House probe sought over Visayas power woes

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Rotational brownouts lasting as long as nine hours in parts of the Visayas have prompted a move to seek a congressional investigation into the region’s worsening power supply crisis. Deputy House Speaker and Bacolod Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said the prolonged outages were causing economic losses, disrupting schools, putting