BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – The 30-minute blackout that hit the islands of Negros and Panay on Friday morning was triggered by the electrocution of an engineer employed by a subcontractor of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines.
Zosimo Briones, NGCP-Negros district head, said Saturday that the power outage experienced in Northern and Central Negros Occidental and Panay at 9:38 a.m. occurred when a steel tape measure being used by engineer Jorey Failaban of AAB Contractor touched a high-voltage circuit breaker on the power line in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, tripping off the NGCP Mabinay and Kabankalan substations.
The engineer was measuring the dimensions for the frame of high-voltage equipment when he was electrocuted, Briones said.
Failaban was rushed to the Silliman University Medical Center in Dumaguete City where he was described to be in critical condition, Briones said.
Failaban’s company, AAB Contractor, was awarded a contract by NGCP to replace old high-voltage circuit breakers at the Mabinay, Amlan and Bacolod City substations of the power firm, Briones explained. –Carla Gomez, Inquirer Visayas
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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