DUMAGUETE CITY – Siquijor province is optimistic of a stable power supply by December after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

President Marcos has issued a stern warning against power players in Siquijor, saying he would stay on top of the issue to ensure full electricity restoration on the island before the year ends.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., in his fourth State of the Nation Address, cites Siquijor’s power crisis and orders energy officials to end the recurring blackouts ...

Leading the charge is Siquijor, a province in Negros Island that has seen a significant rise in overnight stays. Its 2024 arrivals reached 241,529, surpassing its pre-pandemic total of 168,366.

Siquijor has been enjoying a tourism boom in the past few years. Visitor arrivals to the province increased nearly eightfold, from 112,658 in 2010 to 862,032 in 2018.

Indeed, Siquijor – known as “Isla del Fuego” or “Island of Fire” during the Spanish Era – is an amazing paradise island that will cast a different kind of spell and magic on exhausted urbanites. Its ...

Many witches in Siquijor use Catholic imagery in their sorcery, and almost all regularly attend church. All their potions for the year are brewed in the week leading up to Easter.

President Marcos yesterday vowed to implement lasting solutions to power and water problems in Siquijor, which have been ...

The most thrilling part, of course, is the so-called dark side of Siquijor. After all, it wasn’t called “Island of Fire” by the Spanish colonizers for nothing. I wanted an encounter with the occult. I ...

THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) is ready to heed the President’s directive to resolve the power crisis in the province of Siquijor. NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda, in ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. pledged to put an end to widespread power outages as he pushed for sweeping reforms in the ...

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday said he wants the power services in Siquijor province to be normalized before the year ends, as he said refunds should be made to consumers if ...