The Department of Energy (DOE) is planning a site visit to the 1,200-megawatt Ilijan gas-fired power facility this week to re-validate its targeted return to commercial operation this May 26, as earlier communicated to the government by South Premiere Power Corporation (SPPC) of the San Miguel...
CITY of San Fernando, Pampanga – A former New People’s Army guerrilla and supporters have surrendered to authorities in Central Luzon, the Police Regional Office-3 reported on Sunday, May 21. Their surrender was the result of continuous police- community peace-building activities and special...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr., Police Regional Office-3 director, announced Thursday, May 18, the relief of a chief of police in Central Luzon over illegal gambling. Hidalgo said he relieved the chief of police due to his failure to monitor...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police have arrested seven most wanted persons in Central Luzon. Aries Lizo was nabbed in Laur, Nueva Ecija, for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. Sherwin Ocsona, the No. 3 MWP on the city level in...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has urged lawmakers from his bailiwick to strengthen the "Solid North" regional bloc that was once considered as "politically irrelevant." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos made the call to Northern Luzon...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando City, Pampanga – Four most wanted persons (MWP) in Central Luzon who are facing charges of illegal drugs, illegal recruitment, and rape were arrested during separate operations on Thursday, May 11. The Aurora police manhunt operation in Barangay Borlongan,...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) forthrightly stated that it is amenable to the ‘audit call’ by the Department of Energy (DOE), granted that these are carried out within the legal bounds of its concession agreement with the government as well as its franchise...
(Unsplash) A pro-health congressman has castigated the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for the rotating power interruptions in Luzon, saying it has failed to prevent the scenario despite his warnings. “Maaga pa, sinabi na natin (We told them early on) that ancillary services...
Following the series of transmission facility-induced rotational blackouts in the Luzon and Visayas grids, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that a two-tiered follow-through audit on the performance of system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will be carried out –...
The recurring spikes in prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) will drive up the electricity rates that will be passed on to roughly 7.5 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) in their May billing cycle. According to Meralco Vice President and Head of Corporate...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, May 9 slammed the National Grid Corp. (NGCP) which, he said, should be held responsible for the sudden power outages that hit Luzon. Gatchalian said the elevation of grid status to red alert on Monday, which resulted in power outages in some parts of Luzon is...
Amid distress from scorching weather temperature, massive number of consumers in Luzon had to live through the agony of rotational blackouts of at least two-hour duration due to strained power supply in the grid following a transmission line tripping that was compounded by the forced outages and...
