ILOILO CITY – A subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) is providing a P16.45-million lighting system for a football field in this city – La Paz Plaza Football Ground in La Paz District.
JAIME T. Azurin, president of Global Business Power Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp., speaking in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap)
“Iloilo is the bastion of football players. All our great Filipino football players came from here,” said Jaime T. Azurin, president of Global Business Power Corp. (GBP), a wholly owned subsidiary of MGen.
The Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC), a subsidiary of the MGen that operates coal-fired power plants in this city, has embarked on a public-private partnership (PPP) with the Iloilo City government for the project.
The La Paz Plaza will have the first lighted football ground in Panay Island when completed.
The PEDC also partnered with the Iloilo City government for the rehabilitation of the plaza’s tennis court and koi lagoon and the creation of a butterfly garden.
“We’ve gone from being a power provider to being a community partner,” added Azurin during an appreciation event with the Iloilo media.