DOE Says Power Supply Status in Philippines Is Back to Normal

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The Department of Energy (DOE) earnestly calls on the cooperation of the public to undertake energy efficiency and conservation initiatives despite normalization of power supply following the prolonged forced outages of some plants coinciding with other plants’ maintenance shutdown.

Energy Secretary Zenaida Y. Monsada said “In facing this critical phase concerning our power supply, we are counting on the collective effort of everybody to practice energy efficiency and/or by adjusting the usage period of any electric appliances away from the peak hours (i.e., 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.), such as, ironing of clothes, unnecessary use of computers, and even laundering of clothes using washing machine and drier, as any contribution really does matter.” She added that energy consumers are urged to set the thermostat of air-conditioning units installed in their offices and households at 25˚Celsius.

This appeal came as today’s peak demand has reached 9,255 MW breaching the highest recorded peak demand for the third time for this month alone, which can attributed to the hottest El Niño to date.

Meanwhile, the DOE received a latest report from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the system operator, that the power supply status is already back to “normal” as Sual Unit 2 accounting for about 647 MW was already back online at 7:24 p.m. last night. Additionally, the Tiwi Geothermal Plant Unit 6 with a dependable capacity of 43 MW is also back in operation since early yesterday.

Telco Company Leads Digital Transformation in PH Enterprises With Strong Growth in Data, Broadband Segment

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Globe Business, the enterprise information and communications technology (ICT) arm of Globe Telecom, has led the digital transformation of the country’s top enterprises in 2015 following the strong performance of its enterprise data and broadband segments.

Full-year enterprise revenues in 2015 have grown by 12% versus previous year, while EBITDA increased by 15.7%, primarily driven by the growth in data business at 18%. Various IT-enabled enterprise services have also seen strong take-up such as Enterprise Infrastructure-as-a-service (IAAS) with revenues growing by 190%, Managed Security Services with revenue growth of 2233%, and Business Applications growing by 428%.

“Understanding that speed is integral in establishing a real competitive advantage, Globe Business is accelerating the adoption of data and digital services across Philippine enterprises. We are proud of our technological arsenal, which boasts of a complete portfolio of connectivity solutions that enable our enterprise clientele to get ahead with the fast-changing market landscape,” affirms Mike Frausing, Senior Advisor for Enterprise and IT-Enabled Services Group.

The connectivity solutions of Globe Business cover data, Internet and managed connectivity capabilities, delivering high-speed data spanning across the world, assuring enterprises of reliability and traffic fluidity through its cable diversity. This enables cost-effective and resilient connectivity to other countries and other international submarine cable systems.

Tickle Your Funny Bone with Dr. Ken this April

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Tune into Sony Channel on 17 April to fracture your funny bone when “Dr. Ken” takes its place alongside “Baby Daddy”, “Younger”, “Bad Judge” and “Odd Mom Out” as part of the ROFLing* line-up on Sony Channel each week night. Dr. Ken prescribes more ROFLing on Sony Channel.

Ken Jeong is a funny guy known for his scene stealing abilities in “The Hangover” and “Knocked Up” but did you know he is a qualified M.D too? This latest sitcom is a perfect pairing of host and subject. Created, written, and co-executive produced by its lead actor, Ken Jeong; “Dr. Ken” is just what the doctor ordered.

Based on Ken Jeong’s own experiences in his career and family life, “Dr. Ken” pokes fun his everyday life. A perfect prescription of what not to do when dealing with complaining patients to working alongside colleagues or facing the daily trials of fatherhood; Dr. Ken creates drama with his impatient and way-too honest bed-side manner and over-zealous parenting style.

“Dr. Ken” stars Ken Jeong as Dr. Ken Park, Tisha Campbell-Martin as the no-nonsense receptionist Damona, Jonathan Slavin as his faithful nurse Clark, Kate Simses as Julie, the sweet, naïve resident, and Dave Foley as Pat the hospital administrator.