Around eight power plants have shut down due to the onset of Tropical Storm Aghon, which may trigger a red alert next week, according to the Department of Energy (DOE). The energy department recorded a total of 26 plants that have currently gone to a forced outage. In a briefing on Monday, May 27,...
The Luzon Grid will be under red alert for a six-hour period on Monday afternoon, followed by a yellow alert for another four hours during the day. According to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the red alert status will be in effect from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to...
Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco (Facebook) House Committee on Energy Chairman, Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco has raised the possibility that some sectors are capitalizing on the annual red and yellow alerts...
Misery loves company - and Mindanao seems not passing up on a chance to commiserate with the electricity service woes of co-consumers in Luzon and Visayas, hence, it has been joining in the appalling power industry chaos. On Wednesday (April 24), system operator National Grid Corporation of the...
Power supply in the Luzon system is still at its ‘fragile state’, prompting system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to declare fresh wave of ‘yellow alert’ condition in the grid on Wednesday (April 17) as 18 electric generating units are still on forced outages....
By peak demand hours of 2:00 to 4:00pm and at prime time hours of 6:00 to 9:00pm this Wednesday, consumers in the Luzon grid are feared to be teetering into rotational brownouts or a state of red alert because of close to 20 power generating units suffering forced outages. A red alert, in...
The Department of Energy (DOE) cautioned that the power supply available in the Luzon grid could drop below a specified safety threshold in the next two months due to the ongoing El Niño phenomenon. In a statement, the DOE said that yellow alerts may occur in April and May in the Luzon Grid as...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar has sought congressional approval of her bill seeking to develop the corn industry, noting its importance in poultry, especially the egg-laying type layers. Villar said Senate Bill 120, or An Act to Develop and Promote the Yellow Corn Industry, to Enhance Availability of...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is such a big straight shooter that Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda couldn't help but compare him to the late former president Benigno S. Aquino III. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left) and the late former president Benigno S. Aquino III...
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform on Wednesday, January 11 started tackling the bill that seeks to promote and improve the country’s yellow corn industry. Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate agriculture panel, noted how local production of the crop is on an...
Seeking to lower the skyrocketing price of onions and address the supply gap in the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has approved the importation of 21,060 metric tons (MT) of onions before the peak of the harvest season of local onion growers. Red onion (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) In a...
Messages poured in on the commemoration of the 13th death anniversary of democracy icon, former President Corazon Aquino, who died in 2009 at age of 76 because of advanced colon cancer. A supporter of former president Cory Aquino visited her tomb at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque City on...
