Once MORE Power takes over the operations, the constituents of the city are also our constituents in the sense that they are also our customers.”
The Office of the Building Official (OBO) and City Engineer’s Office will benefit from the donation, particularly in the processing of Certificates of Final Electrical Inspection (CFEIs) and Permits for Temporary Service Connection.
Mayor Jerry Treñas said that the donation is timely since the city government is starting to digitize its transactions.
“We want to digitize three important offices in the city hall particularly the OBO, Local Civil Registry (LCR) and the City Engineer’s Office. It is so difficult to look at the records of OBO considering that there are a lot of transactions every day and filing system in the OBO is so traditional,” he said.
