TO ADDRESS the drought-induced water shortage, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) reopened a deep well at Guadalajara St., Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City, on Monday, April 29, 2024.
MANILA - Aboitiz Power Corporation distribution utility subsidiary, Visayan Electric Company (Visayan Electric), is targeting to have 80 percent restoration of power to customers in almost all urbanized areas within its franchise by January 10 next year, with the hardest to reach areas to get energized by the end of the same month. It is also targeting 100 percent completion of hospitals and 80 percent of water pumping stations by December 31. The country's second-largest distribution unit said it is optimistic that re-energization will reach 30 percent by New Year's eve. As of Monday noon, some 21 percent or 98,321 of the 474,182 affected customers in its franchise service area were already reenergized. This forecast is based on current damage assessments to its network and the number of linemen or crews working on the ground. The situation is dynamic and these targets may change as more information is made available and more progress is made, the company said. Typhoon Odette,