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…
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…
As I wrote this, the weather remained tolerably warm for the most part in Metro Cebu, but local news broadcasts had long reminded the public about the forecast of the state weather bureau Pagasa on the hot…
DAYS after the water supply in their municipal hall as well as in the other government buildings of the town had been cut off, the municipal officials of Sibonga, a town in southern Cebu, has resorted to…
Thousands of residents of Surigao City in Mindanao huddled on the streets Sunday, two days after a deadly quake, as aftershocks continued to hit the region. The 6.7-magnitude quake struck Surigao and nearby areas late Friday, killing…
CEBU and the rest of the Visayas will have ample power supply during the Christmas season despite power interruptions over the weekend, an official of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said yesterday. “We have…
THE Bantayan Electric Cooperative (Banelco), together with Bantayan Island Power Corporation, will purchase a three-megawatt generator set next week from China for additional power reserve in Bantayan Island. Bantayan Island has been experiencing power interruptions due to…
As Cebu has been experiencing light, moderate to occasionally heavy rains, the island’s water supply is now almost back to normal. According to Raul Tabasa, Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) Engineering department manager, the water supply in…
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) said it cannot prioritize the building and operation of dams at the Mananga-Kotkot-Lusaran river basins amid public clamor for additional sources of potable water. During a meeting of the Metro Cebu…
CEBU City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña wanted all 600 students staying in a city-owned condominium to move out but admitted that they don’t have any place for them to transfer to. “What I’ve found out, first, the…
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) conducted water sampling at the Cebu City Central School, the second of 11 schools it is visiting to help ensure their water supply is safe for the schoolchildren. MCWD community relations…
The (CCTO) will field additional personnel to augment existing traffic enforcers, especially in schools located along major traffic routes. This is in anticipation of an increase in vehicles on the streets with the opening of classes today.…
