Brownouts for Valentines
11 Feb 2010 6 Comments
in Calbayog City, Samar Province Tags: brownout, samelco, visayas
The visayas are currently experiencing a shortage of electricity. This is due to various power plants being down for maintenance. Here in Western Samar, we will be experiencing rotating brownouts at least until February 16th. I visited Samelco II’s Capoocan sub station, where I was shown a copy of the brownout schedule. The scedule lists three time slots per day, with brownouts alternating between two areas.
The first area includes:
Calbayog City Proper & Barangays,
Capoocan to Minlawaan Bridge
Capoocan to Sta. Margarita Proper
This area has brownouts scheduled for the following time slots:
February 10, 2010: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM; 5:15 PM – 8:00 PM
February 11, 2010: 1:00 PM – 5:15 PM
February 12, 2010: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM; 5:15 PM – 8:00 PM
February 13, 2010: 1:00 PM – 5:15 PM
February 14, 2010: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM; 5:15 PM – 8:00 PM
February 15, 2010: 1:00 PM – 5:15 PM
February 14, 2010: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM; 5:15 PM – 8:00 PM
The second area includes:
Talahib to Lonoy
Oquendo District, Tinambacan District
Sta. Margarita Barangays
Gandara, San Jorge, Pagsanghan, Matuguinao, Tarangnan
This area has brownouts scheduled for the following time slots:
February 10, 2010: 1:00 PM – 5:15 PM
February 11, 2010: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM; 5:15 PM – 8:00 PM
February 12, 2010: 1:00 PM – 5:15 PM
February 13, 2010: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM; 5:15 PM – 8:00 PM
February 14, 2010: 1:00 PM – 5:15 PM
February 15, 2010: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM; 5:15 PM – 8:00 PM
February 16, 2010: 1:00 PM – 5:15 PM
For those living in other area’s, you should be able to contact your local power supplier for a list of scheduled outages.
You can read more about these brownouts in the following articles:
Visayas to suffer week-long brownouts
Brownouts in Cebu to intensify starting Monday
Leyte-Samar endures power curtailment since February 1
Visayas grid deficit due to shutdowns
Manila Trip
01 Feb 2010 3 Comments
in Hotels, Immigration, Travel
We just returned from a trip to Manila, to file my annual report with the Bureau Of Immigration.
While we were in Manila, we stayed at the Swagman Hotel in Ermita. Their location is easy walking distance from the U.S. Embassy, and a short taxi ride from Intermurals. The Swagman will pick you up at the airport for free, and bring you back there for your return flight. I find the workers to be very friendly and helpful, but the building is rather old. Sometimes, when taking a shower, the water keeps changing tempurature, and the towels are rather old and dingy looking. My favorite part of staying at the Swagman is their Outback Bar/Restaurant. They have good Australian and Philipino foods, ranging from real steaks to crispy pata. What I like the least about this location are the many street hawkers outside the door! It seems like everytime I walk outside, someone is trying to sell me a cheap immitation rolex, belt made in Italy (street in Marikina), or expired viagra. Also watch out for the guys with regular cars, claiming to be taxi drivers. Their prices are much higher than what you will pay with a meter.
One day I went out to Pizza Hut, and I saw this child bathing in a tub along the sidewalk. While I wouldn’t find this surprising in Samar, I was surprised to see that in a major city. Here is a picture:
