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by Marc BURLEIGH / Guillaume DECAMME CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — A new blackout hit many regions in Venezuela including much of Caracas on Monday, sowing alarm two weeks after a nationwide outage that paralyzed the country. The power cut in the capital occurred at 1:28 pm (1720 GMT) and knocked out electricity in the city center. Cellphone signals were also disrupted and television was blanked out. Shops hastily lowered shutters, fearing looters. A Venezuelan newspaper […]
by Ashraf KHAN A frantic mother cradling her seven-month-old baby rushes towards the special paediatric ward in a desolate Pakistan town, his eyes are blank and he is smaller than most newborns. He is starving in a country that has no shortage of food, but which has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world and where malnutrition is rife. The infant weighs just 2.5 kilograms — the average for a healthy child […]
China on Wednesday offered to help Venezuela as it faces a crippling multi-day power blackout that President Nicolas Maduro has blamed on the United States. “China hopes that Venezuela can quickly find the cause of this accident and restore normal power and social order,” foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a regular briefing. “China is willing to offer assistance and technical support to Venezuela to restore the power system,” Lu said. Power has been […]
by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Thousands of Venezuelans marched in fresh protests Tuesday called by opposition leader Juan Guaido on the fifth day of a crippling power blackout as the government of President Nicolas Maduro prepared to charge him with “sabotage.” Demonstrators banged pots and sounded car horns as the protest got underway in a square in the east of the capital. Many waved large banners calling on Maduro to go. “The […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro extended the closure of shools and businesses for another 24 hours on Monday due to the ongoing electricity blackout, Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said. It’s the second time Maduro has prolonged the closure, which was first announced after the massive power cut hit late on Thursday afternoon. © Agence France-Presse
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Most of Venezuela was plunged into darkness on Thursday evening after a huge power cut that the government of President Nicolas Maduro blamed on “sabotage.” Apart from a few buildings with electricity supplied from a private generator, AFP reporters said the capital Caracas was hit by a total blackout at 4:50 pm, just before nightfall. That included the city metro, along with telephone and internet services. One of the most dangerous […]
(Eagle News)—A bill that reduces electricity rates has been approved by the bicameral conference committee. The Murang Kuryente Act seeks to tap the Malampaya Fund to pay the debts incurred by the National Power Corporation and the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation, thereby reducing universal charges. The Senate version had sought to allot the government’s share from the Malampaya fund to a special trust fund to be administered by PSALM, which will be included […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday awarded a contract to build a $500 million wind farm, a first for the world’s top oil exporter as it pushes to diversify its energy sector. A consortium led by France’s EDF and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar won the bid for the 400-megawatt Dumat al-Jandal wind project in the northern Al Jouf province, the Saudi energy ministry said. “The project will be Saudi Arabia’s first utility-scale wind farm,” […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — An alien invasion? The Rapture? The sky flashed an eerie blue over New York City on Thursday night and social media users feared the worst. Extraterrestrial activity was a leading theory: “IM SORRY WHAT???? THE SKY JUST TURNED BLUE???? literally so confused I think aliens just tried to steal new york,” one user wrote on Twitter. “Apparently aliens are landing in New York City right now bcs the sky’s […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — California Governor Jerry Brown signed landmark legislation Monday committing his state to a 100 percent clean electricity grid by 2045. At least 20 countries and twice as many large cities have made similar pledges, but California — the fifth largest economy in the world — is by far the biggest jurisdiction to do so to date. “This bill and the executive order put […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, Sept. 2, urged the passage of legislation that would allow the use of the P207-billion Malampaya fund. In making the call, Gatchalian noted that the ₱207-billion fund, initially intended to fund the exploration, development, and exploitation of energy resources, has remained largely unused since 2001. Gatchalian noted that under the Murang Kuryente Act which he is sponsoring he aims to “minimize, if not completely eliminate, the universal charges for […]
MARACAIBO, Venezuela (AFP)–Venezuelans are concerned over the safety of a “twin” viaduct of the collapsed Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, after a fire on the concrete structure caused a major blackout. The 8.6 kilometer (five mile) General Rafael Urdaneta viaduct links second city Maracaibo with the rest of Venezuela. Designed by Italian structural engineer Riccardo Morandi, it predates by five years his 1967 bridge in Genoa that collapsed this week causing the death of 39 […]
