Facebook is back online after a massive outage

Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps went dark on Monday night (around noon Eastern time).

NGCP warns of sharp spike in power rates

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) issues this warning in light of the DOE’s insistence on the dispatch of ancillary services as a response to thin operating margins and possible load dropping in the Luzon grid at various points this year due to multiple power plants on extended outage.