Tomas, Veco sign power supply accord for South Road Properties

By Marian Z. Codilla, Reporter

A DAY before leaving for the United States, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña signed a memorandum of agreement with the Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) to distribute power in the South Road Properties (SRP).

The mayor is scheduled to board a 12:45 p.m Cathay Pacific flight direct to Los Angeles together with wife Margot and only son Miguel.



Osmena said he will return to Cebu City on the first week of May after his surgery for the removal of his urinary bladder.

Osmeña, who has stage 4 cancer, attended to his City Hall duties with a full schedule yesterday.

He showed no sign of fatigue and told some reporters it was all right to remove their hospital face masks because he was feeling okay.

Veco agreed to provide electric power to the SRP and charge the businesses in the area the same rate as customers in the rest of Metro Cebu.

The agreement also stated that Veco will pay the city an access fee of P0.20 per kilowatt hour to be charged to the businesses and reflected in their monthly statement of accounts.

Cebu City Administrator Francisco Fernandez said the SRP is considered part of Veco's franchise area so the no public bidding was needed.