Millions of Florida residents were without power and extensive damage was reported in the Florida Keys, but most of the Sunshine State appeared to have dodged forecasts of catastrophic damage from Hurricane Irma. The monster storm roared…
POWER RESILIENCY PROGRAM THE Department of Energy is urging local government units (LGUs) in the Visayas to come up with their own power resiliency program to address vulnerability to calamities. The energy department is looking into a…
Inflation rose by 3.1 percent in August, the fastest in three months, partly due to higher food, fuel and power prices coupled with a weaker peso, the government reported Tuesday. The latest Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)…
FIVE HUNDRED runners will answer the starting gun today for the first Fern-C Power Up Run that will start and finish at the Robinsons Galleria Cebu. The running event organized by Fern-C, a vitamin brand originated…
The First Toledo Solar Energy Corporation (FTSEC) has switched on its 60-megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Toledo City in southwestern Cebu after it was awarded a certificate of compliance (COC) by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).…
TACLOBAN CITY — Power supply in Leyte and the rest of Eastern Visayas region is slowly stabilizing, two weeks after the strong earthquake damaged the transmission line and geothermal power plants in the province. On Thursday, the…
THE public is advised to continue to store water. Edna Inocando, officer-in-charge of the Public Affairs Department (PAD) of Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) said water supply is continuously affected by the ongoing rotational brownouts. “Dependent man…
ORMOC CITY—Residents in Leyte and the rest of Eastern Visayas will have to wait until the end of the month before power will be fully restored. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi told President Duterte during a briefing…
Kepco says they can help stabilize power situation in Metro Cebu The Naga City-based Kepco SPC Power Corp. (KSPC) is offering to help stabilize supply of power in Cebu especially in Metro Cebu. “Despite the 6.5-magnitude earthquake…
There are few things in life other than an earthquake that can remind us not only of our mortality but the frailty of our systems that we take for granted, such as our water and power supply.…
While facing a power crisis is not new to Cebu, local business leaders believe the present situation calls for additional investments in the energy sector in the Visayas to mitigate the effects of similar events in the…
Energy chief assures power back by Monday with work on Leyte power plants done by then Just a few more days. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Tuesday said electricity services would be back in quake-affected areas by…
