Alsons helps Sarangani fishermen acquire fishing boats
Alsons Power Group subsidiary Sarangani Energy Corp. (SEC), together with Alsons Aquaculture Corp.(AAC) and the Conrado and Ladislawa Alcantara Foundation Inc. (CLAFI) partnered with the local government of Maasim in Sarangani to help subsistence fishermen acquire motorized fishing boats from the Department of Agriculture ( DA)’ s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
The DA has launched a boat distribution program that will last until 2020 and has directed local government units to identify beneficiaries, with priority to be given to families with no fishing boats.
SEC approached former Sarangani governor and now AAC national sales and marketing head Miguel Rene Dominguez to “make representation on behalf of the province particularly the municipality of Maasim for the fishermen to be included in the list of beneficiaries,” According to Alsons Power corporate affairs and community relations head Ruben Tungpalan said.
Along with Maasim mayor Aniceto Lopez Jr., the former governor successfully brought attention to the plight of fishermen from barangays Malbang, Kamanga and Tinoto who needed the boats for their fishing activities.
The distribution of the 50 motorized, fiberglasshulled boats at the SEC jetty site was part of the milestone event that marked the ceremonial switch- on for the first 105-megawatt section of SEC’s 210-megawatt baseload plant in Maasim that started operating in April last year, and the start of civil works for the second 105-megawatt section of the plant.
As the country’s first and most experienced independent power producer in Mindanao, the Alsons has always been at the forefront of efforts to develop the economy of Mindanao, primarily by providing a reliable and stable supply of electricity to fuel the region’s dynamic growth through its various power subsidiaries, namely SEC, the Southern Philippine Power Corp., Western Mindanao Power Corp, and the Mapalad Power Corp. that helped end the Mindanao power shortage.