ILOILO CITY – To avoid a repeat of the massive blackouts that affected Iloilo and Panay Island last year, MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) urged the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to complete its substation in this city. A LINEMAN of MORE Power...
TACLOBAN CITY - The province of Leyte was hit by an unscheduled 11-hour power interruption on New Year's Eve. The outage affected the whole coverage area of the Leyte Electric Cooperative II. It affected Tacloban City, Babatngon, and Palo beginning around 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. The...
Relief distribution in an evacuation center in Imus City on October 25 (Photo from Mayor Alex Advincula's Facebook page/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – A total of 3,467 families or 12,325 individuals have been evacuated in the province due to the impact of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine....
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) reported that it has restored power to thousands of consumers affected by severe tropical storm Kristine. As of noon Thursday, Oct. 24, Meralco said that 397,129 customers remain without electricity, but this number is steadily decreasing from 535,000...
BACOLOD CITY – Power was fully restored in three areas in northern Negros Occidental on Friday, Oct. 18, three days after a series of power outages. POWER was restored in northern Negros Occidental after three days. (Noneco) In a statement, the Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco)...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Electric Power Corp. (NEPC/Negros Power) restored power to more than 40,000 consumers here on Monday, August 26, five days after a series of power outages triggered by the shutdown of the Alijis substation on Wednesday, August 21. ROEL Castro (left), president and chief...
BACOLOD CITY – At least 47,000 households or 22 percent of the 224,000 consumers served by the Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC/Negros Power) have been affected by the widespread unscheduled power interruption here since Wednesday night, August 21. AN employee of the Negros Electric and...
Major areas in Jalajala and parts of Cainta in Rizal Province will have no water for up to six hours until Wednesday, June 19, due to Manila Water’s maintenance activities. In Jalajala, portions of Barangay Sipsipin; Special District; Second District, Third District, Bayugo; Punta; Palaypalay;...
Several villages in some areas in Binangonan will have power interruption on Feb. 25 in line with Manila Electric Company’s maintenance activities in the affected areas. Starting at 12:01 a.m. on February 25, the power service interruption will affect portions of Quarry Road from Manila East Road...
Reiterating her stance against Charter change (Cha-cha), Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Friday, Feb. 16 that the consumers' experience of power instabilities under public utilities despite foreign involvement was a clear indication of "failure". She says that this is contrary to the claims that...
Cleansing from misdeeds as well as review of categorization of the country’s more than 120 electric cooperatives (ECs) are being pushed following reports of less-than-desired operational outcomes of these power utilities. The call was put forward by Senate Committee on Energy Vice Chairman...
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. continues its pressure testing in Quezon City, affecting several barangays in the coming week. According to Maynilad, the pressure testing will begin Monday, Jan. 22 and will be done during the late evenings to early mornings to avoid further...
