The power in numbers

Clint Holton Potestas 10/16/2018

WHAT is the quotient of four divided by 41? Consider the possibilities in this simple show of solution. Yesterday, 10 of the 41 fashion designers unfurled their latest collection at the 9th Panasonic Fashion Festival at the…

Power unfunny

Raymund Fernandez 10/02/2018

What do Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and Rodrigo Duterte have in common? They are powerful men. They are all funny. Or try to be. Though the joke is more often than not on us. And where Duterte…

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,…

Visayas grid power supply assured after landslide

Inquirer 09/23/2018

The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is taking steps to prevent any shortage of electricity in the Visayas grid after a landslide in Cebu downed three transmission towers. NGCP, in a statement, said as of…

Staying power

Clint Holton Potestas 09/22/2018

INSIDE the residence of Ditas Rodriguez is a pull-push of two forces that are odd together. What renders the illumination throughout the low-ceiling living room is the afternoon sunlight absorbed in the indoor pocket garden. Shadows of…

NGCP: Ompong cuts power in 7 provinces

Inquirer.net 09/15/2018

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on Saturday said seven provinces hardest hit by typhoon “Ompong” are experiencing “total power outage.” Affected provinces with total power outage include Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Kalinga Apayao,…

Power and villainy

Jason A. Baguia 09/11/2018

Somewhere it is written that evil is boring. It is rather predictable. It is never creative. This is the reason tyrants or villains seem to copy each other’s ways and end up making heroes or martyrs of…

Power firm shows how to go green, save, earn

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/10/2018

NET METERING PROGRAM There has been a growing awareness among businesses and even households on the significance of going green in terms of power consumption. While bigger players in the power generation sector have ventured into massive…

South Korea to generate power with bio-heavy oil

Asia News Network, Inquirer.net 09/10/2018

SEOUL — South Korea’s Trade Ministry announced legislation approving the use of bio-heavy oil made with animal fat to produce electricity here, in a move toward the Moon Jae-in administration’s goal to boost the use of clean…

Quake cuts power in S. Mindanao

Inquirer.net 09/08/2018

DAVAO CITY – A magnitude-6.3 quake shook parts of southern Mindanao yesterday afternoon, causing panic, but so far there was no reported damage, according to the the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The tremor, which…

Groups hold prayer walk for end of coal plants

Rosalie Abatayo 09/06/2018

The downpour did not stop members of cause-oriented groups under Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) to march on the streets of downtown Cebu City to call for the end of coal-fired power plants in the province…

Island-barangay shines with solar power system from Vivant

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 08/15/2018

OFF GRID NO MORE Before their boat could even dock on the shores of Barangay Hilotongan, Bantayan Island, already — students and teachers in pink, green, red and white uniforms were clapping and cheering for the team…

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