Blackouts to hit 7 Pampanga towns

SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines  – Seven towns in this province will suffer power outages on Thursday, the National Grid Corp. Philippines (NGCP) announced yesterday.

The blackouts, which will affect Bacolor, Sta. Rita, Sasmuan, Porac, Lubao, Guagua and Floridablanca, is due to the repair and replacement of insulators along the Hermosa-Guagua-Basa 69-kiloVolt line.

Authorities advised the public to prepare for the power interruption.

Normal operation will resume when  the repair work is completed.