Mindanao to buy electricity from Visayas by 2020

BY: KEN TERRADO

A P52 billion Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project (VMIP) will connect power generating facilities in Mindanao and Visayas by 2020.

The project is a submarine cable system that will be laid down will have a capacity to transmit 400MW between Mindanao and Visayas as announced by Cynthia D. Perez-Alabanza, spokesperson and head of Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Department of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), during the Press Briefing on the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao at Pidoks, Davao City held last February 21, 2017.

Osmeña has directed the Office of the Building Official (OBO) to withhold the building permit applications of around 31 medium- and high-rise buildings until the City can look into the matter more thoroughly.

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Cebu might ban high-rise buildings soon

BY: KEN TERRADO

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s proposal to ban highrise buildings is brewing as the city mayor stood firm in his stand in the issue. In a Sun Star report dated January 11, Osmeña stood pat on his proposal, arguing that the lives of the people should not be compromised in favor of economic growth.

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“Well, I’m sorry but I’m the mayor. I don’t care what they think. The lives of the people come first. There are some people who feel that the lives of the people are not as important as business. That’s where I disagree,”
MAYOR TOMMY OSMENA

Osmeña has directed the Office of the Building Official (OBO) to withhold the building permit applications of around 31 medium- and high-rise buildings until the City can look into the matter more thoroughly.

PHOTO CREDIT TO THE OWNER | SOURCE: SUNSTAR

Osmeña had made the announcement after a fire broke out at the Metro Ayala Department Store last Friday night.