Cebu Pacific, global airlines hit by Microsoft outage

Meg J. Adonis 07/19/2024

MANILA, Philippines – The global outage of technology giant Microsoft has affected the system of budget carrier Cebu Pacific, the airline confirmed in a statement on Friday. Cebu Pacific said it was experiencing “technical issues, reportedly related…

Frequent outages seen in the Visayas

Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/29/2023

CEBU CITY—Power consumers in the Visayas have been advised to prepare for possible rotational brownouts because the energy supply may be lower than what is needed by the six Visayan islands interconnected in the grid. The National…

Veco prepares contingency plan for May 13 polls

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Visayan Electric Company (Veco) has committed to provide faster response if power outages occur in polling places within its service areas during the May 13 polls. Veco chief operating officer Anton Mari Perdices said…

Emergency power outage affects Brgy Day-as, Cebu City

Doris C. Bongcac 03/20/2019

LOOK:  Emergency power outage affects portions of P. Del Rosario Street in Barangay Day-as, Cebu City today, March 20, after a passing truck snagged telco wires and caused two primary poles of the Visayan Electric Company (VECO) to…

Container van hits power lines in Bohol causing power outage

Inquirer.net 09/29/2018

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — A container van ran into electric lines along Benigno Aquino Avenue in Barangay Booy in this city before noon yesterday causing power interruption in the area. The truck, owned by Lite Shipping Company,…

Veco: Balloon caused power outage during start of the Sinulog Grand Parade 

Doris C. Bongcac 01/21/2018

  The power outage experienced earlier today was traced to a balloon that got entangled with the primary line of the Visayan Electric Company (Veco) located along J. Tormis Street in Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City. The…

Blackout continues in Bohol, Leyte, Samar a day after earthquake

Leo Udtohan 07/07/2017

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol- Michelle Barimbao, 28, had to buy kerosene at a gasoline station in the city since the sari-sari stores had ran out of supply after the blackout gripped the province following Thursday’s earthquake. She…

Mactan airport prepares for expected power outage

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/11/2017

  Even with generator sets in place to ensure ample power supply amid week-long service interruptions on Mactan Island, local business establishments have taken further steps to save on energy. The management of the Mactan Cebu International…

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