700 Mandaue fire victims get water supply

Norman V. Mendoza 12/15/2017

More than 700 fire victims in Barangay Mantuyong, Mandaue City will get their water supply from the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) before Christmas. The MCWD, together with the Sustainable and Resilient Pro-poor Water Supply Project Cebu…

NFA rice supply in CV good for 9 days

Futch Anthony Inso 12/05/2017

THE National Food Authority in Central Visayas (NFA-7) is limiting its distribution of the supply of NFA rice to accredited retailers in the region because the NFA has only a 9-day buffer stock for Central Visayas. Procopio…

Flower prices at Freedom Park surge

Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/31/2017

THE increase in demand of flowers for the All Souls’ and Saints’ Days and the decrease in supply from local farms sent prices of some flowers at the Freedom Park in Cebu City soaring to as high…

The Greenmarket in NYC’s Union Square

Aissa A. Dela Cruz 10/20/2017

FROM farm to table and more! GROWNYC Greenmarket Program, established in 1976, has been promoting regional agriculture, ensuring the supply of fresh local produce for New Yorkers. It supports farmers and preserves farmland for the future by…

Power outages affecting water supply

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/13/2017

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…

Power supply offer

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/13/2017

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…

Cebu bizmen to government: Build reserve power supply

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/12/2017

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…

Alvizo’s drug supply from husband jailed in Bilibid?

Benjie B. Talisic, Calvin D. Cordova, Morexette Erram 07/07/2017

Malabago, Badian Barangay Captain Epifania Alvizo lived an extravagant life that a public official with a meager income couldn’t possibly afford. And it was because of her extravagant lifestyle that authorities began to suspect the source of…

Veco’s power supply model shows PH can go green

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/29/2017

  WITH 50 percent of its power supply coming from renewable energy sources, Cebu-based Visayan Electric Company (Veco) is a testament that it is possible for the Philippines to go green. Anton Perdices, Veco chief operating officer,…

Huramentado

Raymund Fernandez 06/06/2017

The whole point of terror is to change us. . . . To change the way we look at ourselves, and even as this happens, to change the way we look at the world. We fear the…

Lower power rates in the offing as Visayas shifts to RCOA

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/11/2017

Despite setbacks in the full implementation of the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) scheme in the power industry, consumers are still seeing its benefits and are taking advantage of their power to choose where to source…

Low water supply hounds Capitol Site residents

Carine Era Asutilla-Lapid 03/18/2017

IT had been a month since Oliver Tubelar started spending P100 a day to fill 10 containers of water at a refilling station in Sitio Quintolimbo, Barangay Capitol Site in Cebu City. Due to the low water…

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