PLN and Mitsubishi Power Host Seminar Discussing Power Plant Solutions for Indonesia’s Energy Transition

Singapore, February 21, 2023 – PT. PLN (Persero) subsidiaries

PT. PLN Indonesia Power (PLN IP) and PT. PLN Nusantara Power (PLN NP), and Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), jointly kicked off the O&M (Operations and Maintenance) Collaboration Seminar in Jakarta today. Set to take place from 21 to 22 February 2023, the annual seminar aims to facilitate knowledge sharing and discussions on stateof-the-art gas turbine and decarbonization technologies that support Indonesia’s energy transition.

Themed the “New Role of Thermal Power Plants in Energy Transition”, the seminar features panel discussions and presentations about the latest developments in power generation technologies that can play a part in decarbonizing Indonesia’s energy sector, such as CO2 capture, ammonia and hydrogen cofiring, as well as power plant equipment improvements.

The Seminar, now in its 15th year, was first initiated in 2009 by Mitsubishi Power to facilitate knowledge sharing and understand local customer needs. Over 150 officials, technicians and engineers from PLN IP, PLN NP,

Mitsubishi Power as well as guests from Indonesia’s Institut Teknologi Bandung attended the seminar this year.

In his opening speech, Edwin Nugraha Putra, President Director, PT. PLN Indonesia Power, said: “PLN Indonesia Power is pleased to be the host of this year’s O&M Collaboration Seminar. We believe that the theme ‘New Role of Thermal Power Plants in Energy Transition’ is very relevant to the current global effort to create a better environment. We hope that the discussion during this two-day seminar can support PT. PLN (Persero) as a group to achieve our mission, which is to become a leading electricity company in Southeast Asia and the Number One Customers’ Choice for Energy Solutions.”

Ruly Firmansyah, President Director PT PLN Nusantara Power, added: “PLN NP is one of the largest subholding power generation companies in Southeast Asia committed to developing innovation to accelerate decarbonization and realistic energy transition in Indonesia. Experienced in cofiring, PLN NP has 22 power plants that successfully work with cofiring, and we hope to work together with other companies to support decarbonization.”

Ken Kawai, Advisory Fellow and former Head

of Energy Transition and Power Headquarters, MHI, said: “The power sector is one of the most essential industries for realizing Net Zero targets globally, and the decarbonization of thermal power generation is a necessary consideration for a realistic energy transition in Indonesia, Japan and other countries in the world. We are pleased to support partnerships between the Indonesian and Japanese governments that work to improve our environment.

We are excited to deepen our collaboration with PLN Indonesia Power and PLN Nusantara Power to create a more sustainable energy future.”

Kazuki Ishikura, President Director of PT. Mitsubishi Power Indonesia and Senior Vice President of Mitsubishi Power Asia Pacific, said: “As the most populous country in Southeast Asia, the impact of Indonesia’s sustainable growth and energy transition is exceptionally important to the region. We should explore various paths to decarbonization, such as enhancing existing power plants and leveraging fuels of the future, like hydrogen and ammonia. This Seminar allows for much needed knowledge sharing, so that we can partner, learn and implement solutions that support today’s energy needs and ensure sustainability for the future.”

PLN NP, PLN IP and Mitsubishi Power are committed to helping

Indonesia meet its net zero climate goals through collaborative partnerships that leverage the individual strengths of each organization. In an MoU signed recently between Mitsubishi Power and PLN IP, both companies agreed to jointly explore adapting less carbon intensive fuels such as ammonia, hydrogen and biomass in power plants owned by PLN IP. Additionally, PLN NP engaged Mitsubishi Power to upgrade the third POWER/PAGE 7

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Angara-Mathay said Philippine bananas are losing market share in Japan to bananas from Ecuador and Peru, as bananas from these countries have zero tariff in Japan.

"At one point, we are at the high 90s (percent) share of our bananas. Right now, I think we're on the 70s. The landed cost coming from Ecuador is high but we are losing share, and this is something we need to look into," she said partly in Filipino.

DTI Assistant Secretary Glenn Peñaranda added that the market share of the Philippines for all imported bananas to Japan was at 76 percent or about 844 million tons.

"We want to maintain this number or at least increase it with our policy shift," Peñaranda said.

Both trade officials said amending the tariffs for tropical fruits can be done through the general review of PJEPA.

"You know we have a dominant position. To say, I think our bananas really taste better. And then, our proximity to Japan. It gives us an advantage," Peñaranda said. (PNA) from page 1 are affected by nearby agricultural plantations,” he said. with the support of the Korea Financial Industry Foundation, a press statement said. from page 1

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The study found presence of other chemicals such as diazinon, malathion and chlorpyrifos, and traces of parathion, a banned pesticide in the Philippines.

These were detected in both dust and urine samples.

Manalo said higher concentrations of those chemicals were found in the samples taken from residents within the 20- to 30-meter radius compared with samples taken from individuals residing within the 500-meter and one-kilometer radius.

He noted the scope of their study was limited only to the immediate environs of the pineapple plantation operated by the Davao Agricultural Ventures Corporation (DAVCO) and other nearby pineapple farms owned by growers supplying their produce to Sumifru Philippines Corporation.

MindaNews tried but failed to get comments from those companies as of press time.

Manalo said the toxins from agricultural monocrop plantations pose health risks not only to the farmers but also to their families, particularly children.

He stressed that environmental advocates are alarmed by the result of the study considering that these monocrop plantations, particularly export pineapples, are situated close to the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed, the city’s next source of drinking water.

Dr. Won Kim, Wonjin Institute director for research, said the contaminants might have been drifted by wind from the plantations to the households.

“Maybe, the farmers are directly exposed to pesticides but their children or spouses are not involved in the spraying. But the level of pesticides in their urine, we confirmed, is high,” he said.

He said the source could either be indoor environmental contamination from agricultural pesticides or consumption of contaminated food.

Won noted that exposure to chlorpyrifos, for instance, can cause headache, diarrhea and Parkinson’s disease.

He said the chemical could also impair cognitive functions among children.

He said four non-government organizations in Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines have been tapped to participate in the study.

Through the study, the group processed 700 samples and detected 125 pesticides, 66 of which are classified as “highly hazardous” that could cause diseases, including cancer.

It said the IDIS is one of the participating organizations in the campaign and collected urine and dust samples from agricultural communities in the vicinity of the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed.

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Local Environment and Natural Resources Office (CLENRO), would go to Davao or Cebu just to dispose of their waste.

The councilor wants to address the concern as he also received a report that there are hospitals that throw their waste in the sanitary landfill in Barangay Pagalungan in this city.

This act was a clear violation of city ordinance 13715-2019 that deals with the proper handling, storage, collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes.

Services that would help the medical establishments were emphasized during the special report of Abaday as they are paying taxes and contributing revenues to this city.

Engr. Armen Cuenca, CLENRO head, said the disposal of hazardous wastes, under the law, is the primary responsibility of the medical establishments and the city government just provides assistance.

In 2019, the city government started the foundation of the hazardous waste facility in the sanitary landfill in Barangay Pagalungan and it was finished in late 2020.

The facility has yet to obtain the necessary permit from the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the DENRRegion 10 to operate, but the CLENRO asked for an exemption due to the problems encountered in the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) here.

Cuenca said the facility only accepts hazardous waste from NMMC – a government hospital that is under the management of the Department of Health (DOH).

“We cannot cater to other hospitals except NMMC. Even the city hospital (city governmentowned JR Borja General Hospital). We requested if we could include the city hospital but they did not allow us,” Cuenca said in the vernacular.

The city government is currently waiting to finish the wastewater treatment facilities that are under the supervision of the City Engineer’s Office being built in the sanitary landfill in Barangay Pagalungan.

The facility is the only lacking requirement before the city government can obtain the permit from EMB-DENR 10.

Cuenca said once they get the permit and the hazardous waste facility is ready, they can start accepting waste from all hospitals in Cagayan de Oro.

There was no timeline provided by the City Engineer’s Office to CLENRO on when the wastewater treatment facilities will be finished but the CLENRO is continuously doing follow ups.

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), electricity was among the commodities which precipitated the record-high inflation rate of 8.7 percent in January this year.

According to ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta, the regulatory body has been working group with its counterpart agency on this, and “we are waiting for the list of 4Ps from DSWD because that will be our starting point.”

Under Republic Act 11552 or the Extended Lifeline Subsidy Act, the list of beneficiaries shall be based on the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the government.

The 4P list is under the tutelage of the DWSD, while the PSA has been updating “poverty threshold” on a per province and per district level across local governments.

The validation of qualified customer-beneficiaries shall also be done with the help of the servicing distribution utilities (DUs), such as that of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and other private DUs as well as electric cooperatives.

Apart from condominium occupants, the other group of end-users that must be purged from the current list are those residing in posh villages and gated communities.

The law stretching the lifeline rate subsidy until 2050 specifically stipulated that “in order to provide assistance to electricity consumers, especially those living below the poverty line, and to achieve a more equitable distribution of the lifeline subsidy, a socialized pricing mechanism called a ‘lifeline rate’ for qualified marginalized endusers shall be set by the ERC.”

The determination of the subsidy rates to be extended to the qualified marginalized end-users had been vested as an authority to be exercised by the ERC, being the regulator of the restructured power industry.

As provided in the law, “the level of consumption, subsidy and rate shall be determined by the ERC after due notice and hearing.”

On establishing the database of Filipino consumers that may be eligible to avail of the extended lifeline rate discounts, the law decreed that the ERC “shall primarily use data from the PSA in the determination of the level of consumption.”

In the initial implementation of lifeline rate subsidy under Section 73 of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), the tariff discounts ranged from 25 to 75-percent depending on the magnitude of power usage of the marginalized end-user or poor household customer, and the consumption range considered is zero to 100 kilowatt-hours.

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from page 2 expensive equipment. provide jobs for our Kagay-anons,’ Raagas said. (Stephen Capillas of City Information Office)

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from page 3 sees gross domestic product (GDP) growing by 5.9% this year, slower than the 7.6% in 2022. from page 4 death camp where his pregnant wife was murdered. He said: “Nazis can take everything from me, including my life. But they can never take away my choice to be happy.”

Fitch Solutions’ 5.9% Philippine GDP projection is slightly below the government’s 6-7% full-year target.

Meanwhile, Nomura sees the Philippine economy growing by 5.5% in 2023, before expanding by 6.3% in 2024.

“We believe GDP growth is likely to moderate, given export growth is slowing amid the global downturn, while domestic demand is also looking less resilient than last year, in our view, given price pressures remain high, which ultimately hurts household purchasing power and therefore consumer spending,” Nomura said.

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Abaday’s special report was referred to his committee on environment as well as to the committee on health chaired by Councilor Maria Lourdes Gaane for the possible conduct of committee meetings together with the owners of the medical establishments in this city for further discussions. agencies “because this is one way to help cushion the inflationary impact triggered by rising electricity rates.” from page 1

“Our commitment is to see to it that these youths will be immediately hired. There’s no point in training them if they cannot secure immediate employment. This is just the start because by June we will train an additional 50 and by next year when the City College is completed we can train hundreds more not only on AI but 3D design. We will diversify into other technology-related careers,” Turrecha said in Visayan to the crowd in attendance.

Job generation for Kagayanons and building an investmentfriendly climate are among the cornerstones of the Klarex administration’s RISE development agenda.

The lawmaker specified that in the current list of lifeliners or those who are entitled to cost subsidy on consumption below 100-kilowatt hours (kWhs), “there are still a lot of condominium residents, so the list has to be cleaned up.”

Based on the report of the

Speaking in behalf of Mayor Klarex during Monday morning’s flag-raising program, City Administrator Roy Hilario Raagas said a BPO company called Qualcomm signified its intention to set up shop in the city by June.

“Qualcomm has offices in the cities of Cebu and Dumaguete. They visited City Hall because they saw the city’s economic potential and the wide market in this part of the country. They also saw the substantial number of graduates that they can employ which is why we’re working to attract more investors like them to remains a top destination for ITBPM investments.

“We expect more leasing activity this year as a result of greater outsourcing requirements from developed economies, the availability of quality office space and companies adjusting their work setups. While we will continue to see some downsizing of footprints for Philippine headquarter companies, we still expect to see an overall net positive take up in 2023 driven mainly by the BPO sector,” he added. (PNA)

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from page 8 assisted registration in 30 strategically selected branches and provided assisted registration during the Sinulog festival in Cebu and the Dinagyang festival in Iloilo.

Bukidnon, Bud’z Café has also made an advocacy of promoting local products from Bukidnon like the cow’s milk we use in our coffee and frappes, and local fruits such as strawberry from Dahilayan, pineapple from Montegelo, mint and herbs from Aloma’s, with more to come in cooperation with the Manolo Fortich Chamber of Commerce and Industry,” he added. Besides its new branch at the 5th Floor of SM CDO Downtown Premier, Bud’z Café is also looking to inaugurate its bigger main store with a larger parking space at Villa Violeta, Bgy. Damilag, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon by the end of February. block of the Muara Karang Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Power Plant, delivering the most efficient power plant in Indonesia to minimize emissions while meeting the rapidly growing energy demand in West Java. The project was conferred Gold for “Gas Engine Combined Cycle Power Project of the Year” at the Asian Power Awards 2022.

For more information and latest updates on the O&M Collaboration Seminar, follow Mitsubishi Power Asia Pacific’s LinkedIn page.

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from page 8 enterprise became a convergence of the three partners’ interests: Edward’s passion for coffee, Sarah Jane’s affection for mocktails, and Emman’s zeal for breads and baking.

Thus their initial menu featured traditional and contemporary coffee variants, mocktails by Sarah Jane and croissants and pizza by Emman.

Globe is committed to make SIM registration simple and convenient, and it has implemented various measures to ensure that everyone can meet the April 26 deadline. Aside from the registration booths, Globe Prepaid and TM customers can also conveniently register via the GlobeOne app or by visiting new. globe.com.ph/simreg.

For Globe Postpaid and Platinum customers, meanwhile, completing SIM registration takes just one step. As soon as the customer receives the call to register SMS, simply text SIMREG to 8080 to confirm that details earlier submitted to Globe during the postpaid plan application are updated.

The SIM Registration Act requires the registration of all SIMs as a major measure against the proliferation of criminal activity, including smishing and other mobile phone and online scams that have spread due to the anonymity of unregistered SIMs.

Marcos Jr. previously gave an instruction to carry out an “all-of-government” approach in addressing the challenges besetting the business sector.

“Malinaw po ang instruction ng Presidente. He wants an allof-government approach in addressing the 'pain points,’ ‘yung ano ba ‘yung challenges ng mga namumuhunan sa Pilipinas,” Roaring said.

The government aims to make the Philippines more attractive as a source of investments and as a trading partner in the region, according to Roaring.

In his recent trip to Japan, Marcos assured foreign investors of “continued and smooth” operations in the Philippines. (PNA) from page 5 Drive... from page 5 percent.

A total of 4.5 million square meters (sqm) of retail areas were occupied in 2022, he said.

Meanwhile, McGilvray said the outlook for the office property sector remains rosy this year, with information technology and business process management (ITBPM) industry driving demand in office space.

He said the high inflation in the United States and other parts of the world is a “welcome development” for the Philippine IT-BPM industry, as US firms are looking into cost-cutting strategies, which will involve putting up back offices outside the US.

McGilvray said the Philippines

“We didn’t expect the enthusiastic response to our products during the BanogBanog Festival but it encouraged us to spread our wings further and diversify our menu,” Edward noted.

Thus, they are now focused on promoting their single origin Typica Arabica variety, which was first introduced to the lowlands of Benguet Province by the Spaniards as early as 1875.

Typica coffee is a global icon amongst existing coffee varieties and gave rise to many sub-varieties like Pacamara, Criollo, Arabigo, Kona, and the famous Jamaica Blue Mountain. Originating in the coffee forests of southwestern Ethiopia before spreading to Yemen, India, and beyond, it has come to spawn one of the most culturally and genetically important groups of arabica coffee in the world.

Typica is a particularly tough type to cultivate due to its high susceptibility to pests and diseases, thus Typica beans are usually marketed as a premium coffee for a more expensive price. Despite this, Typica remains an immensely popular variety among coffee growers thanks to its clean, complex, and generally high-quality cup profile.

The Typica variety being championed by Bud’z Café is generically branded as Bukidnon Coffee and grows at 1,400-1,700 meters above sea level (MASL) in the foothills of Mt. Kitanglad, usually processed by hand and sun-dried on raised beds.

“Our customers love its clean and fruit taste which has made it an easy favorite for coffee lovers, and we are currently polishing the process for a DIY (Do-ItYourself) pour-over version to make it more customer-friendly and educational,” Edward said.

“Besides promoting singleorigin Typica Arabica from

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In connection with the publication of DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, that late Bienvenido Pagligaran published February 1, 8 & 15, 2023, the correct name should be VERONICA PAUG VDA. DE PAGLIGARAN, not as published.

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EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS

Notice is hereby given that the late RODRIGO NERI BERNALES who died on May 1, 1983 at Cagayan de Oro City; That the above-stated deceased died intestate, without leaving any Last Will or Testament and without leaving any debts or accounts whatsoever; That the deceased left parcel of land which is more particularly described as follows: Transfer Certificate of Title No.T-33929 Lot No.: 737-A-2-B, Psd-10-002268 Location: Poblacion, Cagayan de Oro City Area: One Hundred Forty-Five (145) sq.m. is the subject of EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS. We, JOCELYN BERNALES VALENCIA, EDGARDO NERI BERNALES, EVANGELINE BERNALES LOZADA and ACE LAWRENCE BERNALES VIBARES, all of legal age, Filipino, Single/Married, and a resident of Cagayan de Oro City do hereby declare as follows: That the above-named parties are the legitimate and the compulsory heirs of the deceased RODRIGO NERI BERNALES. As per Doc No.169; Page No. 34; Book No. 2; Series of 2023. Under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JASPER P. ALON.