At least 145 college students in Occidental Mindoro have been hospitalized since March as a consequence of excessive warmth, in response to Andrew Bernardo’s GMA Regional TV Balitang Southern Tagalog report aired in “24 Oras” on Friday.
In some colleges, college students conduct their dance observe exterior the classroom for higher air flow.
“Kung sa loob kasi ang practice, mainit, sobrang init baka merong mahimatay diyan katulad ng nangyayari sa San Jose yung mga estudyante marami na pong nahihimatay doon,” Provincial Training Center guard Mean Limos said.
(If they do the dance practice inside, it’s too hot, they might collapse, like what’s happening in San Jose, the students were already collapsing there.)
“Mayroon tayong scheme na ang mga bata ay wala sa loob ng paaralan between 10:30 a.m. hanggang alas tres ng hapon, ‘yung sobrang init,” Rodel Magnaye, assistant school division superintendent of Occidental Mindoro, said.
(We have a scheme that children should not be inside the classroom between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., it’s very hot.)
Occidental Mindoro Governor Eduardo Gadiano said on Friday the province has been placed under a state of calamity due to the 20-hour daily power outage for the last month and a half.
Gadiano said the province only has a four-hour power supply on a daily basis which has been affecting the livelihood and health of his constituents.
Residents and business owners also expressed concern over the power outage experienced in the province.
“Hindi makatulog dahil sa sobrang init pati mga apo hindi makatulog (We cannot sleep due to the extreme heat, including my grandchildren),” resident Dolores Garcia said.
“Nagbabayad ka ng tama, pero wala kang makuhang magandang serbisyo (We are paying right, but we don’t get good service),” another resident Danica Atienza said.
“Nagka-karga kami ng gasolina sa generator pinapaandar namin halos maghapon mahal ang gasolina eh (We load gasoline into the generator and run it most of the day, the gasoline is expensive),” business owner Nilda Go said.
“Ang aming pagkain kailangan namin ng malamig na tubig, malamig na softdrinks, hindi kami makabenta (We want chilly water, chilly delicate drinks, in any other case, we won’t promote them),” one other business proprietor Lilia De Jesus stated.
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) defined that the unique electrical energy provider has no means to buy crude oil for the facility technology.
“Ang supply po natin sa kasalukuyan ay 12 megawatts lang at ang kakulangan ng suplay ng kuryente sa Occidental ay nasa about 18 megawatts, dahil po ito sa ang OMCPC nililimitahan din niya yung kanyang supply dahil sa isyu ng subsidy mula sa universal charge for missionary electrification,” Celso Garcia, OMECO basic supervisor, stated.
(Our present provide is simply 12 megawatts and the dearth of electrical energy provide in Occidental is about 18 megawatts, it is because the OMCPC additionally limits its provide as a result of concern of subsidy from the common cost for missionary electrification.)
The Energy Department stated it’s within the strategy of speaking with the brand new provider of electrical energy to offer 24-hour provide to the province.
“Mailabas ng ERC ‘yung ruling nila pagdating dito sa pagbibigay ng provisional authority para umandar itong makina na nandito sa Mindoro,” Gadiano stated.
(The ERC should launch its ruling on granting provisional authority to function this machine right here in Mindoro.)—Richa Noriega/LDF, GMA Integrated News
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