Romblon Province News January 2012

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PCSO to set up 25 new branches nationwide

by JEFFERSON ANTIPORDA


AS part of its efforts to reach people who are in need especially those located in far-flung areas of the country, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Wednesday announced that it will be establishing 24 new branches and sub-branches in the country.

PCSO general manager Jose Ferdinand Rojas 2nd said the new branches will be completed by the end of the year.

Rojas II said he already met with the heads of provincial district offices (PDOs) of the PCSO last January 16 and has laid the groundwork for the possible establishment of the new branches.

The PCSO management has proposed putting up the 24 branches and sub-branches in Tuao, Cagayan; La Trinidad, Benguet; Calapan, Oriental Mindoro; San Jose, Occidental Mindoro; Bacolod City, Negros Oriental; and Calbayog, Western Samar; in Ilocos Norte, La Union, Romblon, Masbate, Catanduanes, Bohol, Negros Oriental, and Zamboanga del Norte, in Nueva Vizcaya, Zambales, Ifugao, Ilocos Sur, Marinduque, Capiz, Bukidnon, Quirino, North Cotabato, and Surigao del Norte.

PCSO has been the government’s main agency that sources charity funds for medical and health programs and other charitie of national scope.

Rojas’s meetings with the PDO officials also dwelt on what groundwork to take for the laying of the necessary measures for the setting up of the new branches.

The PCSO general manager also led the consultation meetings with partners of the PCSO in extending medical and health assistance with an eye for widening the agency’s charity mission to the rural areas.

Rojas also took advantage of the visit to relay to heads of PDOs new developments and advised them of the “directions to take and gather inputs in terms of operations (charity assistance and lotto operations), among others.”





ERC issues compliance certificates to 19 MIMAROPA power plants

by PIA Press Release


QUEZON CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the Certificates of Compliance (COC) for generation facilities located in the provinces of Romblon, Palawan and Marinduque. The ERC amended the COC of KW Hydroelectric Power Plant in barangay Taclobo, San Fernando, Romblon under the Catingas Hydro Power Plant Corporation. Eleven power plants from Palawan and three power plants from Marinduque under the National Power Corporation (NPC-SPUG) were given a renewal of COC. A power plant from Palawan and three power plants from Marinduque under the National Power Corporation (NPC-SPUG) were also issued COC. The ERC found merit in the granting of renewal or amendment of the COCs of power plants in Palawan, Marinduque and Romblon after complying with the technical, financial and environmental standards set in ERC’s Rules for the Issuance of Certificate of Compliance (COC) for Generation Companies and Facilities (COC Rules). The generating units were also found to be compliant with the Philippine Grid Code (PGC) and Philippine Distribution Code (PDC), the WESM Rules, and environmental and other applicable laws. A COC is a pre-requisite to the commencement of the commercial operations of a power generating plant. It is valid for five years and must be renewed six months prior to its expiration. The issued or renewed or amended COCs will be valid for five years or until 2016. A total of 32 COCs has been approved for generating companies/facilities which will cover MIPAROPA, North Luzon, Quezon, Siquijor and Cotabato City. “The issuance of these COCs for NPC-SPUG gives assurance to the consuming public of a sustainable, viable, safe and reliable supply of electricity,” ERC Chairperson Zenaida G. Cruz-Ducut said. (TBO/JAC/PIA-MIMAROPA.Quezon City)





NDRRMC: Landslides hit Negros, Romblon; 35 more families evacuated

by tribuneonline.org


At least 35 more families in Negros Occidental have been evacuated from their homes amid landslides triggered by the tail-end of a cold front, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Friday.

In its 8 a.m. update, the NDRRMC said the 35 families were from Malasibog and Paitan villages in Escalante City in Negros Occidental.

Of the 35, 29 families from Malasibog were brought to the Malasibog Elementary School and a chapel, while six from Paitan were preemptively evacuated.

The Western Visayas Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council is coordinating with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau to address possible landslides.

Earlier, the NDRRMC said at least 85 families in Eastern Visayas had been evacuated due to floods triggered by the cold front.

Meanwhile, the NDRRMC belatedly reported landslides this week in Negros Occidental and in Romblon province.

It said one landslide in Negros Occidental was recorded last Jan. 10 at 3:50 p.m. in Malasibog and Paitan villages in Escalante City, with the residents being evacuated to safer areas.

Two landslides in Romblon were recorded last Jan. 7 and 10 at a mining area in the mountains of Taclobo in San Fernando town, but there was no casualty reported.

On Jan. 5, a landslide hit a small-scale mining area in Pantukan town in Compostela Valley province, killing 40 people. Police estimate the number of missing persons to be over 40. — RSJ, GMA News

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