Power cut hits RP

Power cut hits RP

MANILA (AFP): A power cut left most of the main Philippine
island of Luzon without electricity yesterday, the state-run
National Power Corp. (NPC) said.

NPC president Alfredo Delgado said the outage occurred when a
transformer in Laguna province, just outside Manila, overloaded.

Presidential Executive Secretary Ruben Torres said President
Fidel Ramos ordered power officials to restore electrical service
as soon as possible.

The outage occurred at about 1:30 p.m. (0535 GMT) and Delgado
said that they hoped to have almost all the power restored by
about 1000 GMT or about sundown.

As of 0830 GMT, power had been restored to about 15 percent of
the system, Delgado added.