New power plant

President Duterte (standing) delivers the keynote address at the inauguration of Pagbilao Energy Corp.’s 420-megawatt Pagbilao Unit 3 Power Project in Quezon province. The president acknowledged PEC (a joint venture between Aboitiz Power and Japanese firm TeaM Energy Corp.) for the multi-billion peso investment which he said: “bolsters efforts in advancing the country’s development.” With the president are (from left) Jera Co. senior executive vice president Toshiro Kudama, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, Special Assistant to the President Christopher Go, AboitizPower chairman Erramon Aboitiz and Marubeni Corp. senior executive officer Yasuo Hirota.