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==[[Marinduque News]]==
==[[Marinduque News]]==
'''3 Marinduque nursing students pass board exams'''
'''Napocor considering PPP deals for off-grid areas'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=2171330682395
*Source: http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/business/top-business-news/18752-napocor-considering-ppp-deals-for-off-grid-areas
*Sunday 4th of March 2012
*Thursday, March 08, 2012
:by Mayda Lagran
:by Euan Paulo C. Añonuevo




BOAC, Marinduque, Mar. 4 (PIA) -- Thirteen out of 21 examinees from School of Allied Medicine (SAM) at the Marinduque State College (MSC) have passed the December 2011 Nursing Licensure Exam (NLE).
The National Power Corp. (Napocor) plans to tap public-private partnership (PPP) to pursue the development of power facilities in off-grid areas in the country. Froilan Tampinco, Napocor president, said that the company’s unit, the Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG), needs P15.6
billion in investments for the next 10 years.
MSC is the only state college in the province offering midwifery and nursing courses.
 
“We are focusing in public-private partnership opportunities as much as generation is concerned. But if there are PPPs for transmission, of course we are open to discuss that,” he added. Of the amount, he said that P9.5 billion would go to the establishment of an additional 145-megawatt (MW) power generating capacity; and P6.1 billion would be needed for necessary transmission facilities to distribute this load.
The good news came after the exam results were released, showing the college performance rating in the NLE of 61.90 percent for all-time result and 68.42 percent for the recent result, computed against the 33.92 percent National Passing Percentage.
 
SPUG operates 288 power plants in far-flung areas, islands and other isolated locations not connected to the country’s transmission grid where the output of major generating facilities passes. At present, the total generating capacity of SPUG is placed at 150 MW.
This is also the first time SAM obtained a high passing rate in the battery tests given to second year students, as pre-requisite to third year or third level admission of the Nursing Course and for Capping. SAM College Dean Rosemarie S. Lagran said the highest score was 93.90 and the lowest was 81.10.
 
MSC President, Dr. Romulo H. Malvar and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Leodegario Jalos, Jr. jointly congratulate the new nurses and the Faculty and Staff of the School of Allied Medicine. The new nurses are Aguillar, Jennelyn O.; Balaoro, Donnalyn M; Baroman, Rolan O.; Fillizar, Rizza S.; Malvar, Jazzmine Jaena B.; Mazon, Ruth R.; Monroyo, Noel Jr. L.; Olavidez, Wendy Rose M.; Perlas Nema S.; Porley, Racquel P.; Rafael, Jhoana Jazzele M.; Sadiwa, Sorpresa G. and Sapungan, Erickson S.
These so-called SPUG areas are subsidized by consumers through the Universal Charge for Missionary Electrification component of electricity bills, which is around P0.11 per kilowatt-hour, because of high fuel cost and limited markets compared with locations within the main grid’s reach.
 
”We can proudly say this is an affirmation that SAM has a good potential and should continue educating aspiring nurses of our province,” Lagran said. (LBR/MNL-PIA4B Marinduque)
The Napocor official earlier said that they have identified 14 SPUG areas for privatization. These areas include Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Palawan, Catanduanes, Bantayan, Masbate, Tablas, Romblon, Camotes, Siquijor, Tawi-Tawi, Basilan and Sulu.


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