Monday, January 12, 2009 (Philippines)

A firefighter disembarks from a firetruck with a dozen others as they respond to a distress call from Cepalco's electric compound. (Froilan O. Gallardo) OZAMIZ CITY -- Power rationing is in force across the entire Zamboanga Peninsula, Misamis Occidental and about half of Lanao del Norte because National Transmission Corporation (Transco) has been prevented by bad weather to repair the tower that was bombed Saturday dawn. The blast resulted to these areas, with a population of over three million people, being cut off from the Mindanao grid which sources power supply mainly from the Agus hydroelectric generation complex in Lanao del Norte. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo [full story]