DOE-7 expects power demand increase this summer

Futch A. Inso 04/17/2018

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has recorded a slight increase on the demand of electricity this summer season. Although Department of Energy in Central VIsayas (DOLE-7) said that the power situation in the Visayas…

THE POWER OF ZUMBA

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 04/15/2018

BY THIS time, zumba—which the Mayo Clinic describes as a fitness program of Latin and international music combined with dance moves—has gathered a force of believers and doers in Cebu who embrace this exercise regimen to stay…

VECO: Don’t fly kites near power lines

PR 04/06/2018

Flying kites near power lines may cause power outages and electrocution. This was the warning of the Visayan Electric Company, Inc. (VECO) to children and parents, especially since summer vacation has started. Although kite-flying is a summer…

Power plays over projects

Editorial 03/27/2018

When bureaucrats and elected officials argue over which projects should get implemented or not, it’s not them but the public whom they were supposed to serve that suffers the most from the fallout of their oftentimes unnecessary…

NGCP: Visayas power supply remains stable

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/14/2018

Power supply in the Visayas remains stable despite the yellow alert status raised by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). Rosette Martinez, NGCP-Visayas Public Affairs head, yesterday said that the supply from the Luzon grid…

Philippines under a single power grid soon

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/06/2018

Asingle grid would improve the stability of power supply and help boost investments in power plant projects in the Philippines by expanding market access to the entire Philippines. Lawyer Cynthia Alabanza, spokesperson and head of corporate communication…

Celebrating EDSA People Power 32 Years After

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 02/25/2018

32 years thereafter, the spirit of EDSA People Power lives on. True? Amid the continuing challenges to our freedoms and liberties, not a few would understandably sigh and disagree. Others are getting exasperated at the perceived indifference…

Visayas-Mindanao power interconnection set by 2020

Irene Seno-Cruz 02/21/2018

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines is starting to implement the pre-construction stage of its P51.6-billion Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection project (MVIP) estimated to be completed by the year 2020. Ma. Rosette B. Martinez, regional corporate communications and…

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…

Sinulog Festival grand parade kicks off with heavy rain, power interruption amid a signal shutdown

Doris C. Bongcac 01/21/2018

  A heavy downpour and power interruption were experienced while the Sinulog grand parade opening Mass was ongoing at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC). But the rain and technical difficulties did not stop Msgr. Roberto Alesna,…

The power of helplessness

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 01/13/2018

John Ruskin considered Raphael’s Ansidei Madonna “one of the most perfect pictures of the world.” Raphael was in his early twenties when he did the painting, which Niccolò Ansidei had commissioned for a family chapel in honor…

Train effect: Mactan Electric Co. to hike power rates, too

Norman V. Mendoza 01/09/2018

  WITH some power distributors in Cebu like the Visayan Electric Co. and Cebu Electric Cooperative 2 (Cebeco 2) announcing their plans to increase electricity rates next month, the Mactan Electric Co. (Meco) will also increase their…

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