ISABELA CITY, Basilan โ€“ The Department of Energy (DOE) has pledged an initial โ‚ฑ200-million subsidy to help rehabilitate Basilanโ€™s crippled power system as part of efforts to address the provinceโ€™s worsening electricity crisis. Energy Secretary Sharon Garin, along with National Power Corporation (Napocor) President Jericho Nograles and National Electrification AdministrationContinue Reading

ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY, Philippines โ€“ 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 regionโ€™s aging energy infrastructure. Five distribution utilities, including Enrique Razon Jr.’s Negros Power Corporation (Negros Power), implemented sharp increasesContinue Reading