Kalinga geothermal proj firms help host villages

CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga—Firms  behind the Kalinga Geothermal Project  reached out to   their host communities amid the national health emergency brought about by Covid-19.

Project partners – Aragorn Power and Energy Corporation (APEC), Guidance Management Corporation (GMC) and Allfirst Kalinga Holdings Inc. (AKHI) gave P560,000 worth of food packs to over 1,000 families in Lubuagan and Pasil towns, rice packs for 436 ho5useholds in Balatoc and logistical support for interagency task force operating checkpoints in said areas.

Project contractors DESCO Incorporated, UZMA Engineering Ltd. and CSA Resources Corp. also provided 150 sacks of rice and canned goods.

 To support local efforts to contain the pandemic, project partners also provided   personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Kalinga provincial government through Gov. Ferdinand B. Tubban and in collaboration with the Nation Commission for Indigenous People.

These PPEs include 200 pieces N95 face masks, 200 pieces face shields, 28 boxes of surgical masks, 200 pieces of medical goggles, 20 boxes of sterile gloves and 18 units of thermal scanners.

 The provincial government intends to distribute the PPEs and medical equipment equally to the Kalinga Provincial Hospital (KPH), TALACA Taskforce, Balbalan District Hospital, Lubuagan District Hospital, Pinukpuk District Hospital, Rizal District Hospital, Tanudan Municipal Hospital, Tanudan MHO and Tinglayan MHO.

PPEs were earlier been provided to the Pasil and Lubuagan local governments and thermal scanners for use of Pasil and Lubuagan medical personnel.

Altogether, the Kalinga Geothermal Project has provided P390, 000 worth of PPEs to augment requirements of Kalinga Provincial Hospital, the satellite health facilities in municipalities and the MHOs of Lubuagan and Pasil.

“The Kalinga Project Partners --- APEC, GMC and AKHI, respectfully extend our best wishes and prayers for the provincial leadership and the people of Kalinga to continue to be blessed with good health and stability in these extraordinary times,” said project manager Eugene G. Sunio. -- JDP/PAB-PIA CAR, Kalinga