MUMBAI, India — Part of a pedestrian bridge at a Mumbai train station collapsed Tuesday morning during heavy rains, trapping at least one person and injuring five. The concrete slab fell onto empty train tracks, damaging part…
Standing at 5’2, she is not as imposing as the other members of the Philippine National Police (PNP). But make no mistake about it. Senior Supt. Royina Garma is no pushover in an organization dominated by men.…
THE growing demand for rooftop solar projects has prompted Cebu-based energy firm Vivant Corporation to pursue these small-scale projects not just in Cebu but in other parts of the country as well. Since they started in 2017,…
P3.3B FOR 2018 INVESTMENTS In order to provide electricity in more unserviced areas, listed energy firm Vivant Corporation (VVT) is developing renewable hybrid power projects in different parts of the country. These power projects, which aim to…
SCIENCE HIGH THE Visayan Electric Company (Veco) yesterday said the outstanding electric bill of the Cebu City National Science High School (CCNSHS) is over half a million pesos incurred during a five-month period. Veco said the school…
The Cebu City National Science High School has only up to today, Wednesday, to pay over P369,000 in unpaid electric bills otherwise its students numbering close to a thousand will hold classes without lights. The school’s principal,…
Just after midnight, a group of confused youngsters knocked on our parish rectory bringing a young woman to be prayed-over. They claimed she was possessed. She was shouting, asking them to let her go when they arrived.…
NO significant increase in electricity bills are expected for consumers of the Visayan Electric Company (VECO) this year in spite of increasing oil prices and the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law. According to Bernard…
Note: This piece is published in major dailies in observance of the annual World Press Freedom Day. Rodrigo R. Duterte’s presidency has altered and controlled the public discourse so radically in its favor in ways rude and…
THERE will be enough power supply during next month’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, the Department of Energy (DOE) has assured. Engr. Rey Maleza, head of the energy industry management division of the DOE-Visayas Field Office,…
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…
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…
