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==Daily outage in GenSan, nearby areas extends to 3 hours as Pulangi IV shuts down for rehab== | |||
*Source: http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/46454-Daily-outage-in-GenSan,-nearby-areas-extends-to-3-hours-as-Pulangi-IV-shuts-down-for-rehab.html | |||
*Wednesday, April 18. 2012 | |||
:By. (PNA) | |||
LAP/FFC/AVE | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The daily rotating brownouts here and the neighboring areas rose to at least three hours Tuesday as the National Power Corporation (NPC) pushed through with the scheduled shutdown of the Pulangi IV hydroelectric plant in Bukidnon to facilitate its month-long rehabilitation. | |||
Geronimo Desesto, South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco II) institutional services manager, said in an advisory that they were implementing three hour and 15-minute rotating brownouts daily starting Tuesday as a result of the new power load cuts brought about by the Pulangi plant’s closure. | |||
He said they scheduled the power outages, which will run until April 30, in four phases based on the distribution of its 44 feeder stations. | |||
Socoteco II serves this city, the entire Sarangani province and the municipalities of Tupi and Polomolok in South Cotabato. | |||
Prior to the implementation of the new power curtailment schedule, Socoteco II had implemented two-hour daily rotating brownouts in the area due to the power supply cuts imposed by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP). | |||
NGCP imposed the load cuts due to the rising power supply shortage in Mindanao that reportedly stemmed from the dwindling capacity of the NPC’s hydroelectric plants in Bukinon and Lanao del Norte. | |||
Engr. Santiago Tudio, Socoteco I general manager, said the NPC shut down the Pulangi around 9 a.m. Tuesday based on an advisory issued by the NGCP’s substation in Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat. | |||
He said the plant’s closure means an additional deficit of around 180 MW to Mindanao’s power supply mix during the peak hours. | |||
In an advisory posted in its website, the NGCP said the island’s power deficit presently stands at 234 MW and is foreseen to increase to 243 MW on Wednesday and 248 MW on Thursday. | |||
On Monday, the reported power supply deficit in Mindanao was at 74 MW or 160 MW less than the current shortage. | |||
“The areas that would be hit hardest (by the new load cuts) are those that have high power requirements like Zamboanga City, General Santos City and the Agusan area,” said Tudio, citing the NGCP’s advisory. | |||
In this city, which has a requirement of 105 MW, the NGCP further reduced its supplies by around 10 MW or a total deficit of 40 MW, he said. | |||
Since January, the NPC has cut down the area’s power supplies by 30 MW or around 30 percent of its power requirement. | |||
Socoteco II had forged a supply contract with the Aboitiz-owned Therma Marine Inc. (TMI) to augment the area’s power supplies by 23 MW, leaving its current deficit to around 17 MW. | |||
Tudio said that for Socoteco I’s service area, the average daily power supply cuts would reach around 5 MW based on the NGCP’s new load distribution schedule. | |||
Socoteco I, which has a peak requirement of 31 MW, covers Koronadal City, Lutayan town in Sultan Kudarat and eight municipalities in South Cotabato. | |||
“Our regular supply has been reduced to 25 MW but we have a contracted augmentation of 5 MW from TMI so the impact of Pulangi IV’s shutdown will be very minimal here. At worst, our rotating brownouts may only reach about 30 minutes,” Tudio said. | |||
==Mayor distributes 145 computers to public high schools in Gensan== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1681334641061 | |||
*Tuesday 17th of April 2012 | |||
:By. (PGFruylan/PIA-Gensan) | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio distributed on Monday 145 new computer sets to nine public high schools here in a move to strengthen students’ competitive advantage in preparation for their domestic and global engagements. | |||
The said activity was part of the SHEEP-Computer Literacy Program (CLP) of the local government, designed to improve the quality of education in public schools of the city to make them at par with other private teaching institutions. | |||
According to SHEEP-CLP head Percival Pasuelo, the mayor handed over 20 units of computer each to Labangal National High School, New Society National High School, General Santos City National High School, Fatima National High School, Bula National School of Fisheries, and GSC National Secondary School of Arts and Trade. | |||
Tinagacan National High School and AG Busano National High School each received 10 units of computer while Irineo National High School of Metro Dadiangas got an additional five units for its Computer-Speech Laboratory in addition to the 20 units that were turned over by the city mayor during Valentine’s Day, two months ago. | |||
Earlier, Mayor Custodio disclosed that the goal of the program is to make sure that public school students in GenSan will not be left out in terms of information technology. | |||
She said the purchase of the additional 500 units for the remaining schools is already on process and set to be delivered within the year. | |||
Meanwhile, Pasuelo expressed optimism that with the new computer sets and the series of level-up trainings conducted by the SHEEP-CLP to public schools in the city, students and teachers will continue imparting the knowledge they have learned to move forward. | |||
“The city government has provided them the necessary tools which they can use to bridge the gap from the traditional classroom teaching to computer-aided instructions for them to become globally competitive,” he said. | |||
==Peace and development volunteers in SocSarGen initiate march for peace== | ==Peace and development volunteers in SocSarGen initiate march for peace== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1671334476249 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1671334476249 | ||
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“Peace and development is the result of cooperation and concerted efforts. “Attaining lasting peace is a shared responsibility and everyone must take part in any undertakings to achieve it,” he added. | “Peace and development is the result of cooperation and concerted efforts. “Attaining lasting peace is a shared responsibility and everyone must take part in any undertakings to achieve it,” he added. | ||
==COMMENT: No sign of signing: Iqbal’s Past Opening Statements== | ==COMMENT: No sign of signing: Iqbal’s Past Opening Statements== | ||