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CEBU CITY, Philippines – Residents should expect power outages to hit various areas in Metro Cebu, mostly in the southern portion of Cebu City and several other areas in Mandaue City after the Visayan Electric Company (Veco) announced a series of “repairs, maintenance, and upgrading” in their distribution lines.
Four up to 12 hours of power outages will be experienced beginning Sunday, May 10, until May 19. On Sunday, at least 12 hours of blackout hit a portion of Barangay (village) Duljo Fatima, Cebu City along Spolarium & Carlock Sts., including Sitio Chicago, San Pedro, Micabaja, Plastican, Panaghiusa, Buli, Riverside, Punyang, Pasong Kabayo & Mansanitas, Bohol Village, Duljo Fatima Health Center. This will facilitate the transfer of poles.
On Monday, May 11, 4 hours of outages are expected from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in barangay Carreta and Tinago in Cebu City. The power interruption is specifically along a portion of Arellano Boulevard including a portion of North Reclamation Area, Pier 4, Stella Maris Seafarers Center Cebu, Anfil Agricultural Corp, MGV Properties Inc, Seguro Mktg Inc, Aras-asan Timber Co Inc, Syhongyao Son Corp, Alturas Supermarket Corp, Sky Top Corp, BF Builders & Hardware Inc, BF Paray Bldg. Simultaneously, portions of barangay Punta Princesa will also experience outages.
According to Risa Coloyan, Supervisor of the Reputation Enhancement Department, the scheduled service interruptions are for the repairs and maintenance mostly of the poles and the distribution lines. She advised the subscribers, especially those who are working home-based online jobs, to prepare for these outages.
“Duna man gud daghan mga lineworks and improvements karon mga panahona, especially summer. (There will be many repairs of the power lines and improvement at this time, especially summer.) Weather is good. In the South area, there will also be a lot of work to improve the relay of power supply from the power suppliers,” said Coloyan in an interview with Rappler.
Below are the other scheduled power interruptions:
May 12 (Tuesday)
·9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (8 hours) Areas affected: Portion of Brgy Casili & Sacsac, Consolacion and Brgy Casili, Mandaue City including Sitio Sto Ni, Upper Casili, Bihagville (Casili, Consolacion), Villa Vanesa & Lower Casili (Casili, Mandaue), North Ridge Residences, Greenville Heights Subd, Casili Day Care Center 2 – Consolacion, Casili Elem School – Mandaue, Ruiz Land Inc, Sta Lucia Realty & Dev Inc, CLS Properties Inc, Kenrich Dev Corp
·9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (8 hours) Portion of Brgy Apas, Cebu City, including Sitio Plaza, Sto Ni, Fatima, Mahayahay, MCWD
·9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (6 hours) Portion of Brgy Tayud, Consolacion including Aristocraft Int’l only
·5:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (13 hours) Portion of Brgy Sambag 2, Cebu City, along a portion of Osmeña Boulevard, Visitacion, Tambis & B Rodriguez St., including Sitio Sto Niño, Maharlika, Kulo, ISKP & Lumibao, Arlington Pond, UCPB
May 13 (Wednesday)
·9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (6 hours) Portion of Barangay Zapatera, Cebu City, along a portion of Benedicto & San Jose St., including Dweina Business Corp.
·8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (5 hours) Portion of Brgy Bulacao Pardo, Cebu City including Racoma Village, portion of St Jude Acres Subdivision along Flordeliz & Bougainvillea Sts., Rural Bank of Cebu South Inc
May 14 (Thursday)
·9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (3 hours) Portion of Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City, along a portion of Echavez & NS Cabahug Sts., including Sitio Sudlon
May 18 (Monday)
·9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (6 hours) Portion of Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City, along a portion of P Del Rosario Extn. & J Alcantara St. — Rappler.com
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