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Gov. Zubiri Sets Kaamulan Festival on March 2016

VALENCIA CITY. Bukidnon Governor Jose Ma. Zubiri Jr. issued Executive Order #1 which sets the annual celebration of the Kaamulan Festival on March 2016 with further information that the Street Dancing Competition will be held on April 2, 2016.

Said Executive Order is in line with Ordinance No. 2007-003R passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan mandating the "institutionalization of the Kaamulan Festival in the Province of Bukidnon."

Governor Zubiri also ordered the Provincial Tourism Office and the Public Affairs and Information Assistance Office to spearhead the dissemination and information campaign with regard to the significance of the said EO.

The Executive Order was signed by Zubiri on January 6, 2016 and will take effect immediately.

The Kaamulan Festival is an ethnic cultural festival held annually in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon in the Philippines. (Report by Jay M. Pascual)

Mindanao Power Grid on Yellow Alert - NGCP

MEDIA ADVISORY 

NGCP expects the supply situation to worsen come January 4 when classes and work resume.

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) puts the Mindanao grid on Yellow alert with the Regulating Reserves at only 45 megawatts as of 6 PM, January 1, due to the isolation of NAPOCOR owned generating facilities Agus 1 and 2 hydropower plants.

The generation plants, with a combined maximum capacity of 150 MW, are disconnected from the grid due to the bombing of Tower#25 along Agus 2- Kibawe 138kV line in Ramain, Lanao del Sur last Christmas Eve.

Restoration was halted due to failed negotiation with landowner of the property where the facility is located. The owner refused NGCP entry to repair the toppled tower alleging that government failed to pay his claims long ago.

Despite lower power consumption brought about by the cold weather and year end holidays, NGCP still placed the Mindanao grid on Yellow alert, with the reserves falling below required levels.

NGCP expects the supply situation to worsen come January 4 when classes and work resume.

NGCP is appealing to the public, local and national goverment, PNP and AFP to help monitor the safety of the towers so that transmission services remain uninterrupted. The company also appeals to local community leaders to help identify the perpetrators of the bombings, and to negotiate with uncooperative landowners, to prevent longer power interruptions. (Beth Ladaga, NGCP)