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EMB 7: Cebu City dumping of debris, waste in SRP illegal

Cebu Province to give P5K to linemen, police

Cebu City Police Office Deputy Director for Operations Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla. (File photo) CEBU CITY - Authorities will not hesitate to arrest and press charges against individuals who will pose as linemen or contractors of the Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) and ask payment from households and establishment owners for power reconnection, a police official said on Tuesday. Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla, deputy chief for operations of the Cebu City Police Office, said in a presser that Veco had release...

CLEARING OPERATIONS. Mayor Michael Rama supervises the clearing operations on Sunday (Jan. 2, 2021) to speed up the collection of debris and garbage left by Typhoon Odette, and pave the way for faster reconnection of power in Cebu City. The two-day city-wide clean-up drive conducted by Cebu City Hall employees and soldiers, among others, collected about 2,000 tons of trash from the south and north districts. (Photo courtesy of Cebu City PIO) CEBU CITY - The city-wide clean-up drive here has coll...

POWER RESTORATION. Linemen from Dagupan Electric Corporation are seen in this undated photo working for the restoration of power lines in Metro Cebu. The Visayan Electric Co. on Monday (Jan. 3, 2022) reported that 28 percent of the 474,182 households and establishments in Metro Cebu have already been reenergized. (Photo courtesy of Visayan Electric Co.) CEBU CITY - Eighteen days after Typhoon Odette, the Visayan Electric Co. on Monday reported that 28 percent of the 474,182 households and establ...

Garganera to meet Rama to discuss measures against Omicron variant; Omicron cases in Philippines reach 14

Visayan Electric restores 27.9 percent of affected customers’ electricity as of Jan. 2

Electricity back in Pinamungajan, Aloguinsan, more parts of Cebu

THE Aboitiz group said it was able to raise close to P15 million, almost P600,000 of which were donated through its crowdfunding platform “Kinder,” as aid to the victims of typhoon Odette in the Visayas and Mindanao. The company said most of the funds were used for the distribution of…

SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian, citing risks facing electrical linemen deployed to restore power supply amid bad weather, prodded the National Electrification Administration (NEA) over the weekend to ensure their logistical needs are provided to expedite repair and rehabilitation works in the devastated areas. The senator noted the “selflessness and tireless efforts…