UP Photographers’ Society Proudly Presents Luwalhati: A Photography Exhibit

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For the first time in the history of University of the Philippines (UP), the three premiere photography organizations of UP will unveil a joint photography exhibition titled “Luwalhati: A Photography Exhibit” which will be displayed at different UP campuses from April 18 to May 6, 2016.

The UP Photographers’ Society (UP Los Baños), Shoot UP Manila (UP Manila), and UP Photography Society or OPTICS (UP Diliman) will showcase 100 photographs of different genres taken by young photographers studying in the university. Different visual interpretations revolving around the central theme “luwalhati” or glorification will be presented in the photography exhibit.

Luwalhati is the first collaborative work of the three official photography organizations of UP. The exhibition aims to feature some of the works of young photography enthusiasts and to promote photography as a whole. The exhibit will travel along three UP campuses starting in UP Los Baños on April 18 to 22, UP Manila on April 25 to 29 and finally in UP Diliman on May 2 to 6.

In line with the event, a nationwide online photography contest will be launched on April 18, along with the exhibit's opening ceremony at UPLB. The contest will end on May 3 and two winners (Voter's Choice an Overall Winner) will take home Nikon products.

This event is in partnership with Nikon Philippines and Toyota Philippines, and some of the minor sponsors include Surprises Out of Boxes, Beyanka's Catering and Sitsirya.

Global FC Claims Third UFL Championship, Will Compete in AFC Cup in 2017

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GLOBAL FC made an outstanding comeback last Saturday night as it won 3-1 against Ceres-La Salle Football Club and claimed the 2016 United Football League (UFL) Championship.

Midfielder Misagh Bahadoran scored 2 goals for the team on the 21st and 56th minute, while Matthew Hartmann scored one other goal on the 24th minute. Ceres FC scored 1 goal. Bahadoran was also named Man of the Match.

GLOBAL FC which was founded in year 2000 and was described in AFC Quarterly’s July 2015 issue as “One of the leading sides in the Philippines and pioneers in football’s fast-growing development in the archipelago”, can now add in its long list of achievements 3 UFL League Championships for 2012, 2014 and now, 2016.

It was also the first Filipino Club to qualify for both the AFC President’s Cup in 2012 and the AFC Cup in 2015. And of late, because of the recent UFL 2016 Championship, the team also now has an automatic slot for the upcoming AFC Cup for 2017.

Coach Leigh Manson in an interview said, “the moment is a little bit of a buzz because winning the UFL Cup is great, but to know as well that we are going back to the AFC Cup is really, really exciting. That’s what we are really excited about, to know that we are going back to the AFC Cup, where the club belongs.”

DOE Statement Regarding ILP Participants

 

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The Department of Energy (DOE) expresses its appreciation to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) and the participants of the Interruptible Load Program (ILP) for their cooperation in hurdling a critical power supply situation in Luzon on 15 April 2016.

Under the ILP, big load customers of Distribution Utilities and Electric Cooperatives registered in the program run their stand-by generation sets in times of energy supply deficiency to prevent power outages.

The ILP was implemented in the MERALCO area on April 15 to stabilize the power supply situation following the "red alert" notice of NGCP from the period of 1p.m. to 3p.m. last Friday.

With ILP, the peak demand was arrested at a lower level of 9,416 MW. A total of 247 MW of power was deloaded from 121 participants, so an estimated 290,000 customers in Metro Manila and nearby provinces were spared of rotating brownouts.

The high and increasing heat index triggered the unusual rise in demand for power, where Luzon alone reached around 9,700 megawatts (MW) breaching historical records.

In this line, the DOE earnestly calls on the cooperation of electricity consumers to be efficient users not only during the summer period, but all throughout the year. Historically, power consumption spikes during hot summer months as more consumers spend time in their homes and use cooling equipment to make them feel comfortable.