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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 released an advisory denying reports from netizens that it was prioritizing reconnecting power lines to tho...

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 collected around 2,000 tons of debris and garbage left by Typhoon Odette, Mayor Michael Rama said on Mon...

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 establishments in Metro Cebu have been reenergized. In its update on Monday, Visayan Electric Co. said tha...

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…