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Mindanao solons propose to solve power problems VOL. 2, No. 267
Cagayan de Oro City
By Allan Mediante, Editor Mindanao Power Corporain Chief, with repor ts from tion. The said Bill, she said, Mindanao Bureaus aims to ensure the viability and sound operations of MINDANAO lawmakers the Agus-Pulangui Hydro have raised various propos- power plants and ensure als on how to address the that its profitability would power shortage gripping benefit Mindanaoans rather Mindanao, one of which, is than the pockets of a few the creation of Mindanao capitalists. Power Corporation. On the other hand, The creation of a Min- Rep. Simeon Datumanong danao Power Corporation, (2nd District, Maguindanaccording to House Deputy ao) said the immediate soluSpeaker and Zamboanga tion to the Mindanao power City First District Rep. crisis is to assign power Ma. Isabelle “Beng” Cli- barges or tap existing private maco, is necessary so that power sources especially hydro-complexes can be to ensure no disruption of self-sufficient and be im- power supply during the proved without waiting for election. the national government. Reacting to reports of a As a legislator, Climaco looming power rate hike in has filed House Bill 6308 Mindanao, Datumanong for the establishment of the said the government should
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ensure that consumers would not be unduly burdened of any such rate increase. “I think that is inevitable, although the government should try to ensure reasonable increase so that it will not be very heavy for the poor people,” said Datumanong, a former justice secretary and Deputy Speaker for Mindanao. Relatedly, Climaco also filed last year House Bill 6061 seeking to prescribe urgent measures, necessary and proper, to effectively address the electric power crisis in Mindanao. She also helped organized the Mindanao Power Crisis Summit to help ventilate and crystallize the power See Power/p.10
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A child playing the role of an angel yawns during the “Sugat” (literally meeting or encounter) between the resurrected Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary dawn of Easter Sunday, March 31 at the St. Augustine Cathedral in Cagayan de Oro City. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
Socoteco explores add’l 30 MW to help shorten brownouts GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews) -- Distribution utility South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco II) is exploring the possibility of acquiring the contracted 30 megawatts of
(MW) of standby power of the Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) to help shorten the brownouts. Rodolfo Ocat, Socoteco II general manager, said they are planning to initi-
ate negotiations with the Davao City-based DLPC for the transfer to the electric cooperative of the latter’s unutilized power sales deal with Therma Marine Inc.
By Walter I. Balane
sion of the faithful “to new values so politics treated as private property will be changed.” In his Easter message, Cabantan called on parishioners to “roll away the stones to allow the light to dispel
darkness in the tomb.” “There will be no radical change in our political situation unless we all undergo a change of heart—conversion [that is]—in our priorities, in our values,” Cabantan
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Bukidnon bishop on political dynasties: “politics is not private property” MRS. Hanep buhay Cynthia Villar is gladly meet by a kid carrying her poster and who seeks her blessing during the general assembly meeting of Agdao Multi-purpose Cooperative in Davao City recently. Villar, who chairs the Villar Foundation, vows to support the livelihood program for the coop members. advertorial
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/)- Lambasting political dynasties across the country on Easter Sunday, Malaybalay Bishop Jose A. Cabantan urged the conver-
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