MINDANAO DAILY T H E P U RV E YO R O F T R U T H , J U S T I C E , A N D D E V E LO P M E N T
Volume VI, No. 210
Website: www.mindanaodailynews.com
Saturday
February 11, 2017
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Longer blackouts pester Surigao power consumers By Roel N. Catoto
SURIGAO City--Residents in Surigao del Norte and parts of Surigao del Sur are bracing for a 12-hour power outage starting today (February 11, 2017) due to maintenance work. This has been a monthly
predicament to every power consumer. Last November 20, residents in the same areas suffered an 11-hour blackout also due to maintenance work while in December last year a nine 9-hour blackout and on January, 3-day See consumers, page 7
DLSU invites writers for writers’ workshop THE Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center of De La Salle UniversityManila (DLSU) is inviting writers to submit their application for the 17th IYAS La Salle National Writers’ Workshop, which will be held on April 24-27, 2017 at the European Documentation Centre, Henry Sy Sr.
Waves of Laswitan. People from different places in Mindanao enjoy the waves
that lash at the rocks in Laswitan near the shore of Barangay Madreliño, Cortes town in Surigao del Sur on Sunday, February 5, 2017. MindaNews photo by Roel N. Catoto
CEB flies over 19-m passengers last year Posts highest number of passengers flown in one day
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THE Philippines’ leading airline, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), flew 19.1 million passengers in 2016, an increase of 4% from the 18.4 million passengers flown in 2015. On average, CEB flights were 86% full during the year. Growth in passenger volume was largely driven by the airline’s low-cost short-haul services, and increased frequencies in key domestic markets. Specifically, the former recorded
a 9.3% growth compared to 2015, while the latter reflected a 2.6% increase. “Last December 27, 2016, the Cebu Pacific Air Group carried a total of 64,684 passengers—the highest number of travellers we have ever flown in one day. This surpasses our prior record of 62,947 passengers flown last January 3, 2016, translating to 1,737 additional
passengers,” said Atty. JR Mantaring, CEB Vice President for Corporate Affairs. “This significant increase in number only shows our firm commitment in trafficking trade and tourism in all the destinations we operate in, while at the same time enabling everyJuan to connect with their families and friends all around the world,” added Mantaring. CEB posted notable passenger growth in international destinations such as Beijing Shanghai and Xiamen in China, Taiwan (Taipei) and Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. In the Philippines, See year, page 7
Meat companies get power supply from AboitizPower By MYRNA M. VELASCO, Contributor
THE country’s major meat processors have signed a power supply deal with the retail electricity supplier (RES) units of Aboitiz Power Corporation for an aggregate 12-megawatt capacity. The off-taker companies affiliated with the Philippine Association of Meat Proces-
sors, Inc. (PAMPI) include Foodsphere, Inc. (CDO), Virginia Food, Inc., LIIP Food Processors, Inc. (Century Pacific) and GenOSI for McDonalds. The power supply agreements had been inked with Advent Energy and Aboitiz Energy Solutions, both RES units of the Aboitiz group for the retail See POWER, page 7
Hall, DLSU-Manila. The IYAS La Salle National Writers’ Workshop this year is in collaboration with the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), and supported by the DLSU Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. See WRITERS, page 7