ILOILO CITY – This city, the regional capital of Western Visayas, is losing P500 million daily from the blackout that started on January 2 and now on its fourth day on Friday, January 5. Mayor Jerry Treñas said with this calculation from the Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin The call to investigate the massive power outage on Panay island is beginning to snowball in the House of Representatives. This, after House Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)-Iloilo chapter lamented the negative impact of the long and massive power blackout in this city, Iloilo province, and the rest of Panay Island. A SHOP in Iloilo City is forced to use a generator due to a blackout. (Arnold...
ILOILO CITY – Following the ongoing massive blackout that hit Panay Island, the Department of Energy (DOE) reiterated on Wednesday the reminder to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to adhere to its responsibilities as system operator (SO). “NGCP is in a position to anticipate...
Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo City lone district Rep. Julienne “Jam-Jam” Baronda is urging the House of Representatives to investigate in aid of legislation the power outages that affected several provinces in Western Visayas. In a statement on Wednesday, Jan. 3, Baronda said the...
ILOILO CITY – A major power blackout crippled Panay Island starting Tuesday, January 2. Majority of Panay Island still had no power as of posting time. Affected areas were Aklan, Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo as well as this city, the regional capital of Western Visayas. Also hit by the outage was...
BACOLOD CITY – The Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco) fully restored electricity in three areas in Negros Occidental on Sunday night, September 3, after a five-day blackout due to the tripping of their 15 MVA power transformer at Victorias City substation. The power interruption since...
ILOILO CITY – After the massive blackout in Western Visayas late last month, the Committee on Infrastructure of the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Western Visayas has urged the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to fast-track the improvement of its facilities. TRENAS (FB) “I...
ILOILO CITY – Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Sen. Grace Poe have urged solutions after massive power blackouts hit Western Visayas region last week. ZUBIRI (Senate FB) Zubiri called on the Department of Energy (DOE) and the privately owned National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to...
(MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto is pushing for a "complete check-up" of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the country’s main gateway. This, after an embarrassing eight-hour power outage struck NAIA on Monday, May 1, causing the delay...
ILOILO CITY – The House Committee on Energy has been urged to probe the massive power blackout that hit Western Visayas last week. Four congressmen from Western Visayas filed House Resolution No. 993 seeking the investigation. In House Resolution No. 993, the committee was asked “to immediately...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has reportedly instructed the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to act on the problems besetting the Visayas grid that resulted in massive power blackouts across Western Visayas region last week. According to Iloilo Gov. Arthur “Toto”...
