Energy Development Corp. teams up with the Department of Information and Communications Technology, Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the local government of Valencia, Negros Oriental to launch the country’s first off-grid e-community that connects Barangay Puhagan in Valencia to the digital world. Leading the switch-on ceremony are (from left) Norreen Bautista, head of EDC’s corporate social responsibility team in Negros; Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo; DICT regional director 7 officer-in-charge Frederick Amores; Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry region 7 governor Ed Du; Barangay chairman Leonarda Sarita; DICT provincial director Aurelio Tinapay; and National Telecommunication Commission provincial director Felipe Gumalo.