Visayas
NGCP lifts yellow alert over Visayas grid as power supply stabilizes
MANILA, Philippines – The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) lifted the yellow alert over the Visayas grid on Thursday, November 20, after available generation capacity improved and operating margins returned to safe levels. As of 1 pm, the Visayas grid had 3,044 megawatts (MW) of available capacity against a projected 2,325 MW demand, […]
BFAR enforces annual fishing ban on sardines, mackerel in Zamboanga Peninsula, Visayan Sea
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has imposed its annual closed fishing season for sardines and mackerel in key fishing grounds in the Zamboanga Peninsula and the Visayan Sea, in a bid to protect fish stocks during their peak spawning period. From November 15 to February 15, commercial fishing […]
Typhoon Tino Intensifies, Eastern Visayas Braces for Landfall
MANILA, Philippines – Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) continued to intensify on Monday, November 3, as it approached the eastern coast of the Philippines, prompting widespread evacuations and storm warnings across the Visayas and parts of Mindanao. As of 11 a.m., the center of Tino was estimated at 285 kilometers east-southeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, […]
Oceana slams URC over ‘inexcusable’ ethanol spill in Tañon Strait, demands accountability
MANILA, Philippines – International ocean conservation group Oceana has denounced the ethanol spill from Universal Robina Corporation’s (URC) distillery in Negros Oriental, calling it an “inexcusable” environmental disaster that endangers the country’s largest marine protected area and the livelihoods of thousands of coastal residents. In a statement released on Friday, Oceana said the collapse of […]
Wings may break, but Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s fight lives beyond the cage
Frenchie Mae Cumpio was only 20 when she began making waves in Eastern Visayas journalism. As a campus editor, radio commentator, and later head of the alternative media outlet Eastern Vista, she gave voice to typhoon survivors, farmers, and fisherfolk long ignored by mainstream media. Her reporting was bold, unflinching – and soon, dangerous. By […]
Power rates surge across Negros Island Region, over a million consumers affected
ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY, Philippines – Power rates across the Negros Island Region (NIR) have surged this April, hitting more than a million consumers with higher electricity bills amid recurring failures in the region’s aging energy infrastructure. Five distribution utilities, including Enrique Razon Jr.’s Negros Power Corporation (Negros Power), implemented sharp increases ranging from 88 centavos to […]