A lineman repairing power lines damaged by typhoon “Tino” in Cebu province was electrocuted on Thursday. The victim was identified as Junric Niñal Heraldez, 25, junior lineman of Cebeco. Police said the victim was working with Raynel Cano, senior lineman of Cebeco, in Barangay Bojo, Aloguinsan...
BACOLOD CITY – A 38-year-old lineman of the Northern Negros Electric Cooperative was electrocuted to death in Barangay Lo-ok, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Friday, July 25. Police identified the victim as Jovi Bulfa, a resident of Barangay Bantayanon, Calatrava. Police said the victim...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Seventy-four linemen from electric cooperatives in the Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) region are competing in the first inter-electric cooperative linemen rodeo contest from Jan. 30 to 31 in San Teodoro,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old lineman plunged to his death while working on an electric post in Barangay Villamonte here amid inclement weather due to the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by tropical cyclones on Sunday, September 15. A 34-year-old Negros Power lineman, Jessie James...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A 48-year-old lineman of the La Union Electric Co. died after he was electrocuted while repairing a transformer here on Wednesday, April 3. Police identified the victim as Guillermo Laconsay from Barangay Ili Sur, San Juan, La Union. Laconsay was securing his...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – A 31-year-old lineman died after he was electrocuted and fell off a ladder while laying wires in Barangay Poblacion 5, this city, on Saturday morning, November 11. Police identified the victim as Christian Fajardo, a resident of Barangay Banay-banay, Lipa City, Batangas....
TACLOBAN CITY – A lineman from the Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (SOLECO) died after he was electrocuted while repairing a transformer in Sogod, Southern Leyte, on Friday, November 3. The victim was identified as Olvic Arayan, a lineman who had worked for SOLECO for 16...
A lineman of a local power firm was injured after being bitten by a snake he helped rescued from a power line in Jaro district of Iloilo City. (PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO) In a report from ABS CBN, local residents first saw the snake coiled in a power line and immediately reported it to the authorities...
