DOE: No outages seen amid El Niño hydropower drop

By Alena Mae S. Flores

THE Department of Energy expects no power outages despite an expected decline in hydroelectric power due to the El Niño weather phenomenon.

"We do not have potential red alerts for the rest of the year,” Energy Undersecretary Rowena Guevara said.

Guevara said that based on the state weather bureau's forecast, hydro power plants are expected to reduce output by 50 percent starting July and up to 70 percent by the end of the year.

She said there is a potential yellow alert on the third week of July and three weeks in August but no red alerts as a result of the lower hydro power output.

PCG to keep ‘exposing’ China ships, sets more patrols with AFP

"We can run the more expensive diesel plants if actual demand exceeds the projected demand. So far, the actual demand is less than the projected demand," the official said.

Imee: 2 more US C-17s cross local airspace

By Macon Ramos-Araneta

SENATOR Imee Marcos on Sunday raised concern over the presence of at least two more C-17 Globemasters of the US Air Force in Manila and Palawan.

While acknowledging the ongoing military exercises between the two countries, she said there is a need to shed light on the activities of US Air Force planes in Philippine air space.

By Vince Lopez

THE Philippine Coast Guard will continue to expose Chinese excursions in the West Philippine Sea, as it and the Armed Forces of the Philippines are set

Revenge travelers ignoring tourism slogan hullabaloo

By Rio N.

Araja

TRAVELERS continue to flock to the Philippines despite the recent hullabaloo over the country's new tourism slogan, the leader of a group of tour operators said Sunday.

In an interview with TeleRadyo

Serbisyo, the president of the Philippine Tour Operators' Association (Philtoa), Fe Abling-Yu, said the controversy surrounding the country's new "Love

Next page to increase their joint patrols to the Del Pilar Reef and Escoda Shoal, where Chinese militia vessels were spotted swarming ahead of a suspected occupation. PCG West Philippine Sea spokes- person Commodore Jay Tarriela said the Coast Guardians’ "transparency initiative" on Chinese incursions is part of its strategy to drive China’s ships away from the WPS islands.

“We realized that for the Philippine