MINDANAO DAILY
THE NATION’S ADVOCATE FOR TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS Volume XII, No. 26
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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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NGCP, NICA seal partnership for security of transmissions
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ower transmission network operator NGCP reinforces its commitment to deliver reliable transmission services across the country by enhancing the safety and security of its transmission assets through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA). NGCP sealed its partnership with NICA in a signing ceremony at the Malacañan Palace on 13 March 2023 witnessed by no less than the President of the Philippines, His Excellency Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. Signing the MOU are NGCP President and CEO
Mr. Anthony L. Almeda and NICA Director General Retired Police Lt. Gen. Ricardo F. De Leon. Under the MOU, NICA commits to supply NGCP with intelligence information to support the protection of power transmission assets operated and maintained by NGCP across the country, while NGCP commits to provide technical assistance to NICA to support and further establish their cybersecurity capability. “NGCP has dealt with sabotage and bombing incidents in the past years which affected not only the reliable delivery of power in the areas affected, but other incidents also resulted in See NGCP, page 11
Under the MOU, NICA commits to supply NGCP with intelligence information to support the protection of power transmission assets, while NGCP commits to provide technical assistance to NICA to support and further establish their cybersecurity capability
Tagum electric coop execs confident Marcos will veto anew House bills for DLPC expansion By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN
The KOOPinas-BARMM officers — KOOPinas-BARMM Regional Chairperson Mujahid Al-Hussien Disimban, KOOPinas-BARMM Regional Secretary General Arghanaim U. Amboludto, KOOPinas-BARMM Regional Treasurer and Former Kabuntulan, Maguindanao Mayor Bai Susan Samad, KOOPinas-Maguindanao Provincial Chairperson Modrika A. Masukat, KOOPinas - Lanao del Sur Chapter Provincial Chairperson Zainoding Dimalutang, and KOOPinas - North Cotabato Provincial Chairperson Dr. Musa Damao — simultaneously conducted its launching and leaders assembly, starting with KOOPinas-BARMM, followed by Maguindanao Provincial Chapter, and, lastly, North Cotabato (63 Barangays) Provincial Chapter at Alnor Hotel and Convention Center, Cotabato City, Maguindanao, BARMM. During the simultaneous events, they expressed their strong commitment to achieving the objectives of the KOOPinas. Cooperative Development Authority Assistant Secretaries— Asec. Pendatun Disimban, Asec. Virgilio Lazaga, and Asec. Abdulsalam Guinomla— were also present and were pleased with the advocacy of the movement.
TAGUM CITY—Officials of Northern Davao Electric Cooperative (NORDECO) are confident the four House bills in Congress seeking to expand the franchise of Aboitiz-owned Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) within their area of operation will be vetoed
anew by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. because of legal and constitutional infirmities. In a press conference, on Monday, lawyer David Campoamor, NORDECO legal counsel, said it would be unconstitutional for the four proposed legislations , if ever it would carried in
Congress, since the electric cooperative’s franchise will still end on 2028 and 2033 respectively. He cited section 27 of Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) which allows electric cooperatives in the country to operate in full term. See ELECTRIC, page 11
KOOPinas launches in Mindanao areas MANILA – Some 50,000 travelers are expected to arrive in the country for the summer months, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Friday. “Now, we see around
36,000 departures and around 30,000 arrivals; but during Holy Week, as the summer season enters, maybe we can see that it can hit around 40,000 to 50,000 per day,” BI spokes-
person Dana Sandoval said in a Laging Handa briefing Friday. Sandoval said they expect an influx of tourists as most travel restrictions due to
See KOOPINAS, page 11
NORDECO officials face the mediamen in Tagum City to explain why they oppose 4 new proposed legislations in Congress seeking to expand the franchise of Aboitiz-owned DavaoLight and Power Company within their area of operation. CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN