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...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Wednesday, January 3 called on the government to come up with a mechanism to address the massive power outage that hit Panay Island. “The severity of the power shortage in Panay Island cannot be overstated. The absence of electricity not only...
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...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) reported ongoing power restoration efforts in parts of Visayas that are affected by the Panay power plant shutdown. According to an update as of 6:00AM on Wednesday, Jan. 3, the NGCP said that 144.2 megawatts (MW) of power was being served by...
ILOILO CITY – A short film on the Panay Bukidnon indigenous peoples won in the 46th Gawad Urian. “Paglupad ka Banog” (The Flight of Banog) by director Elvert Bañares was awarded as Best Short Film in the annual awards given by film critic organization Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (MPP) on...
ILOILO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6 warned the people that red tide is still present in eight coastal areas of Panay Island. “All types of shellfish and ‘alamang’ (shrimp fry) are not safe from human consumption,” the BFAR said in Shellfish Bulletin No....
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 said the proposed bridge linking the islands of Panay and Guimaras will be constructed and completed by the end of the Marcos administration. A PERSEPECTIVE of the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge. (DPWH) “It is...
A GUIDE FROM ABOVE Mayans used constellations for orienting their temples. Photo above shows a temple based in Tikal, Guatemala During the latter part of lockdown, when people were finally allowed to leave their homes and freely walk around the village, I would go out at night, luxuriating in the...
ILOILO CITY – The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is preparing its system in Panay Island for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30. CYNTHIA Alabanza, assistant vice president for public relations of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP),...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday, October 6, distributed rice and cash aid to beneficiaries of programs under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in three provinces in Panay Island. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., assisted by DSWD Secretary Rex...
The Energy Regulatory Commission has granted the plea of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and its affiliate-firm Panay Energy Development Corporation (PEDC) on their contract price adjustment. In tandem with that ruling of the Commission had also been the approval on a...
ILOILO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6 (Western Visayas) confirmed the presence of red tide in 10 coastal areas in Panay Island following the death of a boy after eating “tahong” or green mussels. “To safeguard human lives, the public is strongly advised to...
