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MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 142
www.mindanaodailynews.com
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
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Gov’t agencies to craft a disaster preparedness plan for Mindanao
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By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, MindaNews
AVAO CITY — Various government agencies will join forces in crafting a Mindanao Disaster Preparedness Plan that will provide an islandwide outlook for coordinated “planning, preparation, mitigation, recovery and rehabilitation efforts” during calamities among local government units, an official of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said. MinDA public relations head Adrian Tamayo said on Sunday that it is important to come out with a single plan since a disaster affecting one area will likely have an impact on other local governments in terms of public safety, economic recovery, and overall growth. He said the plan is a joint project of MinDA with the Office of the Civil Defense and the National Risk Reduction and Management Council, in coordination with other government
agencies including, among others, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippine National Police, and Armed Forces of the Philippines. “The plan will take into huge consideration the regional and LGU plans in developing the Mindanao Plan,” he said. He added that the plan would be used as a major reference for disaster preparation, response, recovery Ka Leody de Guzman, Laban ng Masa standard bearer, marches in the streets of Koronadal City, the capital of South and rehabilitation. Cotabato, on Monday to support the retention of the provincial ban on open-pit mining. See AGENCIES, page 11
SEC-CDOEO directs corporations to use EFAST CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY--The Securities and Exchange Commission– Cagayan de Oro Extension Office already stopped receiving manual submission of reports both in stock and non-stock corporations. This is after the Commission released a notice to direct all corporations to utilize the Electronic Filing and Submission Tool (EFAST). Over the years, the mode of submitting reports with the SEC is done by reproducing them in hard copies and travelling to the nearest SEC Extension Office to place the reports for acceptance. This would consume resources from papers, time, and travel expenses. As the country is still experiencing the global pandemic, mass gathering and physical interactions are also See EFAST, page 11
MinDA assures no system-wide brownouts in M’nao on voting day By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, MindaNews
DAVAO CITY – The demand for power in Mindanao has been predicted to increase to 2,233 megawatts on May 9, election day, but the island has more than enough supply to prevent systemic brownouts, an official of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said. MinDA public relations head Adrian Tamayo said during “Wednesdays Habi at Kape ” that power plants in Mindanao are expected to generate around 3,000 MW while the excess in supply is predicted at 767 MW on election day. He said the excess rules out the possibility of island-wide brownouts that could affect several areas, except for some isolated cases brought about by force majeure such as tripping of trees on power lines and other causes that would not affect large-scale distribution of power.
“There is no threat of brownout because we have an excess in supply. Far situation that there will be brownout,” he said. According to the data released by MinDA last month, out of Mindanao’s total system capacity of 2,751 MW, coal sources account for more than of Mindanao’s generation mix at 1,490.5MW or 54%; diesel 523.2 MW or 19%; hydro 591.2 MW or 21%; geothermal 75 MW or 3%; solar 56.9 MW or 2%; and biomass 14.9 MW or 1%. Majority of the hydropower source of the island comes from the staterun Agus-Pulangui Hydroelectric Power Complex, comprising seven hydroelectric plants – Agus 1, Agus 2, Agus 4, Agus 5, Agus 6, and Agus 7 in the Lanao provinces and Pulangui 4 in Bukidnon. (Antonio L. Colina IV/ MindaNews)
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