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 ==[[Mindoro Oriental News]]==
-'''Oriental Mindoro to attempt 'tourism coup' on Friday'''
+'''PNoy to inaugurate 2.1 megawatt Linao Cawayan Mini Hydro power plant'''
-*Source: Manila, Philippines – The Gabriela partylist has demanded that six soldiers alleged to have raped a woman in Masbate must be tried in spite of the victim’s desistance. In a statement, Gabriela said it is apparent that the 21-year-old victim
+*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=741330510002desistance. In a statement, Gabriela said it is apparent that the 21-year-old victim
-*February 28, 2012 10:11 AM
+*Friday 2nd of March 2012
-:by Juancho R. Mahusay
+:by  Luis T. Cueto and Bradley de Leon
-CALAPAN CITY, Philippines – Puerto Galera, the foremost tourism town of Oriental Mindoro, is attempting a major “tourism coup” of sort as it conducts a three-day cultural music and arts festival and concert in a remote and mountainous village starting Friday (March 2).
+CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, March 2 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III will inaugurate the 2.1 megawatt Linao Cawayan Mini Hydro power plant today at around 10:00 a.m.
-Organizers of the Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival, an annual festivities highlighted by ethnic-inspired concert in Puerto Galera to welcome the summer season, are expecting some 2,000 to 3,000 local and foreign tourists from different countries to flock to Sitio Malasimbo to witness the event.
+Although the powerplant is located within the Linao Cawayan River in the municipality of San Teodoro, the inauguration will be held in the compound of Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO) in Sta. Isabel, Calapan city. The president will lead the Ceremonial Switch-On of the 45 Sitios under the Sitio Electrification Program.
-The festival, which is slowly getting popular because of its uniqueness, will be held at the three to five hectares of land owned by Hubert D’ Aboville, a French national and principal organizer of the international event. This is also part of the provincial government tourism office’s goal of tapping private sector to boost tourism in Oriental Mindoro.
+According to Romeo Cuasay, ORMECO general manager, the project is a run-of-the-river hydro incorporating a gross head of 81.57 meters and a rated flow of 4.10 cubic meters per second at 35 percent at a time. The power capacity is 2,100 kilowatts.
-As described by the head of the provincial tourism office, supervising tourism operations officer Orlando Tizon, the venue of the said big event was specially designed as a “natural amphitheater” for some 300 local and international performers which include known and popular artists, singers and dancers in the country as well as abroad.
+The plant is now fully operational, serving directly the consumers from the site through the town of Baco leading to substation transformer in Calapan City to synchronize the electricity available to the system.
-According to Mr. D’Aboville, among those who signed up to perform are Joe Bataan, a half-Spanish and half-Filipino recording artist who is popularly known as the “King of Latin Soul.”
+Meanwhile, the president will also be presented a copy of the book “ The ORMECO Odyssey,” by ORMECO’s first president Atty. Zosimo Mendoza. It describes the journey of the electric cooperative from its organization 39 years ago. It also shows the efforts to tap the renewable energy to meet the growing demand of power.
-The festival will also showcase art products made from wood and cement, especially-designed by artists. Some of the features artists are Mangyans, the indigenous people of Mindoro Island.
+Also expected to attend the ceremony are Energy Secretary Rene Almendras, Governor Alfonso Umali, Jr. and other local officials. (LTC/BSD/PIA4B/CALAPAN)
-Aside from experiencing the cool and breezy winds of the mountainous resort of Malasimbo and the whole of Puerto Galera, attendees at the event will also get to know the unique culture of the tribal Mangyans.
-Proceeds from the event will be spent on environmental projects which will be implemented by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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