Longer brownouts, worsening haze batter Metro Cebu

CEBU CITY — Metro Cebu grappled with two crises on Thursday as a nine-hour red alert over the Visayas power grid coincided with “acutely unhealthy” air quality. These developments prompted Gov. Pamela Baricuatro to convene power stakeholders while environmental officials monitored the deteriorating haze, which forced hundreds of students and teachers to shift to online