Consumers slam power outage
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Electric consumers in Negros Oriental and other parts of Negros Island and the Visayas are complaining about what they call the inconsistent explanations about the power interruptions they experienced in the past few days due to killer typhoon “Yolanda”.

Many areas had already been re-energized yesterday, but the conflicting explanations of the utility firms started trending on social media sites, like Facebook and Twitter, and through text messaging.

The Energy Development Corporation-Green Core Geothermal Inc. had earlier admitted that after the onslaught of the Category 5 typhoon Friday, only one power plant was left working as the rest had to be repaired.

Silliman, DSWD need
donations, volunteers

Silliman University in Dumaguete City is urging everyone to donate food, clothing, medicines or cash to the victims of super-typhoon “Yolanda” in Leyte, Samar, Bohol, Cebu, Negros Occidental, Iloilo, Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Mindoro and Palawan, its press release said.

The donations are centralized at the Roman T. Yap ROTC Center at the Filomeno Cimafranca Ballfied of SU for better mobility of transportation options, and for direct transfer to the affected areas, the press release also said.

Partner establishments, businessmen and pharmacies are also urged to donate. For quick sorting and endorsement of the donations, a donor should indicate the intended area of the donation, segregate the goods and ensure that medicines bear expiry date not earlier than Feb. 2014. For cash donations, official receipts will be issued to the donor.

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