The 72 earthquakes that shook Kanlaon Volcano on Monday, Sept. 15, were caused by underground rock fracturing as pressure pushed upward beneath the volcano, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. “Ang ibig lamang sabihin ng pagdami ng volcano-tectonic earthquakes...
Cebu City officials have started a project that will have a “real impact” that will “pave for a more modern and progressive future.” CEBU City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia examines a heavy equipment for the city’s underground cabling project. (MyTVCebu) Mayor Raymond Garcia on Monday, March...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC/Negros Power) will start an P80-million, one-kilometer underground distribution system project on Lacson St. here by January. MAYOR Albee Benitez (left), Roel Castro (center), president of Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC), and NEPC...
The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) admitted that illegal or underground Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) remain to be a problem despite President Marcos’ order to close down all facilities by year’s end. PAOCC spokesperson Dr. Winston Casio (PTV screenshot)...
ILOILO CITY – A public-private partnership (PPP) has kicked off an underground wiring project that will refine the heritage zone of this city. PHOTOS of key heritage structures on J.M. Basa St. in Iloilo City once the P96-million underground wiring project is finished. (Arnold Almacen) This is...
CAMP Gen. Francisco S. Macabulos, Tarlac City – An underground ally of the New People’s Army in Tarlac province surrendered to the police on Wednesday, Jan. 18. His surrender was facilitated by the 1st Tarlac 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company and Tarlac Police Provincial Office. The...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The National Telecommunications Commission in Northern Mindanao (NTC-10) is eyeing to include the power lines in the underground cable development here as part of resolving the ‘spaghetti wires’ or overlapping wires and cables along the major streets in this city. The...
As she continues to visit typhoon-stricken areas in Visayas and Mindanao, one of the realizations presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo had was the need for the country to place electric and communication lines underground to prevent disruption in services during natural calamities and...
Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine, formerly Audioslave, sideman to Bruce Springsteen and solo artist among other things, was recently interviewed by Manila Bulletin regarding his latest solo album “The Atlas Underground Fire.” During the short exchange, we found out how he managed his...
