Crimes soar in Davao with onset of rotational brownouts – police
He also doubts whether the CCTV cameras installed in strategic areas in the city have the capability to see in the dark.
Task Force Davao, the batallion tasked to protect the city from terrorism, has also pitched in, according to TFD head Casiano Monilla.
He said that the TFD has supplied the city seven four-man, two-motorcycle teams to help monitor the area, especially during brownouts, to help increase law enforcement visibility.
TFD units have also been deployed in areas as far as Calinan and Catalunan Grande.
Danao, meanwhile, asked the Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) to immediately address the power situation.
In a statement, DLPC said Wednesday that the National Power Corporation (NPC), through the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), has reduced DLPC’s power allocation by 18 megawatts.
This drops the supply allocation from 120MW last week to 102MW starting Wednesday.
DLPC’s contracted supply with NPC was 280MW.
The reduction, the DLPC statement said, “forced Davao Light to increase the length of its scheduled rotating brownouts from 6 hours to 7.5 hours.” Brownouts would be 5 hours long during peak hours and 2.5 hours during off peak hours.
