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MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines placed the Visayas region on “red alert” because of the insufficient power reserve brought about by the shutdown of three major power plants in the region. Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla said the shutdown of three major power plants had created a power supply deficiency of 71 megawatts. The power plants that had shut down are Cebu Energy Corporation’s Cebu facility, Panay Energy Development Corporation’s Iloilo […]
Senator JV Ejercito is considering filing charges after Napoles’ lawyer admitted that Ejercito is not supposed to be included in the “Napo-list”, saying that he appreciates the admission of the error but further added that the damage has been done.
The planned hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the alleged Malampaya fund anomaly is not pushing through this week.
The Philippine Air Force has provided an aircraft for cloud-seeding operations.
The South Korean president apologizes for the MV Sewol incident and has vowed to disband the country’s Coast Guard.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima belied the claim of Senator Chiz Escudero that she seems to be lawyering for Janet Lim Napoles, saying that she is just being careful regarding Napoles’ testimony because she is not sure of the veracity of said testimony
China evacuated thousands of its nationals in Vietnam after violent protests last Friday resulted in the death of two Chinese nationals and hundreds injured.
Ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona is asking the Sandiganbayan to junk all the cases against him, saying that the Ombudsman is biased against him.
Activists raise lawsuit in Japan to bring attention to the annual dolphin drive hunt in the town of Taiji. Dennis Lu reports from Japan
Air quality in most cities worldwide that monitor outdoor (ambient) air pollution fails to meet WHO guidelines for safe levels, putting people at additional risk of respiratory disease and other health problems. Jim Hipolito reports from Geneva, Switzerland
The Social Weather Station revealed that 11.5 million Filipinos have no jobs in the first quarter of 2014.
Malacañang is not worried about China’s decision not to send delegates to the World Eco Forum to be held in May 21-23 at the PICC, saying that the event was organized by the private sector.
