{"id":53819,"date":"2015-06-30T16:37:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T08:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=53819"},"modified":"2015-06-30T16:37:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T08:37:18","slug":"romblon-declares-dmci-persona-non-grata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/30\/romblon-declares-dmci-persona-non-grata\/","title":{"rendered":"Romblon declares DMCI persona non grata"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_53822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53822\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Romblon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53822\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Romblon.jpg\" alt=\"Wikipedia Photo\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Romblon.jpg 225w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Romblon-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikipedia Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The local government of Romblon has barred\u00a0DM Consunji Inc. (DMCI) for allegedly blocking the operation of a diesel plant in the island.<\/p>\n<p>Romblon declared DMCI persona non grata after the said plant blocked by the company lost a bidding.<\/p>\n<p>DMCI \u201cis disregarding the longstanding need of the people for a stable supply of electricity,&#8221; a resolution submitted to the Energy Regulatory Commission stated.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution indicated that 200,000 residents of the province opposed the company&#8217;s efforts to stop the construction of an eight-megawatt diesel power plant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis selfish vested interest of (DMCI) disrupts the delivery of basic government services, business and tourism industry, thereby seriously affecting the well-being of more than 200,000 residents on the island of Tablas due to daily power interruptions,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, therefore, be it resolved as it is resolved to declare (DMCI) persona non grata in the municipalities within the franchise area of Tielco (Tablas Island Electric Cooperative),&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution was signed by\u00a0Mayors Gerardo Montojo of Romblon; Baltazar Firmalo of Odiongan; Artemio Madrid of Sta. Maria; Jovencio Mayor Jr. of Ferrol; Leila Arboleda of Looc; Fernando Robillos of San Andres; Emmanuel Madrona of San Agustin; Robert Fabella of Calatrava; Fe Asher Visca of Sta. Fe; Eddie Lota of Alcantara; Ronnie Samson of San Jose; and Salem Tansingco of San Fernando.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The local government of Romblon has barred\u00a0DM Consunji Inc. (DMCI) for allegedly blocking the operation of a diesel &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":53822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}