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Gov’t mulls use of nuclear energy By Antonio L. Colina IV MindaNews
DAVAO City--The Department of Energy (DOE) is crafting a “national position” on the use of nuclear energy in the country that will be submitted to President Rodrigo R. Duterte within the first quarter of 2018. In an interview during the National Information Convention 2018 at the SMX Convention Center Davao on Monday, Energy Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella cited the need to tap other sources of power to diversify the country’s power mix and
attain energy resiliency. He said the DOE is conducting a study on nuclear technology, along with the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) IAEA is a169-country international organization that promotes “the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including weapons.” Countries such as Russia, China, and US have expressed interest in nuclear power and are
assisting the DOE in the study, Fuentebella said. He said they need to conduct a study to come up with a comprehensive and science-based decision on the nuclear issue and to consider public acceptance of this technology. He said the country needs to include nuclear power to its energy mix because “nagkakaroon tayo ng problema sa natural gas, nagkakaroon tayo ng problema sa planta” (we have problem in natural gas, we have problem in our plants). See mulls, page 11
Reigning Miss Philippines Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco plants a tree at Opol National Secondary School in Misamis Oriental on February 20 as part of her year-long advocacy. Photo by Mark Francisco
Army soldiers, cop in SurSur seize hot logs By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor
TANDAG City—A joint Army and police operation against illegal logging in Surigao del Sur yielded 553 board feet of premium specie illegally sawn cedar lumber locally called “Sudyang” in a surprise raid in Madrid town
over the weekend. The seizure of the hot logs by authorities was made possible from a tip of residents while said illegal logs was found abandoned in a river bank of said barangay. The confiscated lumbers were brought to Madrid Police An aerial view of a hydropower plant along Agus River, near scenic Maria Cristina Falls in Iligan City in See seize, page 11
this photo taken on March 4, 2014.
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TravelX eyes biz links with tourism players By MIKE BAÑOS Editor-at-large
TRAVEL and tourism stakeholders from several regions from Mindanao and the Visayas are converging in Cagayan de Oro City on February 21 and 22 for a travel dialogue and business session dubbed TravelX. Hosted by the Department of Tourism Region 10 office
and organized by tourism consultants and event management company, S elrahco, the two-day event will bring in some 100 representatives from the hotel and resort sectors, local tourism offices, event organizers, tour operators, large and medium sized corporations and social and civic clubs.
Cagayan de Oro was selected to host TravelX - The B2B Event after it launched direct f light links late last year with several cities and top tourist destinations such as Boracay, Clark, Bacolod, Dumaguete, Tagbilaran, Zamboanga and 10 other points across the archipelago. “We are inviting travel
agents, tour operators, organizations, associations and event and meeting organizers from Cagayan de Oro and Northern Mindanao who plan to organize tours or conferences in places like Cebu, Davao, Dumaguete, Zamboanga, Bohol and NEW HUB. President Rodrigo Duterte and Cebu Pacific chair Boracay to attend the one Lance Gokongwei unveiled last year the commemorative day business session on marker launching Laguindingan airport as Cebu Pacific See linkls, page 11
Air’s 7th regional hub.
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