House Energy Committee Chair and Pampanga 2nd District Representative Juan Miguel ‘Mikey’ Arroyo.
MANILA, Philippines — House Energy Committee Chair and Pampanga 2nd District Representative Juan Miguel ‘Mikey’ Arroyo said he is committed to helping bring down electricity costs by continuing to push for clean, renewable energy.
During an inspection at the FirstGen Complex in Batangas City, Arroyo checked out their newest project named ‘LNG’ for Liquefied Natural Gas. According to Arroyo, the project was constructed to make sure Luzon will have enough power supply that’s cheaper compared to current power rates.
FirstGen, which is home to four power plants namely Santa Rita, San Gabriel, San Lorenzo, and Avion–uses natural gas from Malampaya and produces 2,000 megawatts or 17% of the Luzon power grid. The problem is, Malampaya’s natural gas supply is depleting.
“Dito pumapasok ang LNG. Para matransport mo ito, you have to convert it from gaseous state to liquid state para tuloy-tuloy na may natural gas ang powerplants,” Jason Samonte, FirstGen Sta. Rita and San Lorenzo Power Plant General Manager explained.
“Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel. It emits about 40% less carbon dioxide than coal, and around 20% less carbon dioxide than oil. While we are pushing towards the development of more renewable energy sources, LNG is a good stop-gap to immediately address the need for reducing emissions given the climate change imperatives”, Arroyo quipped.
Arroyo said he will ensure that FirstGen delivers on its commitment to produce sufficient and affordable power supply for Filipino households.
“The future of the Filipino people is in your hands. Ang commitment ninyo ay masigurong may sapat na supply ng kuryente, mapanatiling malinis ito dahil sa makabagong teknolohiya, at dapat sustainable at mura. Pag mura ang pagproduce ng power, makikinabang ang taong bayan dahil mas mura nilang mabibili,” Arroyo added.
A priest comforts people as they react outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School after a shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Eva Mireles on Tuesday went to a job she seemed to love, teaching fourth grade in the small Texas town of Uvalde, but she never came home, murdered along with 19 pupils and another teacher in the latest mass shooting to plague U.S. schools.
Mireles, who was trained in bilingual and special education, worked at Robb Elementary School, where a teenager killed them all in a hail of gunfire before being killed himself by police officers.
Mireles taught fourth grade children, generally 9 or 10 years old, her cousin Cristina Arizmendi Mireles said on Facebook.
“My beautiful cousin! Such a devastating day for us all! My heart is shattered into a million pieces,” Arizmendi Mireles said.
In a short biography posted on the school district’s website, Mireles had written she had “a supportive, fun, and loving family” comprised of her husband, her college graduate daughter, and “three furry friends.”
Her husband, Ruben Ruiz, is a police officer at the school district’s police force, the agency investigating the massacre.
“I love running, hiking, and now you just might see me riding a bike!!” Mireles wrote on the website.
Her aunt, Lydia Martinez Delgado, grieved for her niece in a Facebook post, asking for prayers for her family and the entire town of Uvalde. The community, about 80 miles (130 km) west of San Antonio, has about 16,000 residents, nearly 80% of them Hispanic or Latino, according to U.S. Census data.
“I’m furious that these shootings continue. These children are innocent. Rifles should not be easily available to all. This is my hometown, a small community of less than 20,000. I never imagined this would happen to especially loved ones,” Martinez Delgado said in a statement.
“All we can do is pray hard for our country, state, schools, and especially the families of all,” the statement said.
There were two days left in the school year when Tuesday’s massacre unfolded. The school district canceled classes for the remainder of the school year and has established grief counseling for the survivors.
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