Mindanao Daily Northmin (September 30, 2013)

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CAGAYAN de Oro City––Expansion of the Ozamiz City Airport and construction of a coalfired power plant are among new developments in Ozamiz City to entice potential investors. SEE FULL STORY/p.3

Clearing operations begin after standoff in Zambo ends By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.

ZAMBOANGA City––Local Government Sec. Manuel Roxas, II announced Saturday that they will shift to clearing operations to ensure the safe return of the civilians to their respective homes. Roxas’ statement came after National Defense Sec. Voltaire Gazmin announced that the standoff, See clearing/p.11

Above. Electric posts stood the water ponds of Agusan Marsh after electric line connections reach the homes of the floating village of Sabang Gibong in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur. At left. Aselco linemen use banca to transport electrical materials for households in Barangay Sabang Gibong. MIndanao Daily News photos by Chris Panganiban

Electricity reaches floating villages after many years By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Regional Editor-Caraga

SAN Francisco, Agusan del Sur–– For many years, residents living in floating houses in the remote villages of Sabang Adgawan in La Paz town and Sabang Gibong in Talacogon town have been groping in the dark every night. Not anymore as electricity already reached to over a thousand households of these two floating villages located within the wide area of Agusan marshland as the

first batch of recipients of Barangay Line Enhancement Program (BLEP) and Sitio Electrification Program (SEP) implemented this year by Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Aselco). It took Aselco linemen three months to establish line connections to the two marshland villages considering the difficulty of transporting the electricity materials and the setting up of electric posts in the middle of watery ponds. “We are doing the impossible into reality,” said Joel Jumonong,

president of Aselco board of directors, as he explained that under the guidelines of National Electrification Administration (NEA), electric cooperatives are only allowed to energize villages which has a road network. Reaching the electrical lines in Sabang Gibong entailed three kilometers aside from meticulous work of placing wire cables around each electrical post to stabilize it. Linemen also put several meters of allowance for electrical wire connections to each household so that

it could adjust when shelters will move on high water levels during heavy rains. The two floating villages were part of some 40 villages in the province which Aselco provided solar energy but residents only have the privilege of enjoying eight hours of two electric lightings used at night. According to Junel Ryan Denolo, Aselco spokesman, the electric cooperative is bent on fully covering next year the villages relying on

AFP tells civilians not to go home yet while clearing operations are ongoing DESPITE the defeat of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fighters in Zamboanga City, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) urged residents of

conflict-affected areas not to return to their homes yet while clearing operations are ongoing. Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, AFP public affairs office

“We are discouraging chief, said that there may still be unexploded ord- residents from returning nance as well as a possible to their homes at this time,” health issue stemming from Zagala said. On Saturday, Defense the decomposing bodies of fatalities. See ONGOING/p.11

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