‘Bayaw anihan’
pilgrimage on
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

The Character First Program of Bayawan City in Negros Oriental organized the Bayaw Anihan Pilgrimage September 30 to October 4 this year, with the arrival of sustainable transport hero Felcon Rivera in Guihulngan City.

Rivera, an artist from Bayawan City, traveled for seven months on long board from Bayawan City on March 17 to Baguio City on June 17 this year. He swam and hitched rides with fisherfolk, a press release said yesterday.

“Bayaw anihan”, also called an advocacy ride for a sustainable Negros Oriental, aims to appeal to local government units, schools, churches and organizations in the Negros Oriental for adherence to Integral Sustainable Development.

LuzVisMin grids
interconnection up
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

Department of Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla said Friday that the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has completed a study on linking the grids of the Visayas and Mindanao through Surigao, and another is being conducted to connect the two island groups from Negros Oriental and Zamboanga.

The government will later have to make a quick decision so it can start constructing power plants, while the lines from the Visayas to Manila are being maintained, he added.

Petilla, who was in Negros Oriental Friday, encouraged the construction of additional geothermal plants saying it is not only good for the environment for Valencia town, or for Negros Oriental, but for the entire country.

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