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==[[Sorsogon News]]==
==[[Sorsogon News]]==
'''NGCP Launches Line Safety Campaign, Announces 10-hour Brownout In Tarlac'''
'''Oslob’s tuki tour operators to visit Donsol'''
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/357194/ngcp-launches-line-safety-campaign-announces-10hour-brownout-in-tarlac
*Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/179133/oslobs-tuki-tour-operators-to-visit-donsol
*April 16, 2012, 5:07pm
*7:52 am | Thursday, April 19th, 2012
:by ELLSON QUISMORIO and MARK ANTHONY MANUEL
:by   Carmel Loise Matus
Cebu Daily News




MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has begun enlisting the help of local media in various provinces particularly in southern Luzon to disseminate information on its transmission line safety and security campaign.
Oslob and Cebu tourism officials will go to Donsol in Sorsogon province next month to see for themselves “best practices” in whale shark tourism.
 
“Although they have different activities in Donsol, the  operators here will learn something from the procedures there. What is common for Donsol and Oslob will be seen,” said Rowena Montecillo, regional director of the Department of Tourism.
The line safety campaign is aimed at achieving public awareness and cooperation in curbing pilferage of tower parts and avoiding damage to life and properties as a result of unsafe and unscrupulous practices.
Oslob is now calling their boat paddlers “interaction officers,” like Donsol that has “Butanding Interaction Officers”.
 
An increase in visitor rates  that took effect April 15 in Oslob, especially for diving and snorkeling, has not affected sales much, said Oslob  tourism officer Elizabeth Tabasa-Benologa. But she said they are still monitoring the trend.
Regional Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Officer Nelson Bautista said up to 60 local radio stations in Quezon, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Albay, and Sorsogon pledged support to NGCP’s advocacy for safe and secure power lines.
About 200 to 300 visitors came on weekdays for whale shark watching, the usual crowd, but there were fewer divers and swimmers, said Oslob Mayor Ronald Guaren.
 
Guaren said  this was the purpose of  the price increase—to control the influx of visitors and reduce  chances of direct contact with the whale sharks.
Bautista already started the information campaign by being a guest on radio shows and discussing NGCP’s anti-pilferage law and anti-electrocution initiatives.
“People who want to go snorkeling and diving have decreased,” said Guaren.
 
The DOT conducted a week-long training for boatmen and Bantay Dagat personnel for 50 participants.
The hazards of kite flying, installation of antennas, hanging of flaglets and construction of buildings underneath the transmission lines were also highlighted in the interviews. He also cited safety tips to avoid electrocution from highvoltage lines.
 
NGCP also appealed to all listeners and residents to cooperate with the company in protecting the transmission facilities, which remain under government properties.
 
The power transmission company likewise reminded the listeners that as Filipinos, it is their inherent duty and responsibility to take care of the properties of the state.
 
It was further stated that violation of Republic Act 7832 is punishable by 12 to 20 years of imprisonment or a fine of 50,000 to 100,000 pesos.
 
Meanwhile, the NGCP announced that the first and second districts of the province of Tarlac will go through a 10-hour power interruption tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Affected towns are Anao, Camiling, Mayantoc, Moncada, Paniqui, San Manuel, Gerona, Moncada, Pura, Santa Ignacia, San Clemente and Ramos.
 
The North Luzon Corporate Communication Division of the NGCP disclosed that “affected distribution utility are the Tarlac Electric Cooperative I (TERELCO I) and Tarlac Electric Incorporated (TEI).”


==Photo Gallery of Sorsogon, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Sorsogon, Philippines==
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