Brace for rotational brownouts as Visayas grid under red alert again

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/29/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Rotational brownouts may hit parts of the Visayas on Friday, May 29 after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas grid under Red Alert due to insufficient power supply…

LIST: Metro Cebu areas affected by rotational brownouts today, May 15

Pia Piquero 05/15/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Consumers in several parts of Metro Cebu will experience one-hour rotational brownouts this afternoon, Friday, May 15, after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines placed the Visayas Grid under red alert status…

Visayas power crisis: 3rd day of red alert as demand exceeds supply

Pia Piquero 05/15/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas grid under red and yellow alert statuses anew on Friday, May 15, after power demand exceeded available supply amid multiple plant outages…

Red alert for Visayas grid for 2nd straight day

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/14/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Visayas grid will remain under red and yellow alert status on Thursday, May 14, due to insufficient power supply and multiple plant outages across the region, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines…

Cebu City disaster personnel on red alert on New Year’s Eve

Emmariel Ares 12/31/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Disaster personnel in Cebu City are on a red alert status as they prepare for the coming of the new year. This means that personnel of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and…

Bicol region on red alert due to Tropical Depression Kristine

Dianne Sampang 10/21/2024

MANILA, Philippines – The Bicol region was placed on red alert status (Charlie’ protocol) on Monday by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) due to Tropical Depression (TD) Kristine, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)…

Red alert raised for Luzon, Visayas grids on Thursday

Zacarian Sarao 05/23/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Luzon and Visayas power grids will be on red alert Thursday afternoon and evening, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced. The Luzon grid will be on red alert from 1 p.m.…

Luzon, Visayas in red, yellow alerts for 2 weeks now

Jordeene B. Lagare 04/27/2024

Red and yellow alert levels have been raised across the Philippines, mainly in Luzon and the Visayas, for two weeks now due to some power plants not being operational. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP),…

Power supply nationwide thins, red and yellow alerts up

Jordeene B. Lagare - @inquirerdotnet 04/24/2024

National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), power grid operator, said that they were forced to raise to all regions — Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao — the red or yellow alerts today, April 24, due to the…

NGCP raises red, yellow alerts in Luzon, Visayas for 4th straight day

Jordeene B. Lagare - @inquirerdotnet 04/19/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Red and yellow alerts in Luzon and Visayas will be raised again today, Friday (April 19), which is the fourth straight day that grid operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) issued the…

Alerts raised on Visayas, Luzon grids due to power woes

Jordeene B. Lagare - @inquirerdotnet 04/17/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Visayas grid was placed on yellow alert while the Luzon grid on red alert by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on Tuesday, April 16. This was after 42 power plants…

Cebu City Disaster, Markets prepare for Holy Week

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/06/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will be on red alert starting Holy Monday, April 11, 2022, for the Holy Week celebrations. Lawyer Gerry Carillo, the chairperson of the Disaster Council said that the City Disaster Risk…

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