Power outages to hit Angeles, Ecija towns

ANGELES CITY, Philippines – This city will experience power interruption for nine hours today, while the Army’s North Luzon base in Fort Magsaysay in Laur, the city of Gapan and eight more towns in Nueva Ecija will have no power for eight hours tomorrow, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) announced yesterday.

The NGCP said power in this city would be cut from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to pave way for the repair and maintenance works at the Mexico sub-station.

Towns served by areas 1 and 2 of the Nueva Ecija Electric Cooperative will experience power outage from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. These include the towns of  Sta. Rosa, San Leonardo, Peñaranda, General Tinio, San Isidro,  San Antonio, Jaen and Cabiao.

The NGCP said they would conduct a clearing operation and maintenance works along its Cabanatuan-San Isidro lines 1 and 2. – Ding Cervantes, Manny Galvez, Ramon Efren Lazaro