Making a Difference Through the Gift of Giving

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For the children at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Pediatric Cancer Clinic and for those who lost their homes and belongings when Typhoon Nina hit the Bicol region last month, Christmas was certainly a challenging time which Globe Telecom turned into a chance to provide hope and courage.

“Christmas is a time for giving and spreading cheer. Thus, we at Globe take to heart the company’s purpose of creating a Globe of Good by encouraging our employees, customers, and partners to share their time, talent, and treasure to make positive changes in the lives of other people, in this case, young cancer patients as well as our kababayans who needed our care during disaster,” said Yoly Crisanto, Globe Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications.

A week into the holiday season, Globe already embarked on a campaign to raise funds for the rehabilitation of the PGH Pediatric Cancer Clinic to give its young patients a more equipped space ideal for their recovery. Through the campaign, Globe was able to cover the cost of renovation amounting to over P800,000.

But more than the monetary donations, Globe representatives and ambassadors also spent time and effort to treat the kids to a day full of surprises. From good food to exciting gifts, the company organized a fitting finale to its visit with the appearance of the 501st Legion dressed in full Star Wars Stormtrooper gear that provided entertainment to the children and their parents.

How to Write an Essay Like a Pro

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When it comes to essay writing, no one can be compared with experts of SnappyEssays in terms of professionalism, accuracy and scientifically in-depth approach to the issue. The service specializes in providing pro assistance with essay writing and every day receives dozens of orders. Writers have to master ample quantity of writing with continuation of quality, fresh approach and creativity. For many this could be a great challenge, but not for writers of this service. They have come up with certain writing patterns that allow them to craft papers fast, take an advantage of numerous relevant databases, keep track of all changes in paper arrangement and are always passionate about what they do. With help of a couple of professional tricks you will also fall in love with writing!

Turn yourself into a great writer!

Staring into a blank sheet of paper with a pencil in hand doesn’t make you a writer. Authorship begins when you learn how to use words in order to convey your ideas the way you want to be achieved by the audience. Obviously, many students do not bother themselves with writing nature as they benefit from ordering customized papers written by professionals. However, if you want to master the art of writing, follow these pieces of advice:

Form a habit of reading. Every day you have to read in order to educate yourself and blow up your word stock. That broadens your horizons and increases overall knowledge.

Practice in writing. Allow us to express a cliche'd cliched thought but practice makes perfect. The more you try to pen down your thoughts, the more precise they will be and the more polished your writing style will be.

Learn and use new words. When you meet a new word with interesting meaning, write it down to the notebook dedicated to this staff. Always add freshly learned words to the essays if they help to impress thoughts more to the point.

Practice in researching. Keep hand in searching data for certain topic and analyzing it using different methods of analysis. As a matter of fact, the discipline the topic belongs to should not necessary be field-specific to you. Thus you will not just practice but expand your perspective.

Familiarize yourself with different writing styles. Peculiar topics and essay types call for peculiar techniques and tones that are the most appropriate for the work with data.

Compare your work with others’ papers. It can be really helpful to look through essays written by professionals and your peer students to compare the quality.

Do not depend on the software spellcheck. Spellcheck misses misuse of words as well as some typos and sentence errors that may spoil the whole impression of the paper. Always proofread the text, read it aloud and run it though the plagiarism-detection software – no one tolerates plagiarized content in the educational institutions.

DOE Ups Power Supply to Typhoon-hit Areas

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The DOE and its partners are continuously bringing back power supply to typhoon-affected areas in Southern Luzon and Eastern Mindanao.

“We are maximizing our assets and resources for the resumption of electricity in the soonest possible time in the hard-hit areas, where hundreds of distribution poles went down,” Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said.

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines reported that all transmission facilities affected by Typhoon Nina have already been restored bridging generation facilities to distribution lines in the concerned towns and provinces in Bicol as of Jan. 9.

Power was also 100 percent restored in homes in the provinces of Batangas, Occidental Mindoro, Camarines Norte and Sorsogon.

Meanwhile, restoration of power facilities continues in the provinces of Quezon (84.62%), Oriental Mindoro (91.18%), Camarines Sur (58.9%), Albay (47.75%) and Catanduanes (18.92%).

Restoration of households already reached 76.34% or 1,311,828 households, in which 406,578 are still up for restoration.

There are only three transmission facilities in Siargao, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur that were affected by Tropical Depression Auring, according to the NGCP report.

These transmission facilities namely Butuan-Placer 138kV line 1, Placer-Madrid 69kV line, and Placer-Surigao 69kV line are already being restored.

“The energy sector is united in promoting consumer welfare by providing power supply to our kakabayans affected by the typhoons in the soonest possible time,” Cusi said. “We always have to be ready and prepared since these typhoons will continue to hamper our energy systems. We are trying to come up with better and effective measures every time we are faced with such challenges."