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VOTING. Voters waiting for their turn to scan their ballot in a vote-counting machine in Maasin City, Southern Leyte on Monday (May 9, 2022). At least 74 villages in Southern Leyte are using standby generators to ensure uninterrupted voting in communities hit by Typhoon Odette.(Photo courtesy of Dahlia Orit) TACLOBAN CITY - At least 74 villages in Southern Leyte are using generators and solar lamps to ensure uninterrupted voting in communities hit by Typhoon Odette, a local power cooperative reported on Monday. Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (Soleco) Jonathan Empeno said they made sure of the availability of standby generators in villages where linemen are still working to restore facilities damaged by the destructive typhoon late last year. "Village officials provided the generators and we distributed solar lights from the Department of Energy. All these efforts are in coordination with the Commission on Elections," Empeno said in a phone interview. These villages are i
ONGOING REPAIR. Linemen from Samar are joined by villagers in Maasin City as they work for the restoration of power in some parts of the city more than four months after Typhoon Odette battered the province. Electricity has been restored in only 386 out of 500 villages in Southern Leyte, as of April 27, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative) TACLOBAN CITY - Restoration of power in all villages in the province of Southern Leyte battered by Typhoon Odette last December is eyed by end of May. Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (Soleco) general manager Jonathan Empeno said on Thursday that limited personnel and lack of materials have been hampering efforts to bring back electricity in the past four months of restoration activities. "We hope to energize all the 500 villages by the end of May. Only about 100 linemen are working to restore power from our electric cooperative, our contractors, and a team from South Cotabato," Empeno told the Philippine News Ag
AT least three people were reported killed following the onslaught of off-season Storm Agaton, which dissipated into a tropical depression on Monday morning after lashing the Visayas and parts of Mindanao with heavy rains that caused flooding and landslides. The casualties were recorded in Monkayo, Davao de Oro and Cateel,…