SOLAR PLANT GROUNDBREAKING.

The Board of Investments (BOI) expedites the development of two major renewable energy projects in Northern Luzon after facilitating their groundbreakings this week. Attending the groundbreaking ceremony for Vena Group’s solar power projects in Ilocos Norte are (from left) Vena Group head of project development Mia Jarumayan, Board of Investments investment assistance service director Ernesto Delos Reyes Jr., Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region I executive director Ronnel Sopsop, BOI governor Marjorie Ramos-Samaniego, Ilocos Norte Governor Cecilia Araneta Marcos, Vena Group country head Samrinder Nehria, Vena Group chief operating officer Juan Mas Valor, Ilocos Norte Vice Governor Matthew Joseph Marcos Manotoc, DOE solar energy management division chief Edward Neri, BOI investments assistance center executive director Bobby Fondevilla and Currimao Mayor Edward Quilala.