A one-week information campaign will be held in the barangays before Cebu City takes drastic action and confiscates and arrests vendors and distributors of refilled butane canisters, which are illegal. “We haven’t started yet. We are only…
Energy demand growing 7% yearly; 2,000 MW needed in Visayas by 2020 More coal-fired power generation projects are still being undertaken in Cebu and in the Visayas than renewable energy projects, an official of the Department of…
Why is the most vulnerable and poster country to climate impacts still gung-ho about coal? It defies reason and logic to build more climate-change causing coal power plants amid the indubitable fact that burning coal and other…
THE Department of Energy (DOE) installed 2,300 solar power facilities in households of indigenous peoples (IPs) in 15 remote barangays in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. The off-grid hinterland barangays in Bayawan under the coverage of Negros Oriental…
Representatives of the Department of Energy (DOE) and Visayan Electric Co., Inc. (Veco) yesterday assured that Cebu will have adequate power supply during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings from August to October this year. Engineer Saul…
Naga plant damaged by fire; repairs to last days Fire yesterday struck part of the coal-fired power plant in Naga City causing damage which would take a few days to repair. An official of the Department of…
The Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday stopped three small-scale coal mining activities in barangay Bonbon, Cebu City. A cease-and-desist order was delivered to Paulino Bonghanoy in sitio Camarin yesterday morning by DOE Visayas Field Office representatives, led…
The Supreme Court’s recent decision marking a victory for dolphins, whales and marginal fisherman in the the Tañon Strait raises questions about other service contracts for oil exploration in the country. The High Court declared as unconstitutional…
An ordinance to ban the use, sale and refilling of butane canisters with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is under review by the Cebu Provincial Board. “There have been recent massive incidents of fire in Cebu province attributed…
The regional office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) scheduled a Dec. 17 public hearing on a fare rollback petition filed by former Cebu City councilor Augustus Pe Jr. Pe petitioned for a 50-centavo…
Repairs of the geothermal plant in Leyte will have to be completed this month to ensure that the Visayas grid meets a 15 to 20 percent increase in power demand during the summer months, energy officials said…
