Power Cuts Due to Drought Will Hit Manila

MANILA — Utilities officials said Thursday that the city of Manila and several neighboring provinces will experience blackouts in the coming days as the energy crisis worsens in the Philippines. Officials of Meralco, the private company that supplies electric power to Manila, the capital, said the power outages will occur in several areas of the city on a rotating basis and should last no more than an hour. Ongoing shortfalls in power generation are due to a drought — created by the El Ni

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