MINDANAO DAILY
THE NATION’S ADVOCATE FOR TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS Volume XIIl, No. 147
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Thursday, May 4, 2023
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NGCP energizes Mindanao -Visayas Interconnection
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GCP successfully energized the PhP52-Billion Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP), a landmark undertaking that will improve power stability and reliability across the country.
An initial load of 22.5 MegaWatts (MW) was carried by the high voltage submarine and overhead lines from Mindanao to Visayas during its energization on 30 April 2023. "We expect to gradually increase the MVIP's transfer capacity to 50MW by mid-May, and 112MW by the end of the month, before energizing to its full transfer capacity of 450MW by the third quarter of this year," the High-voltage direct current cables will connect the Lala Converter Station in Lanao del Norte to the Dumanjug ConSee NGCP, page 11 verter Station in Cebu.
Filinvest, PH Eagle Foundation, partner to preserve PH Eagle sanctuary in Bukidnon
El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental Mayor Edgar Lignes gestures during the opening of the five-day Association of Local Colleges and Universities Region X Olympics as hosted by his city Tuesday. Photo taken by The Kasayuran, the student publication of the City College of El Salvador, a higher education institution operated by the local government unit currently under the Lignes administration.
Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon - The preservation of the environment has never been more critical than it is today. The world is facing a dual crisis: climate change and biodiversity loss. These crises are interconnected, and addressing them requires an integrated approach. It is in these tenets that the Filinvest Group, through subsidiary FDC Misamis Power Corporation (FDC Misamis), has partnered anew with the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) to establish an initial twenty (20) hectare reforestation
and carbon sink area in Brg y. Guilang-guilang, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. Under the Memorandum of Agreement recently signed by FDC Misamis and PEF, within the next three years, PEF will lead the reforestation of the grasslands planting endemic species, while FDC Misamis will provide funding for the entire project. Within the project area is Mt. Tago, home to a pair of Philippine Eagles - female Kalabugao and male Guilang-guilang and their eaglet Maluko. PEF first
released Kalabugao into the wild in 2010 after nursing her back to health after being kept as a pet by a local farmer. After her release, Kalabugao crossed to the new-found territory at Mt. Tago, where she met Guilang-guilang. Their first nesting attempt failed but succeeded the following courtship season, successfully hatching Maluko. Then, just recently, the PEF, along with forest guards, spotted their second eaglet. According to PEF Research and Development See FILINVEST, page 11
Solons want EPIRA law amended amid recurring power outages
Miguel Zubiri proposed for the amendment of the 20-year-old Electric PowMANILA – Alarmed by er Industry Reform Act the power interruptions (EPIRA). Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday filed Senate Resolution 579 that calls for a probe into the power interruptions in Panay Island and identify measures that would ensure continuous supply to consumers. Poe said it is time to put in place a long-term solution to the power woes Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri (left) and which have been severely Senator Grace Poe (File photo) See EPIRA, page 11 By Leonel Abasola
in Western Visayas, a lawmaker filed a measure to probe the energy crisis, as Senate President Juan
GADNAI Kapulinagan Carbon Forest. Officials of PEF, FDC Misamis, GADNAI, and LGU Manolo Fortich during the unveiling of the GADNAI Kapulinagan Carbon Forest. Seen above are (from L-R) PEF Research and Development Director Dr. Jayson Ibanez, PEF Executive Director Mr. Dennis Salvador, FDC Misamis President and CEO Mr. Juan Eugenio L. Roxas, GADNAI Chairman and Head Claimant Datu Honorio Sumohoy, Manolo Fortich Municipal Administrator Mr. Joey Gaid, and Guilang-guilang Brgy. Captain Mr. Glenn Sumohoy Gulle.