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ABOARD BRP SINDANGAN -- The Philippines will not allow China to remove a Philippine military outpost in a fiercely disputed South China Sea shoal, a navy official said Wednesday, March 6, 2024, a day after four Filipino navy personnel were injured in a confrontation between Chinese and Philippine ships.Philippine officials summoned a Chinese Embassy diplomat in Manila to convey a strong protest over the confrontation Tuesday, March 5, off Second Thomas Shoal.A small Filipino navy contingent has stood guard on a long-marooned warship that has served as an outpost in the shoal since the 1990s.Washington issued a warning after Tuesday’s hostilities that it is obligated to defend the Philippines, its oldest treaty ally in Asia, if Filipino forces, ships or aircraft come under an armed attack anywhere in the South China Sea.Philippine navy Commodore Roy Trinidad also said Filipino forces will not allow any structure to be erected in another hotly contested South China Sea area, Scarborough Shoal. China surrounded the vast fishing atoll northwest of the Philippines with coast guard and suspected militia ships in 2012 after a tense standoff between Chinese and Philippine ships.“These are red lines for the Philippines, to the armed forces,” Trinidad said at a news conference in Manila when asked what Chinese actions would be unacceptable to the Philippines in the disputed waters.Trinidad said the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte, who preceded current President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., established those “red lines,” which delineate actions by China and any other rival claimant state that would spark fierce Philippine resistance in the disputed sea.The latest flareup in the long-simmering disputes began when Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships shadowed, surrounded and blocked two Philippine coast guard ships which were escorting two civilian motorboats manned by Filipino navy personnel.They were on the way to deliver supplies and replacement navy and marine personnel to the BRP Sierra Madre, a navy warship that was deliberately grounded by the Philippine military in the late 1990s in the shallows of Second Thomas Shoal to serve as a territorial outpost.China also claims the area and has surrounded the shoal with coast guard, navy and suspected militia ships to prevent Filipino forces from delivering construction materials to reinforce the Sierra Madre, which is encrusted with rust and slightly tilting but remains an actively commissioned navy ship, meaning any attack on it would be considered by Manila as an act of war.After dawn on Tuesday, a Chinese coast guard vessel sideswiped one of the Philippine coast guard ships, the BRP Sindangan, where crewmen scrambled to lower rubber fenders along the side to avoid damage to the hull. Two Associated Press journalists and other media who were invited to travel on the patrol ship witnessed the tense confrontation.Inviting journalists to join trips by Philippine ships to the area is part of a strategy adopted last year by the government to publicize China’s aggressive actions in one of the world’s most hotly contested waterways. China has reacted by providing its coast guard personnel with video cameras to contest Manila’s version of the confrontations.The Chinese coast guard said in its account of the incident that the BRP Sindangan had rammed its ship, although the journalists aboard the Philippine coast guard vessel saw the Chinese ship approach dangerously close before the collision.Later, another Chinese coast guard ship blocked and then collided with a supply boat being escorted by the Philippine coast guard, Filipino officials said.The supply boat was later hit by water cannon blasts from two Chinese coast guard ships. Philippine navy Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos was aboard the boat and witnessed the water cannon assault, which he said caused minor injuries to four navy personnel.“The pressure was really intense,” Carlos said. “It shattered the windshield of the boat and caused some injuries.”The damaged boat immediately returned to the western Philippine province of Palawan. The other supply boat managed to evade the Chinese coast guard blockade and delivered supplies to the Filipino forces guarding the shoal, Philippine officials said.The two-decade-long territorial standoff sparked a series of confrontations between Chinese and Filipino forces last year, with the Philippines protesting dangerous maneuvers by Chinese coast guard vessels and China demanding that the Sierra Madre be towed away by the Philippines.The Chinese coast guard said in a statement that “it took control measures in accordance with the law against Philippine ships that illegally intruded into the waters adjacent to Ren’ai Reef,” the name Beijing uses for Second Thomas Shoal.Washington condemned the Chinese coast guard's actions, and its ambassador in Manila, MaryKay Carlson, said the US stands with the Philippines. Australia and Japan separately expressed their concern over China’s actions.In Washington, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the incidents demonstrated China’s “reckless disregard for the safety of Filipinos and also for international law,” and that China was interfering with “lawful Philippine maritime operations."The confrontations have sparked fears of a larger conflict that could involve the United States.Chinese and Philippine officials met in Shanghai in January and agreed to take steps to lower tensions, but the recent confrontations underscore the difficulty of doing so."If China desires some improvement or progress in resolving these maritime disputes in a peaceful and orderly manner, we demand that they match their words with their actions,” Jonathan Malaya, assistant director-general of the National Security Council, said Wednesday at a news conference in Manila. (AP) Looking for a Legit App to Earn Money in the Philippines Philippines POWER distribution utility firm Visayan Electric is calling for more of its commercial and industrial customers to enrol in the Interruptible Load Program (ILP) to lessen the impact of possible power shortages on the Visayas Grid.ILP is a voluntary, demand-side management program where business customers of a distribution utility with usage of at least one megawatt per day, sign an agreement that they will run their own generator sets for particular hours in a day when the power supply in the grid will not be enough for the power demand.Increasing the ILP capacity ensures a reduced duration and frequency of rotating brownouts should there be a power shortage.“We need to increase our ILP capacity now that there are frequent yellow and red alerts from the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP). Temperatures are very high, and as much as possible, we want to avoid having to implement manual load dropping or at least lessen the duration and frequency so that our customers will not be inconvenienced,” said Visayan Electric president and chief operating officer Raul Lucero in a statement.As of 2023, industrial and commercial firms made up 36.86 percent and 18.10 percent of Visayan Electric’s energy sales, respectively. Residential had energy sales share of 43.87 percent. The NGCP has been issuing yellow and red alerts in the Visayas Grid due to supply concerns following the forced outage, derated capacities of several power plants in the grid, as well as the increase in demand because of the extreme heat that the country is experiencing. Red alertOn Wednesday, April 24, 2024, the NGCP placed the Visayas Grid on red and yellow alerts. Red alerts were raised from noon to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m., and yellow alerts from 10 a.m. to noon, 5 to 6 p.m. and 8 to 9 p.m. due to a thin power supply.Wednesday’s peak demand was projected at 2,525 megawatts (MW) with an available capacity of 2,462 MW.In a statement, NGCP said one power plant was on forced outage since 2022, two plants since 2023, two plants between January and March 2024, and 15 plants since April 2024. Eight plants are running on derated capacities, for a total of 621.6 MW unavailable to the grid.The transmission firm added that the reduced capacity exported by Mindanao to the Visayas aggravated the power situation in the Visayas. Red alerts are issued when the power supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand and the transmission grid’s regulating requirement. Yellow alerts are issued when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s contingency requirement.Business response Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Jay Yuvallos echoed the Visayan Electric’s call for large power consumers to participate in the ILP. “We are hoping that this will prevent power interruptions that will have serious effects on productivity and or production of our micro, small and medium enterprises,” said Yuvallos.Mark Anthony Ynoc, president of the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), said MCCI member companies are willing to participate in the ILP if requested “since this program is a needed palliative to the current challenges we are facing and it will mitigate the negative effects, especially to the industrial sector.”“We just need to be educated more on the mechanics and how we can fully take advantage of the whole arrangement,” Ynoc said. Entrepreneur Steven Yu said while the cost of running their own generator sets will vary depending on the size and type of the units, it is generally similar to the costs of buying power from Visayan Electric.The cost of running a generator set also depends on fuel costs.“However, the participants of the ILP are willing to do it for the greater good of the community. From a macro scale, avoiding blackouts augurs well for the general economy and is advantageous to businesses,” he said. ILP participants In May 2023, four major industry operators in the Visayan Electric franchise area signed up for an ILP partnership, namely SM Prime Holdings, Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu, J. King and Sons Company Inc. (Club Ultima) and Lucky Group Management and Development Corp (Gaisano Country Mall).The strategic partnership boosted the ILP capacity of Visayan Electric to 23 MW.Visayan Electric last implemented the ILP in 2015 when there was a power supply concern after a generating plant’s emergency shutdown. There were 28 business customers who enrolled with the ILP at that time, with a total 68 MW in power requirement.Lucero said previous ILP activations had averted brownouts from affecting hundreds of thousands of Cebu households.Companies that participate in the ILP will be compensated for their actual variable charges incurred (i.e., fuel cost) plus a certain margin, as will be agreed upon by the participating company and the distribution utility. Business customers interested in enrolling may get in touch with their respective key account managers or with Visayan Electric through [email protected]. / KOC

POWER distribution utility firm Visayan Electric is calling for more of its commercial and industrial customers to enrol in the Interruptible Load Program (ILP) to lessen the impact of possible power shortages on the Visayas Grid.ILP is a voluntary, demand-side management program where business customers of a distribution utility with usage of at least one megawatt per day, sign an agreement that they will run their own generator sets for particular hours in a day when the power supply in the grid will not be enough for the power demand.Increasing the ILP capacity ensures a reduced duration and frequency of rotating brownouts should there be a power shortage.“We need to increase our ILP capacity now that there are frequent yellow and red alerts from the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP). Temperatures are very high, and as much as possible, we want to avoid having to implement manual load dropping or at least lessen the duration and frequency so that our customers will not be inconvenienced,” said Visayan Electric president and chief operating officer Raul Lucero in a statement.As of 2023, industrial and commercial firms made up 36.86 percent and 18.10 percent of Visayan Electric’s energy sales, respectively. Residential had energy sales share of 43.87 percent. The NGCP has been issuing yellow and red alerts in the Visayas Grid due to supply concerns following the forced outage, derated capacities of several power plants in the grid, as well as the increase in demand because of the extreme heat that the country is experiencing. Red alertOn Wednesday, April 24, 2024, the NGCP placed the Visayas Grid on red and yellow alerts. Red alerts were raised from noon to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m., and yellow alerts from 10 a.m. to noon, 5 to 6 p.m. and 8 to 9 p.m. due to a thin power supply.Wednesday’s peak demand was projected at 2,525 megawatts (MW) with an available capacity of 2,462 MW.In a statement, NGCP said one power plant was on forced outage since 2022, two plants since 2023, two plants between January and March 2024, and 15 plants since April 2024. Eight plants are running on derated capacities, for a total of 621.6 MW unavailable to the grid.The transmission firm added that the reduced capacity exported by Mindanao to the Visayas aggravated the power situation in the Visayas. Red alerts are issued when the power supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand and the transmission grid’s regulating requirement. Yellow alerts are issued when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s contingency requirement.Business response Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Jay Yuvallos echoed the Visayan Electric’s call for large power consumers to participate in the ILP. “We are hoping that this will prevent power interruptions that will have serious effects on productivity and or production of our micro, small and medium enterprises,” said Yuvallos.Mark Anthony Ynoc, president of the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), said MCCI member companies are willing to participate in the ILP if requested “since this program is a needed palliative to the current challenges we are facing and it will mitigate the negative effects, especially to the industrial sector.”“We just need to be educated more on the mechanics and how we can fully take advantage of the whole arrangement,” Ynoc said. Entrepreneur Steven Yu said while the cost of running their own generator sets will vary depending on the size and type of the units, it is generally similar to the costs of buying power from Visayan Electric.The cost of running a generator set also depends on fuel costs.“However, the participants of the ILP are willing to do it for the greater good of the community. From a macro scale, avoiding blackouts augurs well for the general economy and is advantageous to businesses,” he said. ILP participants In May 2023, four major industry operators in the Visayan Electric franchise area signed up for an ILP partnership, namely SM Prime Holdings, Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu, J. King and Sons Company Inc. (Club Ultima) and Lucky Group Management and Development Corp (Gaisano Country Mall).The strategic partnership boosted the ILP capacity of Visayan Electric to 23 MW.Visayan Electric last implemented the ILP in 2015 when there was a power supply concern after a generating plant’s emergency shutdown. There were 28 business customers who enrolled with the ILP at that time, with a total 68 MW in power requirement.Lucero said previous ILP activations had averted brownouts from affecting hundreds of thousands of Cebu households.Companies that participate in the ILP will be compensated for their actual variable charges incurred (i.e., fuel cost) plus a certain margin, as will be agreed upon by the participating company and the distribution utility. Business customers interested in enrolling may get in touch with their respective key account managers or with Visayan Electric through [email protected]. / KOC Casino Event Calendar in the Philippines HEALTH officials in the cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu in Cebu have confirmed logging pertussis cases, including several suspected pertussis cases, especially among children and infants.Agnes Realiza, head of the Lapu-Lapu City Health Office (LCHO), and Debra Catulong, head of the Mandaue City Health Office (MCHO), said in an interview with SunStar Tuesday, March 26, 2024, that they have been increasing the administration of pentavalent vaccines to contain the spread of the disease, particularly among toddlers and infants.They have also been conducting catch-up vaccinations, or administering vaccines to those who missed out on a particular vaccine at the recommended age or missed a scheduled vaccination dose. The pentavalent vaccine, as defined by the World Health Organization, protects children and infants from potentially deadly diseases, which include diphtheria, tetanus, Hib, hepatitis B, and pertussis.Realiza reported on March 25 that there was only one confirmed case of pertussis in Lapu-Lapu, while 15 were suspected to be pertussis cases. These 15, however, were later identified to be not related to the respiratory illness.Catulong, for her part, did not give an exact number but confirmed that Mandaue City also has confirmed and suspected cases of the disease.Both Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu have had no outbreaks of pertussis, said the two officials.Early consultation Both Realiza and Catulong recommended that parents should seek immediate medical consultation, such as visiting the LCHO and MCHO, if they notice that their children have coughs and colds. Catulong also reminded parents to follow the instructions for medication intake and isolate the pertussis-infected child from other children to prevent contamination.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pertussis, commonly known as "whooping cough," is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection that can affect people of all ages but is especially dangerous for babies. It is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.The bacteria spread easily from person to person through the air. The CDC said the whooping cough can only be contracted from other humans.The early symptoms of pertussis include a runny or stuffy nose, a mild and occasional cough (mostly common for adults), low-grade fever (less than 38 degrees Celsius), apnea (life-threatening pauses in breathing), and cyanosis (turning blue or purple) in babies and toddlers.If left untreated for two weeks, the infected person may start to develop whooping cough, which is later accompanied by paroxysms -- rapid, violent, uncontrollable coughing fits that can cause the infected person to struggle to breathe and vomit that last up to 10 weeks.The CDC said babies infected with pertussis are likely to suffer from difficulty in breathing, while teenagers and adults generally have milder symptoms.Hand washing Realiza and Catulong advised the public to practice proper handwashing and resume wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the disease.The two health officials emphasized the importance of vaccinating children against common diseases like pertussis and seeking regular check-ups at health centers.Realiza said they continue to conduct health education for parents in Lapu-Lapu to properly take care of their children and ensure they receive ample nutrition.Expected to riseIn the past week, three cities in the Philippines -- Quezon, Pasig, and Iloilo -- have declared an outbreak of pertussis.Quezon and Pasig recorded almost 50 cases and six deaths, while Iloilo reported 15 cases with eight suspected cases. Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Eric Tayag said many areas in the country are on high alert due to the spread of pertussis, especially among children. The DOH expects the number of cases to continue to rise. Within the first 10 weeks of 2024, 453 Filipinos across the country were diagnosed with pertussis.The National Capital Region reported the highest number of cases with 38, followed by Calabarzon and Central Visayas. So far, 35 people have died due to this infection, said the DOH. (HIC)

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HEALTH officials in the cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu in Cebu have confirmed logging pertussis cases, including several suspected pertussis cases, especially among children and infants.Agnes Realiza, head of the Lapu-Lapu City Health Office (LCHO), and Debra Catulong, head of the Mandaue City Health Office (MCHO), said in an interview with SunStar Tuesday, March 26, 2024, that they have been increasing the administration of pentavalent vaccines to contain the spread of the disease, particularly among toddlers and infants.They have also been conducting catch-up vaccinations, or administering vaccines to those who missed out on a particular vaccine at the recommended age or missed a scheduled vaccination dose. The pentavalent vaccine, as defined by the World Health Organization, protects children and infants from potentially deadly diseases, which include diphtheria, tetanus, Hib, hepatitis B, and pertussis.Realiza reported on March 25 that there was only one confirmed case of pertussis in Lapu-Lapu, while 15 were suspected to be pertussis cases. These 15, however, were later identified to be not related to the respiratory illness.Catulong, for her part, did not give an exact number but confirmed that Mandaue City also has confirmed and suspected cases of the disease.Both Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu have had no outbreaks of pertussis, said the two officials.Early consultation Both Realiza and Catulong recommended that parents should seek immediate medical consultation, such as visiting the LCHO and MCHO, if they notice that their children have coughs and colds. Catulong also reminded parents to follow the instructions for medication intake and isolate the pertussis-infected child from other children to prevent contamination.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pertussis, commonly known as "whooping cough," is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection that can affect people of all ages but is especially dangerous for babies. It is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.The bacteria spread easily from person to person through the air. The CDC said the whooping cough can only be contracted from other humans.The early symptoms of pertussis include a runny or stuffy nose, a mild and occasional cough (mostly common for adults), low-grade fever (less than 38 degrees Celsius), apnea (life-threatening pauses in breathing), and cyanosis (turning blue or purple) in babies and toddlers.If left untreated for two weeks, the infected person may start to develop whooping cough, which is later accompanied by paroxysms -- rapid, violent, uncontrollable coughing fits that can cause the infected person to struggle to breathe and vomit that last up to 10 weeks.The CDC said babies infected with pertussis are likely to suffer from difficulty in breathing, while teenagers and adults generally have milder symptoms.Hand washing Realiza and Catulong advised the public to practice proper handwashing and resume wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the disease.The two health officials emphasized the importance of vaccinating children against common diseases like pertussis and seeking regular check-ups at health centers.Realiza said they continue to conduct health education for parents in Lapu-Lapu to properly take care of their children and ensure they receive ample nutrition.Expected to riseIn the past week, three cities in the Philippines -- Quezon, Pasig, and Iloilo -- have declared an outbreak of pertussis.Quezon and Pasig recorded almost 50 cases and six deaths, while Iloilo reported 15 cases with eight suspected cases. Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Eric Tayag said many areas in the country are on high alert due to the spread of pertussis, especially among children. The DOH expects the number of cases to continue to rise. Within the first 10 weeks of 2024, 453 Filipinos across the country were diagnosed with pertussis.The National Capital Region reported the highest number of cases with 38, followed by Calabarzon and Central Visayas. So far, 35 people have died due to this infection, said the DOH. (HIC) Casino Event Calendar in the Philippines ABOARD BRP SINDANGAN -- The Philippines will not allow China to remove a Philippine military outpost in a fiercely disputed South China Sea shoal, a navy official said Wednesday, March 6, 2024, a day after four Filipino navy personnel were injured in a confrontation between Chinese and Philippine ships.Philippine officials summoned a Chinese Embassy diplomat in Manila to convey a strong protest over the confrontation Tuesday, March 5, off Second Thomas Shoal.A small Filipino navy contingent has stood guard on a long-marooned warship that has served as an outpost in the shoal since the 1990s.Washington issued a warning after Tuesday’s hostilities that it is obligated to defend the Philippines, its oldest treaty ally in Asia, if Filipino forces, ships or aircraft come under an armed attack anywhere in the South China Sea.Philippine navy Commodore Roy Trinidad also said Filipino forces will not allow any structure to be erected in another hotly contested South China Sea area, Scarborough Shoal. China surrounded the vast fishing atoll northwest of the Philippines with coast guard and suspected militia ships in 2012 after a tense standoff between Chinese and Philippine ships.“These are red lines for the Philippines, to the armed forces,” Trinidad said at a news conference in Manila when asked what Chinese actions would be unacceptable to the Philippines in the disputed waters.Trinidad said the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte, who preceded current President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., established those “red lines,” which delineate actions by China and any other rival claimant state that would spark fierce Philippine resistance in the disputed sea.The latest flareup in the long-simmering disputes began when Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships shadowed, surrounded and blocked two Philippine coast guard ships which were escorting two civilian motorboats manned by Filipino navy personnel.They were on the way to deliver supplies and replacement navy and marine personnel to the BRP Sierra Madre, a navy warship that was deliberately grounded by the Philippine military in the late 1990s in the shallows of Second Thomas Shoal to serve as a territorial outpost.China also claims the area and has surrounded the shoal with coast guard, navy and suspected militia ships to prevent Filipino forces from delivering construction materials to reinforce the Sierra Madre, which is encrusted with rust and slightly tilting but remains an actively commissioned navy ship, meaning any attack on it would be considered by Manila as an act of war.After dawn on Tuesday, a Chinese coast guard vessel sideswiped one of the Philippine coast guard ships, the BRP Sindangan, where crewmen scrambled to lower rubber fenders along the side to avoid damage to the hull. Two Associated Press journalists and other media who were invited to travel on the patrol ship witnessed the tense confrontation.Inviting journalists to join trips by Philippine ships to the area is part of a strategy adopted last year by the government to publicize China’s aggressive actions in one of the world’s most hotly contested waterways. China has reacted by providing its coast guard personnel with video cameras to contest Manila’s version of the confrontations.The Chinese coast guard said in its account of the incident that the BRP Sindangan had rammed its ship, although the journalists aboard the Philippine coast guard vessel saw the Chinese ship approach dangerously close before the collision.Later, another Chinese coast guard ship blocked and then collided with a supply boat being escorted by the Philippine coast guard, Filipino officials said.The supply boat was later hit by water cannon blasts from two Chinese coast guard ships. Philippine navy Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos was aboard the boat and witnessed the water cannon assault, which he said caused minor injuries to four navy personnel.“The pressure was really intense,” Carlos said. “It shattered the windshield of the boat and caused some injuries.”The damaged boat immediately returned to the western Philippine province of Palawan. The other supply boat managed to evade the Chinese coast guard blockade and delivered supplies to the Filipino forces guarding the shoal, Philippine officials said.The two-decade-long territorial standoff sparked a series of confrontations between Chinese and Filipino forces last year, with the Philippines protesting dangerous maneuvers by Chinese coast guard vessels and China demanding that the Sierra Madre be towed away by the Philippines.The Chinese coast guard said in a statement that “it took control measures in accordance with the law against Philippine ships that illegally intruded into the waters adjacent to Ren’ai Reef,” the name Beijing uses for Second Thomas Shoal.Washington condemned the Chinese coast guard's actions, and its ambassador in Manila, MaryKay Carlson, said the US stands with the Philippines. Australia and Japan separately expressed their concern over China’s actions.In Washington, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the incidents demonstrated China’s “reckless disregard for the safety of Filipinos and also for international law,” and that China was interfering with “lawful Philippine maritime operations."The confrontations have sparked fears of a larger conflict that could involve the United States.Chinese and Philippine officials met in Shanghai in January and agreed to take steps to lower tensions, but the recent confrontations underscore the difficulty of doing so."If China desires some improvement or progress in resolving these maritime disputes in a peaceful and orderly manner, we demand that they match their words with their actions,” Jonathan Malaya, assistant director-general of the National Security Council, said Wednesday at a news conference in Manila. (AP)

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ABOARD BRP SINDANGAN -- The Philippines will not allow China to remove a Philippine military outpost in a fiercely disputed South China Sea shoal, a navy official said Wednesday, March 6, 2024, a day after four Filipino navy personnel were injured in a confrontation between Chinese and Philippine ships.Philippine officials summoned a Chinese Embassy diplomat in Manila to convey a strong protest over the confrontation Tuesday, March 5, off Second Thomas Shoal.A small Filipino navy contingent has stood guard on a long-marooned warship that has served as an outpost in the shoal since the 1990s.Washington issued a warning after Tuesday’s hostilities that it is obligated to defend the Philippines, its oldest treaty ally in Asia, if Filipino forces, ships or aircraft come under an armed attack anywhere in the South China Sea.Philippine navy Commodore Roy Trinidad also said Filipino forces will not allow any structure to be erected in another hotly contested South China Sea area, Scarborough Shoal. China surrounded the vast fishing atoll northwest of the Philippines with coast guard and suspected militia ships in 2012 after a tense standoff between Chinese and Philippine ships.“These are red lines for the Philippines, to the armed forces,” Trinidad said at a news conference in Manila when asked what Chinese actions would be unacceptable to the Philippines in the disputed waters.Trinidad said the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte, who preceded current President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., established those “red lines,” which delineate actions by China and any other rival claimant state that would spark fierce Philippine resistance in the disputed sea.The latest flareup in the long-simmering disputes began when Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships shadowed, surrounded and blocked two Philippine coast guard ships which were escorting two civilian motorboats manned by Filipino navy personnel.They were on the way to deliver supplies and replacement navy and marine personnel to the BRP Sierra Madre, a navy warship that was deliberately grounded by the Philippine military in the late 1990s in the shallows of Second Thomas Shoal to serve as a territorial outpost.China also claims the area and has surrounded the shoal with coast guard, navy and suspected militia ships to prevent Filipino forces from delivering construction materials to reinforce the Sierra Madre, which is encrusted with rust and slightly tilting but remains an actively commissioned navy ship, meaning any attack on it would be considered by Manila as an act of war.After dawn on Tuesday, a Chinese coast guard vessel sideswiped one of the Philippine coast guard ships, the BRP Sindangan, where crewmen scrambled to lower rubber fenders along the side to avoid damage to the hull. Two Associated Press journalists and other media who were invited to travel on the patrol ship witnessed the tense confrontation.Inviting journalists to join trips by Philippine ships to the area is part of a strategy adopted last year by the government to publicize China’s aggressive actions in one of the world’s most hotly contested waterways. China has reacted by providing its coast guard personnel with video cameras to contest Manila’s version of the confrontations.The Chinese coast guard said in its account of the incident that the BRP Sindangan had rammed its ship, although the journalists aboard the Philippine coast guard vessel saw the Chinese ship approach dangerously close before the collision.Later, another Chinese coast guard ship blocked and then collided with a supply boat being escorted by the Philippine coast guard, Filipino officials said.The supply boat was later hit by water cannon blasts from two Chinese coast guard ships. Philippine navy Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos was aboard the boat and witnessed the water cannon assault, which he said caused minor injuries to four navy personnel.“The pressure was really intense,” Carlos said. “It shattered the windshield of the boat and caused some injuries.”The damaged boat immediately returned to the western Philippine province of Palawan. The other supply boat managed to evade the Chinese coast guard blockade and delivered supplies to the Filipino forces guarding the shoal, Philippine officials said.The two-decade-long territorial standoff sparked a series of confrontations between Chinese and Filipino forces last year, with the Philippines protesting dangerous maneuvers by Chinese coast guard vessels and China demanding that the Sierra Madre be towed away by the Philippines.The Chinese coast guard said in a statement that “it took control measures in accordance with the law against Philippine ships that illegally intruded into the waters adjacent to Ren’ai Reef,” the name Beijing uses for Second Thomas Shoal.Washington condemned the Chinese coast guard's actions, and its ambassador in Manila, MaryKay Carlson, said the US stands with the Philippines. Australia and Japan separately expressed their concern over China’s actions.In Washington, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the incidents demonstrated China’s “reckless disregard for the safety of Filipinos and also for international law,” and that China was interfering with “lawful Philippine maritime operations."The confrontations have sparked fears of a larger conflict that could involve the United States.Chinese and Philippine officials met in Shanghai in January and agreed to take steps to lower tensions, but the recent confrontations underscore the difficulty of doing so."If China desires some improvement or progress in resolving these maritime disputes in a peaceful and orderly manner, we demand that they match their words with their actions,” Jonathan Malaya, assistant director-general of the National Security Council, said Wednesday at a news conference in Manila. 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POWER distribution utility firm Visayan Electric is calling for more of its commercial and industrial customers to enrol in the Interruptible Load Program (ILP) to lessen the impact of possible power shortages on the Visayas Grid.ILP is a voluntary, demand-side management program where business customers of a distribution utility with usage of at least one megawatt per day, sign an agreement that they will run their own generator sets for particular hours in a day when the power supply in the grid will not be enough for the power demand.Increasing the ILP capacity ensures a reduced duration and frequency of rotating brownouts should there be a power shortage.“We need to increase our ILP capacity now that there are frequent yellow and red alerts from the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP). Temperatures are very high, and as much as possible, we want to avoid having to implement manual load dropping or at least lessen the duration and frequency so that our customers will not be inconvenienced,” said Visayan Electric president and chief operating officer Raul Lucero in a statement.As of 2023, industrial and commercial firms made up 36.86 percent and 18.10 percent of Visayan Electric’s energy sales, respectively. Residential had energy sales share of 43.87 percent. The NGCP has been issuing yellow and red alerts in the Visayas Grid due to supply concerns following the forced outage, derated capacities of several power plants in the grid, as well as the increase in demand because of the extreme heat that the country is experiencing. Red alertOn Wednesday, April 24, 2024, the NGCP placed the Visayas Grid on red and yellow alerts. Red alerts were raised from noon to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m., and yellow alerts from 10 a.m. to noon, 5 to 6 p.m. and 8 to 9 p.m. due to a thin power supply.Wednesday’s peak demand was projected at 2,525 megawatts (MW) with an available capacity of 2,462 MW.In a statement, NGCP said one power plant was on forced outage since 2022, two plants since 2023, two plants between January and March 2024, and 15 plants since April 2024. Eight plants are running on derated capacities, for a total of 621.6 MW unavailable to the grid.The transmission firm added that the reduced capacity exported by Mindanao to the Visayas aggravated the power situation in the Visayas. Red alerts are issued when the power supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand and the transmission grid’s regulating requirement. 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China surrounded the vast fishing atoll northwest of the Philippines with coast guard and suspected militia ships in 2012 after a tense standoff between Chinese and Philippine ships.“These are red lines for the Philippines, to the armed forces,” Trinidad said at a news conference in Manila when asked what Chinese actions would be unacceptable to the Philippines in the disputed waters.Trinidad said the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte, who preceded current President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., established those “red lines,” which delineate actions by China and any other rival claimant state that would spark fierce Philippine resistance in the disputed sea.The latest flareup in the long-simmering disputes began when Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships shadowed, surrounded and blocked two Philippine coast guard ships which were escorting two civilian motorboats manned by Filipino navy personnel.They were on the way to deliver supplies and replacement navy and marine personnel to the BRP Sierra Madre, a navy warship that was deliberately grounded by the Philippine military in the late 1990s in the shallows of Second Thomas Shoal to serve as a territorial outpost.China also claims the area and has surrounded the shoal with coast guard, navy and suspected militia ships to prevent Filipino forces from delivering construction materials to reinforce the Sierra Madre, which is encrusted with rust and slightly tilting but remains an actively commissioned navy ship, meaning any attack on it would be considered by Manila as an act of war.After dawn on Tuesday, a Chinese coast guard vessel sideswiped one of the Philippine coast guard ships, the BRP Sindangan, where crewmen scrambled to lower rubber fenders along the side to avoid damage to the hull. Two Associated Press journalists and other media who were invited to travel on the patrol ship witnessed the tense confrontation.Inviting journalists to join trips by Philippine ships to the area is part of a strategy adopted last year by the government to publicize China’s aggressive actions in one of the world’s most hotly contested waterways. China has reacted by providing its coast guard personnel with video cameras to contest Manila’s version of the confrontations.The Chinese coast guard said in its account of the incident that the BRP Sindangan had rammed its ship, although the journalists aboard the Philippine coast guard vessel saw the Chinese ship approach dangerously close before the collision.Later, another Chinese coast guard ship blocked and then collided with a supply boat being escorted by the Philippine coast guard, Filipino officials said.The supply boat was later hit by water cannon blasts from two Chinese coast guard ships. Philippine navy Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos was aboard the boat and witnessed the water cannon assault, which he said caused minor injuries to four navy personnel.“The pressure was really intense,” Carlos said. “It shattered the windshield of the boat and caused some injuries.”The damaged boat immediately returned to the western Philippine province of Palawan. The other supply boat managed to evade the Chinese coast guard blockade and delivered supplies to the Filipino forces guarding the shoal, Philippine officials said.The two-decade-long territorial standoff sparked a series of confrontations between Chinese and Filipino forces last year, with the Philippines protesting dangerous maneuvers by Chinese coast guard vessels and China demanding that the Sierra Madre be towed away by the Philippines.The Chinese coast guard said in a statement that “it took control measures in accordance with the law against Philippine ships that illegally intruded into the waters adjacent to Ren’ai Reef,” the name Beijing uses for Second Thomas Shoal.Washington condemned the Chinese coast guard's actions, and its ambassador in Manila, MaryKay Carlson, said the US stands with the Philippines. 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Temperatures are very high, and as much as possible, we want to avoid having to implement manual load dropping or at least lessen the duration and frequency so that our customers will not be inconvenienced,” said Visayan Electric president and chief operating officer Raul Lucero in a statement.As of 2023, industrial and commercial firms made up 36.86 percent and 18.10 percent of Visayan Electric’s energy sales, respectively. Residential had energy sales share of 43.87 percent. The NGCP has been issuing yellow and red alerts in the Visayas Grid due to supply concerns following the forced outage, derated capacities of several power plants in the grid, as well as the increase in demand because of the extreme heat that the country is experiencing. Red alertOn Wednesday, April 24, 2024, the NGCP placed the Visayas Grid on red and yellow alerts. Red alerts were raised from noon to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m., and yellow alerts from 10 a.m. to noon, 5 to 6 p.m. and 8 to 9 p.m. due to a thin power supply.Wednesday’s peak demand was projected at 2,525 megawatts (MW) with an available capacity of 2,462 MW.In a statement, NGCP said one power plant was on forced outage since 2022, two plants since 2023, two plants between January and March 2024, and 15 plants since April 2024. Eight plants are running on derated capacities, for a total of 621.6 MW unavailable to the grid.The transmission firm added that the reduced capacity exported by Mindanao to the Visayas aggravated the power situation in the Visayas. Red alerts are issued when the power supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand and the transmission grid’s regulating requirement. Yellow alerts are issued when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s contingency requirement.Business response Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Jay Yuvallos echoed the Visayan Electric’s call for large power consumers to participate in the ILP. “We are hoping that this will prevent power interruptions that will have serious effects on productivity and or production of our micro, small and medium enterprises,” said Yuvallos.Mark Anthony Ynoc, president of the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), said MCCI member companies are willing to participate in the ILP if requested “since this program is a needed palliative to the current challenges we are facing and it will mitigate the negative effects, especially to the industrial sector.”“We just need to be educated more on the mechanics and how we can fully take advantage of the whole arrangement,” Ynoc said. Entrepreneur Steven Yu said while the cost of running their own generator sets will vary depending on the size and type of the units, it is generally similar to the costs of buying power from Visayan Electric.The cost of running a generator set also depends on fuel costs.“However, the participants of the ILP are willing to do it for the greater good of the community. From a macro scale, avoiding blackouts augurs well for the general economy and is advantageous to businesses,” he said. ILP participants In May 2023, four major industry operators in the Visayan Electric franchise area signed up for an ILP partnership, namely SM Prime Holdings, Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu, J. King and Sons Company Inc. 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Business customers interested in enrolling may get in touch with their respective key account managers or with Visayan Electric through [email protected]. / KOC licensed online casinos HEALTH officials in the cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu in Cebu have confirmed logging pertussis cases, including several suspected pertussis cases, especially among children and infants.Agnes Realiza, head of the Lapu-Lapu City Health Office (LCHO), and Debra Catulong, head of the Mandaue City Health Office (MCHO), said in an interview with SunStar Tuesday, March 26, 2024, that they have been increasing the administration of pentavalent vaccines to contain the spread of the disease, particularly among toddlers and infants.They have also been conducting catch-up vaccinations, or administering vaccines to those who missed out on a particular vaccine at the recommended age or missed a scheduled vaccination dose. The pentavalent vaccine, as defined by the World Health Organization, protects children and infants from potentially deadly diseases, which include diphtheria, tetanus, Hib, hepatitis B, and pertussis.Realiza reported on March 25 that there was only one confirmed case of pertussis in Lapu-Lapu, while 15 were suspected to be pertussis cases. These 15, however, were later identified to be not related to the respiratory illness.Catulong, for her part, did not give an exact number but confirmed that Mandaue City also has confirmed and suspected cases of the disease.Both Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu have had no outbreaks of pertussis, said the two officials.Early consultation Both Realiza and Catulong recommended that parents should seek immediate medical consultation, such as visiting the LCHO and MCHO, if they notice that their children have coughs and colds. Catulong also reminded parents to follow the instructions for medication intake and isolate the pertussis-infected child from other children to prevent contamination.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pertussis, commonly known as "whooping cough," is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection that can affect people of all ages but is especially dangerous for babies. It is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.The bacteria spread easily from person to person through the air. The CDC said the whooping cough can only be contracted from other humans.The early symptoms of pertussis include a runny or stuffy nose, a mild and occasional cough (mostly common for adults), low-grade fever (less than 38 degrees Celsius), apnea (life-threatening pauses in breathing), and cyanosis (turning blue or purple) in babies and toddlers.If left untreated for two weeks, the infected person may start to develop whooping cough, which is later accompanied by paroxysms -- rapid, violent, uncontrollable coughing fits that can cause the infected person to struggle to breathe and vomit that last up to 10 weeks.The CDC said babies infected with pertussis are likely to suffer from difficulty in breathing, while teenagers and adults generally have milder symptoms.Hand washing Realiza and Catulong advised the public to practice proper handwashing and resume wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the disease.The two health officials emphasized the importance of vaccinating children against common diseases like pertussis and seeking regular check-ups at health centers.Realiza said they continue to conduct health education for parents in Lapu-Lapu to properly take care of their children and ensure they receive ample nutrition.Expected to riseIn the past week, three cities in the Philippines -- Quezon, Pasig, and Iloilo -- have declared an outbreak of pertussis.Quezon and Pasig recorded almost 50 cases and six deaths, while Iloilo reported 15 cases with eight suspected cases. Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Eric Tayag said many areas in the country are on high alert due to the spread of pertussis, especially among children. The DOH expects the number of cases to continue to rise. Within the first 10 weeks of 2024, 453 Filipinos across the country were diagnosed with pertussis.The National Capital Region reported the highest number of cases with 38, followed by Calabarzon and Central Visayas. So far, 35 people have died due to this infection, said the DOH. (HIC)

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Temperatures are very high, and as much as possible, we want to avoid having to implement manual load dropping or at least lessen the duration and frequency so that our customers will not be inconvenienced,” said Visayan Electric president and chief operating officer Raul Lucero in a statement.As of 2023, industrial and commercial firms made up 36.86 percent and 18.10 percent of Visayan Electric’s energy sales, respectively. Residential had energy sales share of 43.87 percent. The NGCP has been issuing yellow and red alerts in the Visayas Grid due to supply concerns following the forced outage, derated capacities of several power plants in the grid, as well as the increase in demand because of the extreme heat that the country is experiencing. Red alertOn Wednesday, April 24, 2024, the NGCP placed the Visayas Grid on red and yellow alerts. Red alerts were raised from noon to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m., and yellow alerts from 10 a.m. to noon, 5 to 6 p.m. and 8 to 9 p.m. due to a thin power supply.Wednesday’s peak demand was projected at 2,525 megawatts (MW) with an available capacity of 2,462 MW.In a statement, NGCP said one power plant was on forced outage since 2022, two plants since 2023, two plants between January and March 2024, and 15 plants since April 2024. Eight plants are running on derated capacities, for a total of 621.6 MW unavailable to the grid.The transmission firm added that the reduced capacity exported by Mindanao to the Visayas aggravated the power situation in the Visayas. Red alerts are issued when the power supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand and the transmission grid’s regulating requirement. Yellow alerts are issued when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s contingency requirement.Business response Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Jay Yuvallos echoed the Visayan Electric’s call for large power consumers to participate in the ILP. “We are hoping that this will prevent power interruptions that will have serious effects on productivity and or production of our micro, small and medium enterprises,” said Yuvallos.Mark Anthony Ynoc, president of the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), said MCCI member companies are willing to participate in the ILP if requested “since this program is a needed palliative to the current challenges we are facing and it will mitigate the negative effects, especially to the industrial sector.”“We just need to be educated more on the mechanics and how we can fully take advantage of the whole arrangement,” Ynoc said. Entrepreneur Steven Yu said while the cost of running their own generator sets will vary depending on the size and type of the units, it is generally similar to the costs of buying power from Visayan Electric.The cost of running a generator set also depends on fuel costs.“However, the participants of the ILP are willing to do it for the greater good of the community. From a macro scale, avoiding blackouts augurs well for the general economy and is advantageous to businesses,” he said. ILP participants In May 2023, four major industry operators in the Visayan Electric franchise area signed up for an ILP partnership, namely SM Prime Holdings, Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu, J. King and Sons Company Inc. 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