Day: July 25, 2024

MANILA: The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) on Thursday said it is targeting to cut in half the number of customers experiencing power interruptions amid the impacts of Super Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon. In a press briefing, Meralco vice president and head of corporate communications Joe Zaldarriaga said as of 10 a.m. Thursday, 330,246 customers within its franchise areas are still experiencing power interruptions. The night before, affected Meralco customers were twice as many, with 640,000 as of 6.pm. Wednesday. In Barangay Pantoc in Meycauayan City, Bulacan, some of the households had no power service for eight hours. Zaldarriaga

TACLOBAN CITY: The Northern Samar provincial government is positioning the province as a potential business processing and outsourcing (BPO) investment destination to create job opportunities in the province. Jhon Allen Berbon, head of the provincial economic development and investment promotions office (PEDIPO), said in a phone interview Thursday attracting BPO investments is timely since there is an ongoing improvement in mobile and broadband services through the new cell sites built by Globe. ‘Residents and businesses can anticipate reliable and high-speed internet connectivity. We are also in the process of preparing the compliance of Catarman town to the scorecards as a