KALIBO, Aklan – Sixty-six linemen from Western Visayas are helping rehabilitate the service areas of electric cooperatives in Mindoro badly hit by typhoons “Quinta” and “Rolly”.
The “warriors of light” of the Electric Cooperatives Association of Region VI (ECAR VI) – Task Force Duterte Power Restoration Rapid Deployment (TFD-PRRD) were recently deployed to assist Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative and Occidental Mindoro Electric Cooperative.
Some two weeks ago, typhoon “Quinta” severely damaged the facilities of electric cooperatives in Mindoro. A few days after, ‘Rolly” came in.
Aside from Aklan Electric Cooperative (Akelco), the line workers deployed to Mindoro also came from electric cooperatives in Capiz, Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Guimaras, and Antique.
In Aklan, a send-off ceremony for five Akelo personnel on Nov. 4 was spearheaded by Akelco general manager Engineer Alexis Regalado along with area managers at the Akelco main office in Lezo, Aklan./PN
