Day: August 24, 2024

MANILA: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) conducted an onsite inspection of the Panguil Bay Bridge Project in Mindanao before the scheduled inauguration next month. In a press release, Senior Undersecretary Emil Sadain and key officials from the Unified Project Management Office Operations, led the inspection on Friday to ensure that the 3.17-kilometer bridge, which will connect Tangub City in Misamis Occidental and Tubod in Lanao del Norte, is on track for the target opening. The civil works, with a total cost of PHP7.375 billion and financed through a loan agreement between the Philippines and the Republic of

BACOLOD CITY: The city government here is closely working with the new distribution utility, Negros Electric and Power Corp. (Negros Power), to address the lack of electricity as the massive power outage in the southeast part of Bacolod reached the fourth day Saturday. Since Wednesday night, more than 40,000 registered consumer-households, mainly in the villages of Alijis, Mansilingan, Felisa and Handumanan, have been experiencing brownouts after the 30/37 megavolt amperes (MVA) Alijis substation power transformer of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) broke down due to an oil leak. The power disruption also halted the operation of some wells in