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==[[Mindoro Oriental News]]==
==[[Mindoro Oriental News]]==
'''Gov. Umali calls on the people to help cops on arresting violence'''
'''Mindoro power plant starts operations'''
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=63644
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/341014/mindoro-power-plant-starts-operations
*Saturday, November 12, 2011
*November 13, 2011, 8:00am
:by  PIA Press Release
:by  MYRNA M. VELASCO






CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, November 12 (PIA) -- Sounding alarmed on the recent spate of “riding-in-tandem” gun-killings in the southern parts of Oriental Mindoro, Governor Alfonso V. Umali, Jr. has called on the people here recently to help preserve the province’s peaceful image by working or closely coordinating with the local law enforcers.
MANILA, Philippines — The island-grid of Mindoro will have its power supply shored up with the kick-off of commercial operations of the 6.4-megawatt power facility of Ormin Power Inc. a subsidiary of publicly-listed Jolliville Holdings Corporation.
Umali, who is also a member of President Aquino’s official cabinet representing local government units (LGUs) in the country, made the appeal following the series of murders involving motorcycle riding-in-tandem suspects which happened mostly last October.
 
Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police (PNP) here, headed by Provincial Police Director, Sr. Supt. Anthony S. Alcañeses, is proposing all LGUs in the province of Oriental Mindoro to pass a local law or ordinance mandating all motorcycle owners and drivers to wear helmets with printed or inscribed figures corresponding to their vehicles’ plate numbers when driving.
The project sponsor’s parent firm also announced via the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that the facility had the first day of its commercial operations on Friday (November 11).
According to Alcañeses, his office has recorded in October alone a total of nine cases of shooting incidents, six of them were committed by motorcycle riding-in-tandems.
 
Umali stated in a hastily-called press conference he called at the provincial capitol recently that while the provincial government, together with the local PNP command, maintains that Oriental Mindoro is generally peaceful despite the latest shooting incidents, he still calls on Mindoreños to work and coordinate with all law enforcers here in averting similar occurrences.
“OPI will supply generated power to Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative,” the company has noted. The facility is sited in the capital city of Calapan.
Umali wants the people here to help preserve peace and order as the province welcomes its 61st founding anniversary on November 15.
 
The governor called on all police chiefs here, led by Col. Alcañeses, and some mayors to face the media here to tell what they are doing in their respective areas in this province in responding to these latest criminalities.
The company emphasized that it was able to secure its license to operate the plant last November 8, via the certificate of compliance (CoC) issued by the Energy Regulatory Commission.
Oriental Mindoro Bishop Warlito Cajandig, of the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan, also attended the press briefing and issue a statement calling on the PNP here to “get its acts together” and plan prevention not only solution against crimes.
 
It can be noted that from October 27 to October 30, three gun-slaying incidents involving high-profile individuals and riding-in-tandem suspects happened all in the southern parts of the province.
The facility has been designed to run on bunker fuel. It has four modular units – with the three to be utilized as main generating units and the other one taking on the function of heavy fuel oil (HFO) treatment system.
Riding-in-tandem suspects shot dead the husband of the provincial social welfare officer in Pinamalayan town last October 30, while on October 29 and 27, a local politician and a husband of local broadcaster, respectively, were shot dead in similar fashion. (J. R. Mahusay/Louie T. Cueto/PIA-4B)
 
The project was propelled into construction phase immediately after the approval of the P275.889- million loan for the project by the Development Bank of the Philippines.
 
Considerably, Mindoro is one of the island-grids with vast potential for economic growth – with it already hosting various tourism facilities as well as some mining projects.
 
In fact, given the area’s growth potential, proposals have already been advanced by system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to have the island get connected eventually to the main grid so it can draw more competitive power from other Luzon providers.
 
The longer term prospect for the grid operator would also be to link the other islands to the main grid, including those sprawling close to Mindoro.
 
Meanwhile, after the completion of the oil-fired facility, Ormin Power is exploring investments next in the renewable energy sector.
 
The firm already made previous announcement that it has been working on a project design for a proposed 10-megawatt hydropower project in the municipality of San Teodoro, also in Mindoro province.


==Photo Gallery of Mindoro Oriental, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Mindoro Oriental, Philippines==
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