DWDD: VIGILANCE | 3ID Chief Conducts Security Inspection of Power Plant in Iloilo

From DWDD AFP Civil Relations Service Radio Website (Jul 25): VIGILANCE | 3ID Chief Conducts Security Inspection of Power Plant in Iloilo

  


CONCEPCION, Iloilo (DWDD) – On 20 July 2017 MGen Jon N Aying, Commander of the 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division of the Philippine Army visited the Palm Concepcion Power Corporation in Sitio Puntales, Barangay Nipa, Municipality of Concepcion, Iloilo Province.

According to CPT Eduardo Precioso, Chief, 3rd ID Public Affairs Office, ,the PCPC is one of the most advanced and fuel-efficient coal-fired power plants in the Philippines. The 135-megawatt state-of-the-art facility is addressing the increasing electricity needs in Visayan Island. Its aim is to significantly improve power quality, security, reliability and costs improving the socio-economic activities thus, increasing the economic output and improving the social development in the regions.

NPA bandits are targeting these power plants in their extortion modus threatening the company to sabotage its installations if they will not give in to their demand for money. The demand would entail millions of pesos to spare their company from sabotage. The extortion money that will be collected will be used to procure armaments, bomb components and eventually expand their terroristic activities in the region thereby increasing their extortion activities in the area. These power generating companies cannot afford to put these vital installations at risk since the economic activities and eventually the economic development in the different regions are at stake.

It is clear to all of us that the communist-terrorist NPA is anti-development and they are no different from any terrorists in the country or from any other country. They have been playing with the minds of our less fortunate countrymen and exploiting them through feeding wrong information and interpretation about economic and social development. The communist-terrorist NPA have interpreted it to favour their personal advancement and interest that is to gain political power and control over the people and resources of the country.

We are appealing to our countrymen to stay vigilant against the communist-terrorist NPA in order to protect our country, community, livelihood and our family from their terroristic activities. 3DPAO / MCAG
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