WEATHER UPDATE AS of 4 a.m. yesterday, the eye of Typhoon “NINA”was located at 910 km East of Aparri, Cagayan (18.4°N, 131.4°E) with maximum sustained winds of 120 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 150 kph. It is forecast to move West Northwest at 7 kph. Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Bicol Region, Calabarzon, Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao and CARAGA will have occasional light to moderate rains or thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy with brief rainshowers or thunderstorms. SOURCE : PAGASA
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Datimbang joins Armm vice gubernatorial race By SONNY SUDARIA of Mindanao Daily News
SULTAN Bob M. Datimbang filed his certificate of candidacy as regional vice governor in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) on October 4, 2012 at the provincial Commission on Elections (Comelec) office at the Capitol Hall in Marawi City. Datimbang run under the banner of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) and the Ompia Party of the late Dr. Mahid M. Mutilan, former Armm governor and vice governor. The party nomination of Datimbang was signed by Ompia Party President Alim Abdulbast Hadjinor and its Secretary General Alim Arab Ampaso. He said his nomination and endors ement from two big political par-
ties––the PMP and Ompia Party––will enhance the institution of Armm Social Action Movement whose mission is to bring forth Pagbabago, Pagkakaisa, Kabuhayan, and Kapayapaan. He said the Armm Social Action Movement was organized in five provinces and two cities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. “Each has its own provincial action officer in the
case of the province and city or barangay action officer in the case of city or barangay level,” Datimbang told the Mindanao Daily News. With Datimbang’s recent decision to join the vice gubernatorial race in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, many people believe that they have already found the right and reliable leader who can deliver the basic services that they need.
‘People’s victory’ as SC issues TRO vs. Cyber law By BENJIE OLIVEROS and JANESS ANN ELLAO of Bulatlat.com
CALLING it as the worst attack on the freedom of expression since martial law, the petitioners, people’s organizations, and groups of netizens, bloggers, and students united under the hashtag #NotoCybercrimeLawwent back to the Supreme Court this morning October 9 to voice their opposition to the controversial VICTORY | page 9
OMPIA Party President Abdul Basit Hadjinor (left) and Ompia Party Secretary General and Business Leader Alim Arab Ampaso (right) raise the hands of Sultan Bob Datimbang (center) who filed his certificate of candidacy as official candidate for vice governor in the Autonomous Regionl in Muslim Mindanao in 2013 midterm elections. Photo by Sonny Sudaria
Additional power plants to curb rotating brownouts in Mindanao By MIKE BAÑOS of Mindanao Daily News
Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief Director Samuel Pagdilao, Jr. leads the mass oathtaking of the new Community Investigative Support (CIS) members in Nabunturan town, Compostela Valley province recently. Mindanao Daily News photo by Ben D. Arche
Cops arrest 3 men CARAGA Region––An attempted rape suspect was nabbed by police authorities at Purok Arangasa Island, Brgy Aras-asan, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur on October 8, 2012. Arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by Judge Vicente M. Luna Jr. of RTC Branch 40 was Romel Sahali Rivas, 32 years old, married and a resident COPS | page 7
ROTATING brownouts in the Mindanao grid could be a thing of the past as more generating plants come online in the short and medium term. For 2012, the 102 MW Iligan Diesel Power Plant (IDPP) in Iligan City which could be operational in three months provided legal constraints on the transfer of its ownership from the Iligan City Government to Alsons Power are expedited. Being a bunker fueled plant, the IDPP would primarily be a peaking plant and should be a big boost to the Mindanao Grid. As of Sunday, October 7, 2012, the NGCCP website
Power Situation Outlook for the Mindanao Grid showed a system peak of 1,088MW with a system capacity of only 955MW for a -133MW system reserve. Earlier Saturday, the Mindanao Regional Control Center (MRCC) issued a Red Alert from 9:00AM to 11PM due to generation deficiency arising from grid capacity of only 945MW with total load to maintain for October 7, 2012 at 865MW and curtailment level at 370MW. MRCC said the increase in curtailment level was due to the outage of Power Barge 104 (PB 104) at 10MW, reduced capability of Pulangi 150MW due to low water inflow from 180 MW, Agus 6 outage (40MW).
The grid is currently skating on a non-existent reserve following the preventive maintenance shutdown of STEAG State Power Inc.’s 105MW Unit 1 which will be out until November 4, 2012 and the repair of three Agus hydroelectric power plants. Some of the island’s biggest utilities such as the Davao Light and Power Corp (DLPC) which serves Southern Philippines and the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co. (CEPALCO) in Northern Mindanao are capable of weathering the current power deficiency in the grid with their embedded power generators. DLPC has some 100MW of embedded power POWER | page 9
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