Cebu towns experience brownout on Barangay and SK election

Morexette Marie Erram 10/30/2023

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Several towns in southern Cebu reportedly experienced brownout shortly after polling places there closed for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Monday afternoon, October 30. The Commission on Elections in…

Sinulog faithful unfazed by rain, brownout

Doris C. Bongcac 01/21/2018

RAIN and a 30-minute brownout didn’t deter spectators nor disrupted the clergy from officiating the 8 a.m. Mass that opened the Sinulog Grand Parade at the Cebu City Sports Center. Msgr. Roberto Alesna, parish priest of the…

Veco announces brownout schedule

Rosalie Abatayo 11/11/2017

  The Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) said a power service interruption will be felt in Metro Cebu Sunday to make way for service upgrade and maintenance of their lines in Cebu City, Mandaue City and Liloan town…

Building resiliency of our people

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 07/16/2017

The “rotating brown-out” happening in Cebu and other parts in the Visayas after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck the region is another dismal revelation of our lack of preparedness when disaster strikes. We still don’t learn, do…

MAO BA?

MAO BA? 07/11/2017

BROWNOUT Netizens were hopeful that the engineering students of Cebu Technological University-Main Campus would pass their exams despite being inconvenienced by a brownout caused by the irregular power supply due to last Thursday’s quake. A netizen named…

VECO: Be patient as rotational brownout continues

Victor Anthony Silva 07/11/2017

CEBU CITY—The power distributor in Metro Cebu has asked the public to be patient and understanding in the wake of the rotational brownouts due to a low power supply in the Visayas Grid. Given the current power…

NGCP exec assures stable power supply for Visayas

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/12/2017

DESPITE recent problems with the Luzon grid due to strong quakes in Batangas earlier this week, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) assured stable power supply for the Visayas. Rosette Martinez, NGCP Visayas spokesperson, said…

Container van causes brownout in Imus after hitting overhead wires

Nestle L. Semilla 12/03/2016

A 40-footer container van plowed electrical lines along New Imus Road at noontime yesterday, causing power interruption in the area. The truck owned by GDR Trucking and driven by Alan de Paz dragged the primary line hanging…

Fewer brownouts seen

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/05/2015

Residents in Cebu can look forward to fewer rotation brownouts at the end of the week, the regional Department of Energy (DOE) office said yesterday. This after Unit 1 of the Korean Electric Power Corp.-Salcon Power Corp.…

Whole-day brownout from Danao to Medellin town tomorrow

Doris C. Bongcac 06/12/2014

A whole-day brownout will be experienced tomorrow from Danao City to Medellin town in northern Cebu. The 69-KV Compostela – Medellin line will be shutdown to facilitate the Compostela upgrading project thus affecting the Cebeco II franchise…

Visayas grid short of 200 MW; brownouts this week

Aileen Garcia-Yap 05/20/2014

The Visayas Grid, which includes Cebu, is short by 200 megawatts starting today until the end of the week, due to power plant shutdowns for emergency preventive maintenance. Consumers can expect a spell of rotation brownouts lasting…

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