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                    [ArticleID] => 2266470
                    [Title] => Senate asked: Probe successive power transmission disturbances
                    [Summary] => Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said these power disturbances “caused inconvenience to communities and losses to businesses.”
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-05-15 10:23:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/05/15/meralco2022-10-0419-25-39_2023-05-15_10-35-22980_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2252149
                    [Title] => Small business owners in Samal lament how electricity firm's woes have affected their livelihood
                    [Summary] => Small and medium business owners in the area have been suffering from various inconveniences due to frequent brownouts, from broken appliances to frequent spoilage of food, which results to a much more limited capital and often leads them to borrow money from individuals and lending companies.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-03-16 15:13:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/03/16/samal-eatery-owner_2023-03-16_15-05-20809_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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                    [ArticleID] => 1909883
                    [Title] => Luzon brownouts iimbestigahan ng Senado
                    [Summary] => Iimbestigahan ng Senado ang hindi inaasahang brownouts na naranasan sa ilang bayan at siyudad sa Luzon lalo pa’t nangyari ito matapos tiyakin ng Department of Energy na sapat ang nakareserbang suplay ng kuryente.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-04-14 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804758
                    [AuthorName] => Malou Escudero
                    [SectionName] => Bansa
                    [SectionUrl] => bansa
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/04/14/manila-blackout_2019-04-14_02-29-39132_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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                    [ArticleID] => 790848
                    [Title] => Power, or the lack of it
                    [Summary] => 

 If there is something the country does not need – I know I certainly don’t – it is another period of infernal rotating brownouts!

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135937 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 582992 [Title] => Readers upset over VECO's broken promise [Summary] =>

NOT THIS WEEK.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1769982 [AuthorName] => The Ear [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 582397 [Title] => Power shortage won't end just yet [Summary] =>

The promise of stable power by late this week will not happen.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097048 [AuthorName] => Jessica Ann R. Pareja [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 582072 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Power crisis makes us ripe for the picking [Summary] =>

Believe it or not but as the country reeled from severe power shortages that necessitated rotating brownouts that lasted from a low of one to two hours in Cebu to as high as six hours in Cagayan de Oro, the unconscionable opportunists among us silently went to work.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 580305 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Make the best of it [Summary] =>

Any which way anyone looks at it, a power shortage of 260 megawatts is nothing short of a crippling blow, regardless of where that blow lands, which is on everyone. From the conduct of business to a person's personal convenience, the resulting two-hour brownouts are devastating.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 577430 [Title] => Salimbangon wants House to probe power crisis [Summary] =>

Cebu Fourth District Rep. Benhur Salimbangon will initiate a congressional inquiry on the ongoing power crisis being experienced in the Visayas, specifically in Cebu.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1526426 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 544304 [Title] => RP urged to invest in power plant rehabilitation [Summary] =>

Former Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) director Ramon Mitra said the Philippines needs to invest in the rehabilitation of power plants and look at ways to build new facilities for more efficient services.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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