The President of the Philippines Ferdinand"Bongbong" Marcos and the German Chancellor address a joint press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, on March 12, 2024.MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday ordered government offices to minimize power consumption after several power plants either stopped supplying electricity or operated at reduced capacity.
Meanwhile, a yellow alert is raised when the operating margin is not enough to meet the grid’s contingency requirement. “Any unplanned outages may further deplete operating reserve levels and affect the grid’s reliability,” said Jephraim Manansala, ICSC’s chief data scientist and co-author of the report.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is looking into the reported swarm of Chinese college students in the province of Ca...