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                    [ArticleID] => 918508
                    [Title] => Pop Talk celebrates 2nd year in Batanes
                    [Summary] => 

GMA News TV’s pop-culture program Pop Talk celebrates its second anniversary with a two-part special adventure in the picturesque islands of Batanes.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 720484 [Title] => Batanes fuel stock to last for only 12 days [Summary] =>

The province’s stock of diesel fuel to run its generators that provide electricity is down to only 36,000 liters, enough to provide electricity for only 12 more days at a reduced operation of 10 hours a day.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1366933 [AuthorName] => Jack Castaño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 707867 [Title] => Rough seas hamper delivery of fuel products to Batanes [Summary] =>

Rough seas have been hampering the delivery of fuel to the island province of Batanes, which has been experiencing power outages due to a fuel shortage since last month.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 707283 [Title] => Batanes in calamity state over fuel lack [Summary] =>

Batanes has been placed under a state of calamity because of an acute fuel shortage.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 706534 [Title] => Baby girl first dengue fatality in Batanes [Summary] =>

A nine-month-old baby girl became the first known fatality of dengue in Batanes, although cases of the disease were on the downtrend. 

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 507325 [Title] => Navy brings life to Batanes [Summary] =>

Life in this northernmost province of the country is returning to normalcy, following the arrival of a Philippine Navy mine sweeper frigate on Sunday to deliver emergency fuel to run the National Power Corp. generators.         

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1366933 [AuthorName] => Jack Castaño [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 504932 [Title] => Batanes power supply to last until month's end [Summary] =>

On Sept. 4, the power generators of the National Power Corp. (Napocor) supply capacity in the entire Batan island was reduced from the usual 24 hours to only 16 hours a day, a consequence of what it called “judicious utilizaion of its resources.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 504448 [Title] => Batanes runs out of gasoline [Summary] =>

Traveling around this northernmost part of the archipelago has become even more difficult with the scarcity of gasoline and diesel fuel. The precious commodity is sold at corner stores in empty soft drink containers at P52 per liter.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1366933 [AuthorName] => Jack Castaño [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6905/sfthumb.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260356 [Title] => Napocor inaugurates RP’s first hybrid power plant [Summary] => The National Power Corp. (Napocor) inaugurates today the country’s first wind/diesel hybrid power plant, a 180-kilowatt (kw) facility in the northernmost Batanes group of islands.

Built at a cost of P56 million, Napocor said the landmark power facility will provide 24-hour electricity to the entire Batan island for the first time.

Batanes consists of 10 small islands of which only three (Batan, Sabtang and Itbayat) are inhabited.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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